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Beautiful, fascinating city with much to see and do.
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heat and rain
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Belem , sympathetic surprise at the mouth of the Amazon
Best "pizza de jambú" at the Café Imaginário
sanguin Says: Ever had pizza with palm heart and jambú (regional plant of Pará that makes your tongue shiver) - it's delicioussssssss!!!The Café Imaginário has the best in town and is also a very nice place to hang out, listen to live music and enjoy the colorful ambiente.
Estacao das Docas - Urban Leisure Centre
mircaskirca Says: Estacao das Docas (The Docks) was opened in May 2000. The old harbour was transformed in a huge modern centre of art, culture, leisure and gastronomy with the intention to increase the tourism of the state of Para. In the complex you find six restaurants with best regional...
mircaskirca Says: Known primarily as museum, the Emilio Goeldi installation is actually more of a botanical park and ecological research centre. Recognized as the first research centre for Amazonian studies, the park is dedicated to the study of all things Amazonian, including the flora,...
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Oasis: Yet another vegan restaurant - the best of all
sanguin Says: Every day the Oasis has a different meal, an excellent vegan dish you can order for 250g, 350g or 500g. They also have fresh juices that are very good (for example, pinapple with mint or lemon with ginger). Desserts feature banana cake, papaya or maracujá...
Saudosa Maloca: Don't miss Açaí and Local foods
luwan Says: Saudosa Maloca is located in front of Belém (into jungle), therefore you need to get a boat in order to cross Guamá River and appreciate Belém on the other side.The restaurant has a lot of local meals and juices. Wonderful!
Restaurante a Portuguesa: Traditional Food with a Touch of Portuguese
mircaskirca Says: I really loved fish from the Amazon that I ate every day while travelling in the state of Para. Just for a little change once I decided to go to vegetarian restaurant and try some veggie from the Amazon, soya... I was looking for particular place but when I came there I...
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Baiacool Jazz Festival is the only festival of local jazz. It has two annual editions: one in July in Salinas and other at the end of the year in Belem.
The festival lasted from Friday, 15th of December to Sunday, 17th of December 2006 and it was for the fourth year. I came to Belem on Friday afternoon and did not know the festival was going on. I hit on the first night while I was hanging around the city. In fact I was quite lucky!
This time there were three days to show all the versatility of instrumental music, from flutist and saxophone-player Carlos Malta to guitarist Tomati, from singer Nika Stuart to guitarist of heavy metal band Angra, Kiko Loureiro. The festival opened great Amazonia Jazz Band.
It took place in the amphitheatre of Estacao das Docas, a lovely surroundings by the river Guajara, and it was free!!
Updated Mar 12, 2007
Phone: 91 3241 8080
Sao Jose Liberto: Sao Jose Liberto: Gifts, gems and local craft
rui_bijie Says: The former prison "Sao Jose Liberto" is now a relaxed place with a small gem museum (free entry), jewelery workshops, jewelery shops and some stands with really nice local crafts.It has no touristic (=high) prices, is totally relaxed (contrary to the shopping malls), and has...
Feira do Artesanato: Arts & Crafts
mircaskirca Says: A large crafts fair that has the city's biggest range of attractive artwork is located on Praca da Republica from Friday to Sunday. There are also several stalls offering local dishes, cakes (usually made of various local fruits) and other sweets and coconut vendors. You...
Chamma da Amazonia: Scent of the Amazon
mircaskirca Says: Chamma da Amazonia is a beautiful shop that presents delights and misteries from Brazilian Amazon. Theirs products are of good quality, ecologically correct and assure customers physical and spiritual pleasure.They blends flowers, fruits, herbs, roots, seeds that the nature...
luwan Says: Maniçoba is one of the several paraense cookery dishes, from indiginous origin. It is made with mince stew "maniva" leaves for about 1 week (in order to take out the Hydrogen cyanide - HCN, beacuse it is poisonous) and after added pork, meat and other salty smoked...
luwan Says: Pato (duck) no Tucupi is a tipical food from paraense cookery, made with tucupi (a broth made with wild cassava) and jambu (a native variety of paracress).Widely consumed on Cirio de Nazaré period, in October, but you can find it in several tipical restaurants in Belém over...
luwan Says: Tacacá is a kind of soup and is well loved and widely consumed. It is made with jambú (a native variety of paracress), and tucupi (a broth made with wild cassava), as well as dry shrimps and small yellow peppers. It must be served extremely hot in a gourd.You find a lot of...
mircaskirca Says: Tacaca is a dish of indigenous origem. This delicious soup is typical of Belem. In spite of that it's sometimes hard to find it. The ingredients are: cooked manioc, shrimps, jambu (Amazonian plant), tucupi (yellow sauce extracted from a peeled root of wild manioc) and...
mircaskirca Says: No stay in Belem would be complete without sampling the remarkable variety of tropical fruit the region has to offer, and which form the basis for top quality juices and ice creams. Most have no English or even Portuguese translations. Palm fruits are among the most common;...
Guarana da Amazonia - Natural Energy Drink
mircaskirca Says: The name guarana comes from its intense use for centuries by the Guaraini Indians. Guarana is plant native of the Amazon. It has round fruits with an intense red colour in bunches. After being dried by the sun, its skin opens, exposing the round white and black seeds that...
Falling Mangoes - When Danger Has Its Benefits
mircaskirca Says: Mango is my favourite tropical fruit from what I can get in Europe. Since Belem is called the city of mango trees I knew I would be eating a lot of mangoes there. It was a great surprise when I found out that at Ver-o-Peso market I can get ten mangos for only 1 RS (1/2...
ANTI-MALARIAL PILLS NOT DISPENSED
swesn Says: If you are going into the Amazon Jungle and are those who prefer to protect yourself against malaria, do arrange to purchase your anti-malarial pills before you arrive in Brazil. Here, you CANNOT buy anti-malarial pills from pharmacies.But, if you get malaria, of course,...
pepples46 Says: a world away from the bustle of Belem or Manaus, 3 days by boat from both big Cities, Santarem is somehow rejected by the mainstream tourist flow, or is it not?Santarem had the highest population in the Americans before the Europeans arrived, and the region around Santarem...
Icoaraci - The Production of Famous Pottery
mircaskirca Says: The city of Icoaraci is an attractive riverside little town. It lies 23 km north of Belem. The highlight of Icoaraci is the production of pottery which is very famous. These handicrafts are a genuine reproduction of the Indian ceramics from Marajo and Tapajo areas. The...
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