Gávea
Rio · Zona Sul & West

Gávea.

Old-money Rio, walking distance from the lagoon.

About the area

PUC, the planetarium, the racetrack. The quietest piece of Zona Sul.

Gávea is leafy, residential, and inland of Leblon by a few blocks. Old houses behind walls, small apartment buildings, and the Jockey Club on the lagoon.

Our Gávea mandates skew toward families that priced themselves out of Leblon but won't leave Zona Sul.

Old-house buyers Academic + cultural families Garden buyers
USD 1.5M Median ticket
Houses + small bldgs Property mix
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Gávea
Neighborhood vitals

How Gávea scores.

Walkability, transit, schools, beach access — the things that actually shape how you'll live here, day to day.

Walk score 78 Quiet residential grid
Transit score 55 Buses · no metro yet
Bike score 80 Connects to Lagoa loop
Safety High Quiet residential blocks
Nearest metro Jardim de Alah Line 4 · 12 min walk
To the beach 2 km Drive or bike to Leblon
Schools PUC + Pio XI Best academic cluster
Dining Baixo Gávea Bar scene + cafés
On the map

Gávea outlined.

No metro inside Gávea — Jardim de Alah is the closest. 6-min drive to Leblon beach; the Jockey Club marks the entrance.

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What's nearby

Points of interest.

Who lives here. PUC faculty, artists, established carioca families in houses passed down two generations.

PUC-Rio University · 0.5 km
Parque da Cidade City park · 0.8 km
Jockey Club Racetrack · 0.3 km
Baixo Gávea Bar district · 0.4 km
Planetário Planetarium · 0.6 km
Pedra da Gávea trail Hike · 3 km
Our Gávea mandates

Off-market only.

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