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Escadaria Selaron
A landmark that earns the queue · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Photo: Boaventuravinicius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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The experience
The Selaron Steps are a 215-step staircase linking Lapa and Santa Teresa, covered in more than 2,000 colourful tiles collected from over 60 countries. Chilean-born artist Jorge Selaron began the work in 1990 as a tribute to the Brazilian people and continued until his death in 2013. The mosaic of red, yellow, green and blue ceramics is among Rio's most photographed public artworks.
Climb one of the world's most vibrant public staircases, an evolving mosaic built by a single obsessed artist.
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Where it is
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Lapa. Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
DirectionsWhat a membership adds.
Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.
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