BRAZIL TRAVEL GUIDE
CURITIBA - PARANÁ
Curitiba is a world example of town planning, education and environment. There are over 30 parks and woods with complete infrastructure for recreation and sports practice. A city of eclectic culture and strongly influenced by Italian, German, Polish and Ukrainian immigrants, from which the majority of the population is descendent. This fact is soon noticed when one arrives and observes the architecture, the gastronomy and the local habits.
Basic information
Basic information
The climate is hot-temperate. Average temperature in the summer – between the months of December and March – is 21ºC.
Events
Theater FestivalIt happens annually, always in the month of March.Christmas of LightEvent with choir presentations, Christmas Crib contests and decorated homes open for visitors in December. There is an exclusive bus stopping at the main attractions. For further information, call: +55 (41) 3352-8000 .
City facts
CuritibaState: ParanáRegion: SouthPopulation: 1.587.315 inhabitantsAREA CODE: (41)DistancesAraucárias: 25kmTijucas do Sul: 59kmFlorianópolis: 310kmSão Paulo: 408kmPorto Alegre: 711km (via BR-116) and 760km (via BR-101)Rio de Janeiro: 858kmBelo Horizonte: 1.011kmBrasília: 1.392km
Accommodation / Restaurants
When it comes to gastronomy, the city is strongly influenced by Italian, German, Polish and Ukrainian immigrants, from which the majority of the population is descendent. The restaurant options are therefore varied and cater to the most exigent tastes. As for hotel options, the city is also very well served, from cheaper and cozier options to sophisticated luxury hotels.
How to get there
By Air: The city Airport receives flights from all Brazilian capitals.By Road: A city privileged in ways of transportation , Curitiba is crossed by many federal highways: BR-116, BR-376/101, BR-277, BR-476 and BR-153.
Services
Tourism Information: +55 (41) 3352-8000
Afonso Pena International Airport: +55 (41) 3381-1515
Bus and Train Station: +55 (41) 3320-3000
Clínicas Hospital: +55 (41) 3360-1800
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Attractions
Botanic Gardens
Curitiba’s trademark, created to resemble French gardens, rolls out its flower carpet to the visitors right at the entrance. The greenhouse, with a metallic structure, has botanic species that are national reference, and also a water fountain.
The native forest is filled with paths for hiking. The Botanic Museum attracts researchers from all over the world. There is a space for exhibitions, library and a theater.
It is located at Eng. Ostoja Roguski Street, s/n°. Opens from 6am to 9pm, during summertime; and from 6am to 8pm during the rest of the year.
German Wood
The wood has various features to celebrate and promote the German traditions. There are 38 thousand square meters of native forest, which was part of the old farm from the Schaffer family. The replica of an old wooden church, built in 1933 at the Seminário neighborhood, with neo-gothich decorative elements, shelters a concert hall called Bach’s Oratorium.
Other attractions are the John and Mary path, which tells the Grimm brothers tale, a children’s library, the Philosophers Tower, a wooden observatory allowing a panoramic view of the city and the Ocean Ridge, and the German Poetry Square, with a reproduction of the Casa Mila façade, a German building from the beginning of the last century, originally located in the city center.
It is located at Niccolo Paganini Street, corner with Franz Schubert – Vista Alegre (Jardim Schaffer). The Wood opens daily from 6am to 8pm; the Library, from 9am to 5pm; Story Time on Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm.
Barigüi Park
With an area of 1.4 million square meters, it is one of the biggest parks of the city and definitely the most visited. Not only the city residents and the tourists seek rest in the park. Guinea pigs, night herons, white herons, skunks, crown sparrows, song-thrushes and dozens of other native animals make Barigüi their home.
Among the features available in the Park there are: barbeques, kiosks, cycle and model airplanes tracks, multi-sports courts, gym equipment, car park, restaurant, playground, Automobile Museum, Exhibition and Convention Center, Steam Train Station and the Environment Municipal Council headquarters. It is located at BR-277 – Rodovia do Café, Km 0 – Bigorrilho.
Barreirinha Park
Regarded as the most beautiful park of the city, one can appreciate araucarias, cinnamon, bracatingas, Paraguay tea plants and other native species. The green area, serving as an important regulator of the air quality in the region, is used by students and university teachers in practical Botanic lessons.
The Municipal Forest, next to the park, has a scientific and educational role – it is responsible for the research and production of vegetable species. Among its features there are woods with over 200 thousand square meters of typical vegetation, children’s library, playground, rustic cabin, snack bar, barbeques and car park.
It is located at 6010 Anita Garibaldi Avenue – Barreirinha. Opens daily, from 6am – 6pm.
Gutierrez Wood / Chico Mendes Memorial / Dolls TheaterImplemented in the wood on the 22nd of March, 1989, the Chico Mendes Memorial pays homage to the amazonian rubber extraction leader, who was killed in Xapuri, Acre. It comprises 18 thousand square meters of green area, with paths and a natural spring, supplying 1,350 liters of mineral water hourly. It is home to the Amazônica School and the Dadá Dolls Theater. It is located at Albino Raschendorfer Street, s/n°. – Vista Alegre. Opens daily, from 6am – 6pm.
Pope’s Wood
Polish immigration memorial, inaugurated on 13th of December, 1980, following the visit from Pop John Paul II to Curitiba, on the previous July. The area of 46,337 square meters was part of the dispossession involving the old Estearina candle factory.
The seven log houses composing the memorial are a live rememberance of the faith and battle of the Polish immigrants, with objects such as the old cart, the sour cabbage pipe and the image of the patron saint, the Black Virgin of Czestochowa. In Curitiba, the Polish immigration started in 1871. It is located at Wellington Oliveira Vianna Street, s/n°.- Centro Cívico. Opens daily from 6am – 8pm; Memorial Tuesday to Sunday, from 9am to 6:30pm.
Portugal Wood
Homage to the Portuguese-Brazilian bonds, this space is highlighted by a track following a small brook, where one can see drawn on tiles excerpts from famous Portuguese language poets, as well as a tribute to the great Portuguese navigators and their discoveries. It is located at Ozório Duque Estrada Street, s/n°. – Jardim Social. Opens daily.
Municipal libraries, located at schools or public places, with a reference collection of five thousand books inspired by two ancient landmarks: the library and the lighthouse from Alexandria. The modular building, with a metallic structure, has a height of 17 meters and 98 square meters of built area.
The internal division is simple: the ground floor – where the books are, a hall and a spiral staircase, leading to the top of the tower, where there is a lair, covered with a metallic vault and above it a rooster.
The Farol das cidades, the only one of its kind, is different from the others because of its collection, made of videos and CD-ROMs, equipped with computers and connected to the Internet and to the City Hall geoprocessing, with free access to the population. It is located at João Gava Street, s/n° - Abranches. Opens from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 9pm, and on Saturday, 9am to 1pm.
Jerusalem Fountain
Pays homage to the 3,000 years of Jerusalem. The construction in concrete and masonry has a height of 14.5 meters and was designed bythe architect Fernando Canalli. At the top there are three bronze angels, of approximately 600 kilos each, sculpted by the artist Lys Áurea Buzzi, representing the three main monotheistic religions in the world, who believe in the existence of angels and for which Jerusalem is a sacred city: Christianism, Judaism and Islamism. It is located at Sete de Setembro Avenue, corner with Arthur Bernardes Avenue – Seminário.
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