Ipanema
Ipanema today has the most expensive apartments of
The origin of the name like the most part of them is Indian and it means “bad water” probably because of the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the lagoon is connected to the ocean by the
Its inner streets around the Praça General Osorio had great artistic activity in the 60’s and 70’s. The bars became meeting points of the groups of “Bossa Nova” and famous musicians like Tom Jobin, Vinicius de Morais who eternalized the neighborhood with the song Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema). You can even visit the bar were he composed the song today called (for obviously reasons) Vinicius.
Beach
Incredible beach, the hot spot is around Posto 9 (the lifeguard stations are called "Posto" and they’re all numbered) where you’ll find the most disputed space in the sand of 
In front of the street Farme de Amoedo is the gay beach, you’ll see the rainbow flag in the kiosks in the sand but everybody’s welcome.
Shopping
The Avenida Visconde de Pirajá crosses entire Ipanema, with its elegant stores is the main street of the neighborhood. Garcia D’avila is where you can find the luxury boutiques like the jewellry H.Stern, Cartier, Mont Blanc and Louis Vuitton. But if you want to buy arts and crafts you have every Sunday the Hippie market (Feira Hippie) in the Praça General Osorio.
Around the area of the Praça Nossa Senhora Da Paz you’ll find the best restaurants in town, cool night clubs and the classy boutiques.
A mix of elegance and casualty of the beach is what you see in Ipanema, its diversity impress; everybody can find your segment there, with its concurred beach to an incredible night life this is a place to be during your vacation.
Street map of Ipanema