Sugar Loaf

Pão de Açúcar - The Sugar Loaf mountains (one taller, the other shorter), Brazil's top landmark, with a two-stage aerial tramway to the top; a definite must see. A ticket is R$44. There is also an unsigned trail leading to the second station where you can pay only R$22 to reach the top. Ask locals for directions. The buses number 511, 512, 591 and 592 and the subway buses from Botafogo bring you to the base station. Do not make the mistake of thinking you have seen enough once you have seen the view from Cristo Redentor. Try Sugar Loaf at sunset for a truly mind-blowing experience.

The Landscape

The tour is set in 360 º of stunning landscapes, such as the beaches of Leme, Copacabana, Ipanema, Flamengo, Leblon, Sugar Loaf, the imposing massif of Tijuca and Corcovado, with the image of Christ Redeemer; Guanabara Bay, with to Botafogo Bay, downtown, Santos Dumont Airport, Ilha do Governador, Niteroi, Rio-Niteroi Bridge, and at the bottom of the Sierra Mar, with the peak "Finger of God. "

Pão de Açúcar - The Sugar Loaf mountains (one taller, the other shorter), Brazil's top landmark, with a two-stage aerial tramway to the top; a definite must see. A ticket is R$44. There is also an unsigned trail leading to the second station where you can pay only R$22 to reach the top. Ask locals for directions. The buses number 511, 512, 591 and 592 and the subway buses from Botafogo bring you to the base station. Do not make the mistake of thinking you have seen enough once you have seen the view from Cristo Redentor. Try Sugar Loaf at sunset for a truly mind-blowing experience.

History - Features
Trademark of the city of Rio de Janeiro, the hill of Sugar Loaf Mountain is one devoid of vegetation almost entirely. It is a single block of granite from a rock that was altered by pressure and temperature and has aged more than 600 million years.

Sugarloaf Mountain is surrounded by vegetation characteristic of the tropics, specifically a remnant of Atlantic forest with native species elsewhere in the Brazilian coastal vegetation have been wiped out.

Conceived in 1908 by Brazilian engineer Augusto Ferreira Ramos inaugurated on 27 October 1912, the Sugar Loaf cable car turned 90 in 2002. First installed in Brazil and third in the world, is a major icon of Rio tourism, becoming one of the leading trademarks in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Since opening up to the anniversary date, it transported 31 million tourists. In the months of December, January, February and July - high season - daily attendance reaches three thousand people.
In the nine decades of operation, the trolley was visited by tourists from all corners of the world, among them personalities, authorities and artists, such as Einstein - who was there in 1925 - the former U.S. presidents John Kennedy of Brazil, Jose Sarney, and Poland, Lech Walesa, the singers Roberto Carlos and Sting; players Ronaldinho and Romario, actors Roger Moore and Robert de Niro, Gina Lollobrigida, Brooke Shields and Sonia Braga, and many others famous.
Security

Considered one of the safest in the world by international passenger ropeway, 90 years of the Sugar Loaf cable car runs without any accidents with victims. The current lines have safety devices with alarm at all points.
Every morning, before receiving the first tourists, the cable cars go on a journey of inspection. The route is entirely programmed and controlled by an electronic equipment that checks 47 safety items.
The resort consists of three stations - Red Beach, Morro da Urca and Sugar Loaf - linked by four cable cars - two for the stage Red Beach / Morro da Urca and two for the stage Morro da Urca / Sugar Loaf. The Urca Hill is 220m high and the Sugar Loaf, 396m.
Rare vegetation

Surrounded by vegetation characteristically tropical, with remnants of Atlantic Forest, boasts native species elsewhere in the Brazilian coastal vegetation have been wiped out, and also rare species such as orchid Laelia lobata "which flourishes only in two places on the planet: the hill of Sugar Loaf and Sugar Loaf, both in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian mountain with the greatest number of climbing (up to 1997 there were 38), the Sugar Loaf is visited daily by hundreds of climbers, mountaineers and ecologists Brazilians and foreigners.
Cultural Center

Besides tourism and ecology of the city of Rio de Janeiro, the complex has been an important cultural center. In the 70s it housed in the Urca Mountain amphitheater - called "Green Conch" - musical shows that have launched great talents of Brazilian music in a lineup that reached 50 thousand per year. The Green Shell was also the scene of exciting carnival between 1977 and 1987, as the famous "Sugar Loaf Carnival Ball". Currently, the amphitheater art exhibitions, business conferences, cocktail of product launches, dinners and parties.
A challenge to engineering

The cable car history is directly linked to the development of the city: its creator, Augusto Ferreira Ramos imagined an aerial way to the Sugar Loaf to participate in 1908, an exhibition at the Red Beach to celebrate the centenary of the opening of ports to the nations friends.
With an initial capital of 360 contos, then founded the Company Sugar Loaf and in 1910 began building the first cable car in Brazil. "In the works Brazilians and Portuguese worked with German equipment and materials that were transported to the top of the hills by hundreds of workmen in dangerous climbs, in a daring engineering operation at the time," said Maria Ercilia Leite de Castro, director general of company.
The first stretch, between Praia Vermelha and Morro da Urca, a distance of 575m, was opened on October 27, 1912, when 577 people went up to Morro da Urca in wood trolley with capacity for 24 people. The following year, on January 18, 1913, opened the stretch Morro da Urca / Sugar Loaf, with a length of 750m.
In May 1969, under the administration of engineer Christopher Leite de Castro, the Company Sugar Loaf, through a contract signed with the Government of Guanabara, which would double the airline, which would be served by two cable cars. The company decided to install a new and modern ski lifts, with four cars, each with capacity for 75 people. The project, budgeted at $ 2 million, required the removal of three large blocks of stone from the top of Sugarloaf, weighing tons, and took two years to complete. On October 29, 1972 the cable cars began operation.
Exchange of cables

For the Company Sugar Loaf, the celebrations for 70 years in the cable car began June 14, 2002, when the resort reopens to public after 75 days to replace the eight supporting cables of the four cable cars in compliance with international recommendations to replace them every 30 years. The company's investment in this work was $ 852,000.

They also improved to provide services for tourists with more quality: the cable cars got new windows and carpet grip, the stations received new lighting, new furniture and landscaping. The shops were also redesigned, with quality products offered to visitors. An example is Station Gourmet restaurant, housed in a suspended deck. With menu signed by the chef Claudia Vasconcellos, bistro invites you to enjoy one of the most beautiful sceneries of Rio while tasting a caipirinha or a frozen glass of wine. With sandwiches and delicacies. But those who choose to visit Saturday the postcard will find the menu of the restaurant a delicious feijoada.

The company also acquired five platforms for disabled access to stations at a total cost of $ 190,000, so that the relevant public bodies approve the project, the installation is expected in two months.

The Tour
Duration of Travel:
Red Beach / Morro da Urca: 3 minutes.
Morro da Urca / Sugar Loaf: 3 minutes.
Speed ​​of the trolley:
Red Beach / Morro da Urca: up to 6 m / s (21.6Km / h)
Morro da Urca / Sugar Loaf: up to 10 m / s (31km / h)
Tram Capacity: 65 Passengers
Height of Urca Hill: 220 meters
Distance Red Beach / Morro da Urca: 528 meters
Height of Sugarloaf: 396 meters
Distance Morro da Urca / Sugar Loaf: 735 meters
The Tourist Complex has lifts for handicapped, bathrooms and the Morro da Urca
at Sugarloaf Mountain

Address: Avenida Pasteur, 520 - Urca

WebSite: www.bondinho.com.br

http://www0.rio.rj.gov.br/riotur/pt/atracao/?CodAtr=3896

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