Urca
Rio · Zona Sul & West

Urca.

A village at the base of Sugarloaf.

About the area

Rio's smallest neighborhood. The water laps the seawall. Almost no one sells here.

Urca is a peninsula at Sugarloaf's base — military families, two beaches, a seawall promenade, and a postcard view of Botafogo Bay.

Inventory is microscopic. When something does come up, our buyer list moves first.

Bayfront buyers Sugarloaf-view trophy Permanent residents
USD 1.7M Median ticket
<20 Listings / year
Almost none Inventory
Urca
Neighborhood vitals

How Urca scores.

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

Walk score 80 Peninsula · everything close
Transit score 60 Buses · metro at edge
Bike score 72 Seawall promenade
Safety Very high Military neighborhood
Nearest metro Botafogo Line 1 · 2 km · 7 min drive
To the beach On it Praia Vermelha · Praia da Urca
Sugarloaf On site Cable car at Praia Vermelha
Dining Mureta da Urca Seawall bars
On the map

Urca outlined.

Botafogo metro on Line 1 is 2 km away — most residents drive or bus. Foot-of-Sugarloaf cable-car station is in the neighborhood.

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What's nearby

Points of interest.

Who lives here. Career-military families, professors, artists — and almost everyone has lived here for decades.

Pão de Açúcar Sugarloaf cable car · 0.4 km
Praia Vermelha Cove beach · 0.3 km
Praia da Urca Tiny bay beach · 0.2 km
Pista Cláudio Coutinho Trail · ocean · 0.4 km
Mureta da Urca Seawall bars · 0.1 km
Instituto Benjamin Constant Historic institute · 0.6 km
Our Urca mandates

Off-market only.

We currently work Urca off-portal. Tell us what you're looking for and we'll come back with what's actually available — including listings that never reach public sites.

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Half of what we sell in Urca never hits a portal. Send us your brief and we'll come back with what's actually available.