Ipanema (Rio de Janeiro)

Brazil / Rio de Janeiro / Rio de Janeiro
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Ipanema is a neighborhood located on the southern zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Leblon and Arpoador. The beach at Ipanema was immortalized in the song "The Girl from Ipanema", written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and performed by Jobim, João and Astrud Gilberto, and Stan Getz. The song reached the U.S. top 5 in the summer of 1964
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipanema
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Coordinates:   22°59'3"S   43°12'7"W

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  • The trendiest shopping area in Rio, Ipanema makes window-shopping an entertaining experience, and is a good way of getting to know the real spirit of fashionable cariocas. In the almost two-mile-long main street, Rua Visconde de Pirajá, there are stores selling everything to just about everyone - Clothes, shoes, accessories, audio and video, housewares, books, toys and souvenirs. You name it and Ipanema has it. One of the side streets, Garcia D'Ávila, has become the "in" place for the well-to-do, with branches of world-famous names like Cartier and Louis Vuitton, and the two best Brazilian jewellery stores. Halfway down the main street there is a square with plenty of green, and a church. The area also has a good number of restaurants and fast-food places, branches of Citibank and Bank Boston together with branches of the major Brazilian banks, and a few travel agents and currency exchange bureaus.
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