Coastal Rio enjoys one of the world’s most pho­to­genic loca­tions for a major metrop­o­lis. With its high ris­es and homes look­ing out on the trop­i­cal waters of Gua­n­abara Bay, the sky­line of the sec­ond-most-pop­u­lous city in Brazil is a 360-degree expe­ri­ence.

And while Rio itself is a city filled with archi­tec­tur­al mar­vels, such as the San­ti­a­go Cala­­tra­­va-designed Muse­um of Tomor­row, it’s the sim­ple dra­ma of Christ the Redeemer crown­ing Cor­co­v­a­do Moun­tain that makes this one of the most beau­ti­ful sky­lines in the world.

The largest Art Deco sculp­ture on Earth—and a New Sev­en Won­der of the World—the stat­ue ris­es from the tan­gle of the South Amer­i­can jun­gle, its pro­tec­tive stance encom­pass­ing the cit­i­zen­ry and the 130 islands bask­ing in the bay. Best of all, you can see the famous South Amer­i­can land­mark from pret­ty much any­where in the city—including the beach.