Rio Sul, Rio de Janeiro

A large shopping centre, the first of its kind in Rio, located between the beaches and the city centre, near the famous Canecão theatre, with a large parking garage and served by special buses that stop at all the hotels on the beachfront. There is an infinite variety of stores, restaurants, fast-food places, beauty parlours, pharmacies, cinemas and even a complete fitness centre, a foreign currency exchange bureau and a bank. There are some cash dispensers that will issue local currency if you have an international credit card.