Christ the Redeemer
FYI
- One of the 7 Wonders of the World
- Crowded every second every day
- Do this tour: Christ redeemer & Sugarloaf Sunset
- Cloudy weather at the top is hit or miss all year round
- **Need ticket to enter and leave
- Tour option 10x easier to cut shuttle lines at the top
Getting here
- Tour, hike, train and or taxi/shuttle combo
- If you’re rich- helicopter tours
- Save visitor center for AFTER statue
- Between Statue & visitor center- take train or free shuttle
- endless lines unless you are with tour group
- Tour– easy, solves all your problems
- Hike AllTrails– Hard, 4hrs up & back
- Heard a lot of stories: easy spot to get mugged
- Train ticket website
- ground floor station- Cosme Velho
- visitor center- Paineiras Corcovado
- statue- Cristo Redentor
- Taking taxi to visitor center then shuttle
At the top
- After shuttle/train- stairs,escalator combo to platform
- Big pickpocket area- Careful who you trust taking your photo
- Best photos: South of the statue at the stairs or on the sides
- Small cathedral room at the rear base of the statue
- Clear day can see sugarloaf
- Some food stands and a free water fill up
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