Colorful Curitiba Welcomes Tourists
The city of Curitiba is relandscaping flower beds in city parks and squares. Teams from the Municipal Secretary of the Environment are planting seedlings of marigolds, blue and red salvias and petunias to welcome tourists for Carnival. “This is a permanent and growing part of the preservation policy for our city parks, which are visited this time More...
Curitiba’s Theaters: From the Quarries to the Powder Magazine
By Sylvia Oliveira Photos Raul Mattar Curitiba has had a great artistic tradition for some time. Though it lies off the Rio-São Paulo corridor, Curitiba has managed to hold its own in the Brazilian entertainment More...
Endless Warmth
By B. Michael Rubin I’ve just returned from a trip to the north of Brazil, the state of Maranhão. I stayed in the capital, São Luís, which is an old city with centuries of history written into the narrow More...
The Wire Opera House: Curitiba’s Most Original Theatre
Some of the more conservative have gone so far as to criticise the Wire Opera House – one of Brazil’s most curious theatres. Built in record time, only 75 days were needed to transform the crater left by an More...
The New Brand: “Enjoy Curitiba”
Tourists arriving in the city will discover the new brand “Enjoy Curitiba” through information leaflets, promotional activities and tourist sights. The brand was commissioned by the Municipal Tourism More...
Paço Coffee Shop: Music, Art and Aroma
By Silvia Oliveira I have never been able to enter the select religion of wines. In fact, I have a palate that is far from being adequate for any gourmet tasting. My verdicts are, generally, either “I like More...
ITAIPU: Special Visitation Tour
By Silvia Oliveira Photos Raul Mattar Call me crazy, but when I return to Foz do Iguaçu I don’t plan to visit the Falls again. I’ve already visited both sides, spent significant time there, done the panoramic More...
Estrada da Graciosa
Whenever I come across a different path, an unusual street or a no-through road… off I go to explore the unknown. Imagine, therefore, having the Estrada da Graciosa only a few kilometres from home, a timeworn More...
How Do You Get From Curitiba’s Airport to the City Centre?
A popular line of executive minibuses (www.aeroportoexecutivo.com.br) connects Afonso Pena International Airport in São Jose dos Pinhais to the centre of Curitiba. There are various strategic stops along the route: More...
A Train Ride through the Serra do Mar
For my daughter’s first backpacking trip, when she was nine months old, I decided to introduce her to the Curitiba-Morretes-Paranagua Railway. The journey reveals a landmark of 19th-century engineering. Nine More...