Secret Rio Guide

Let Secret Rio guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Rio travel guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing city.

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Let Secret Rio guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Rio travel guide book and let our local experts show you over 150 well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. 




Visit an extraordinary hill where the 'little angels' are buried
Discover remarkable forgotten Art Deco buildings
See a plane taking off at really close range
Experience leftovers from the 1908 and 1922 Universal Expositions
View a beautiful private palace open to visitors once a month
Marvel at modernist ceramics hidden on the 15th-floor terrace of a former government building
Explore little-known walks and views of the city
Find an Amazonian talisman at Copacabana
Uncover vestiges of the Carioca river
Photograph a rare statue of the great-grandmother of Jesus
Enjoy a taxi nightclub, a work of art in a favela, a disused airship hangar...


Far from the crowds and the usual beach and carnival clichés, Rio de Janeiro has countless treasures it reveals only to residents and travellers who wander off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for all those who thought they were familiar with Rio or would like to discover the other face of the city.




The definitive insider’s guide to Rio.