Tour through Tavares Bastos favela visits FIFA Street court

Tavares Bastos is a small favela on the hillside of Morro Nova Cintra, between Catete and Glória, considered one of the quietest in Rio. Its soccer field, surrounded by houses and murals, became famous worldwide as the setting for the FIFA Street video game, and its alleys appeared in movies like The Incredible Hulk. The meeting is in front of the Museum of the Republic (Palácio do Catete). From there we climb to the community and walk through its alleys with a resident guide, who tells you the history of the morro and what life is like there today. We pass through The Maze, the maze-house built by a British artist that became a jazz meeting point, we tour the open-air graffiti museum and visit viewpoints overlooking Guanabara Bay and Sugarloaf Mountain. The most anticipated moment is the visit to the FIFA Street field, where you learn its history, take photos and interact with children and neighbors from the community. At the end we share refreshments in a local house and learn about the social project that receives part of what you pay.