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    • janaina
  • By janaina on September 8, 2002
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    This is the heart of the city,a square called 'DA MATRIZ',and the cupule is from the cathedral of Porto Alegre.This picture was taken after one of our famous winter storms,in a very cold day!

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    Watching the sunset in one of...
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  • By janaina on September 8, 2002
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    Watching the sunset in one of the many hot points of the city,summer or winter..just great!!

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    A lovely little park just down...
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  • By Aussie666 on August 26, 2002
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    A lovely little park just down the street from the hotel where you can, walk, jog or just sit back and people watch eating the mountain fresh juicy strawberry's you bought from the park street vendor.

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    Friendly people
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  • Updated By RaquelMac on January 10, 2004
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    • City center. - Porto Alegre
    City center.
    by RaquelMac
    Enjoy the place and talk to the people. Portoalegrenses are really friendly people. Even though they do not speak your language, they will try to communicate!

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    In the picture, you can see...
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  • By RaquelMac on August 26, 2002
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    In the picture, you can see the Gasômetro Plant. It's not working nowadays, and it was turned into a great cultural place. You can see many exhibits there, and there's also a cinema room.

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    This is Laçador Statue. It's...
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  • By RaquelMac on August 26, 2002
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    This is Laçador Statue. It's the official symbol of the city. It represents the typical man from this region of the country.

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    Mauá Wall
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    • RaquelMac
  • Updated By RaquelMac on January 10, 2004
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    Mauá wall.
    by RaquelMac
    This is a picture of Mauá Wall. Mauá is the name of one of the avenues in Porto Alegre. Along part of the street, you can see this wall, that was built due to a flooding, decades ago. It devides the city centre and the dock area. The wall is painted by different artists, practically once a year.

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    Gasômetro
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  • Updated By RaquelMac on January 10, 2004
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    • Gasômetro - Porto Alegre
    Gasômetro
    by RaquelMac
    Walk nearby Gasômetro. It's a kind of cultural centre by the Guaiba lake. Besides the exhibitions, the sunset seen from that point is lovely!

    Bom Fim and Cidade Baixa areas. They have a very peculiar atmosphere.

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    Visit the Public market. ...
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  • By apfear on August 25, 2002
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    • Visit the Public market. Right in the centre, this historic building was recently restored to it's former glory, with the added luxury of a roof that covers the entire complex. Sights, smells and sounds of the real, native, non-touristy PoA (as the name of the city is abreviated to) can be experienced here. You can buy cheap meat and fish or veg. and fruit. The stall holders are friendly people and will not try to rip you off (beware of lurkers though, keep a tight hold of cameras, handbags etc.) In any of the bars you can quaff a good glass of cold 'choppe' (draught beer), ask for 'pouco colarinho', or else you'll get half a glass of beer and half of foam, this is not a deliberate rip-off - it's the way Brazilians like it. No Guinness here I'm afraid. By the way - for single guys - PoA has a much higher proportion of girls to guys, and beleive me - they are ALL stunningly beautiful, I know, I married one!

    A boat trip on the Guaiba river at sunset drinking a cold beer.

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    - EAT BEEF. It´s absolutely...
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  • By catarata on August 25, 2002
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    • - EAT BEEF. It´s absolutely great. It´s not just a topic, it´s real. It´s so close to Argentina that they share the real good quality in beefs.
    - Go to FARROUPILHA PARK. Everyday you can find activities like concerts, and sound&light shows.
    - Go to MORRO DA TV (Sta. Teresa) where you will see a splendid sight of Guaiba River. The rivers in Brazil are quite different from those in Europe. They are so huge. The Morro is full of favelas so that you absolutely must be quite careful and never go at night or alone.
    - See the sundown at 'GASOMETRO'.
    - Go to GRAMADO, which is about 130 km from P. Alegre. There is a National Park with a 65 m-high waterfall (Snail Waterfall, o CATARATA DO CARACOL). Quite beautiful. Gramado is a beautiful village, quite similar to any village in Austria. Everyone there is german descendant and if you can speak german you will have no problems there. If you want to eat there, you can do it at LE CHALET (Meat, cheese and chocolate Fondue´s rodizio for about $11. Very good quality and service). 'MINIWORLD' is not worthwhile.

    - SNAIL WATERFALL in Gramado
    - Sight in MORRO DA TV. Splendid.
    - RODIZIOS (free consumption for plain tarif).

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