Porto Alegre Travel Guide

 zampieri Says:  A great city, beautiful and well cared for, with numerous tourist attractions. I went through there, and I was in the hotel royal palace, a very bad place, with average daily in the city, full of problems, including hygiene, plus the parking, which is offered on its site,... 

 pepples46 Says:  Porto Alegre has so many things, places, parks, markets, culture and what have you to show of with. a City in the south of Brasil, around 850km from Montevideo/Uruguay or 1400km from Buenos Aires/Argentinaa City with a wonderful Port and the greenest image in all of... 

 reon80 Says:  Porto Alegre just got it's first sightseeing bus - Linha Turismo. It was actually kind of fun. It leaves from the tourist office downtown, and takes you on a guided tour with English, Spanish, and Portuguese translation. 

 Alless Says:  Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital is a major Hospital based in Porto Alegre. It is reference in Latin America for transplants and genetic research.It is a university hospital linked to the UFCSPA (Health Sciences Federal University of Porto Alegre).The hospital of the... 

 Alless Says:  Located on the shores of Guaíba lake, it is an old thermoelectric powerhouse, one of the first reinforced concrete buildings of State,projected to generate electricity based on coalt, was active from 1928 to 1974.The large chimney (117m tall) is still maintained and is... 

 Alless Says:  It is the best way to know the city, by panoramic bus tour.Is there 02 routes : the " tradicional " and the " Zona Sul" .The "Tradicional line" is a tourist bus line that rides through 11 neighbourhoods and shows the main attractions of the city (parks, trees, statues,... 

 Alless Says:  The ground was achieved in the old Village Way (Caminho da Aldeia), the current Independence Avenue, donated by Dr. Dionisio de Oliveira Silveira and his wife, D. Sofia Maria da Silva Freire Silveiro. The design for the new hospital was the responsibility of the engineer... 

 Alless Says:  Rocco Confectionery is a majestic art nouveau building located on the corner of Riachuelo Street and Doctor Flores Street,next Conde de Porto Alegre Square in Downtown Porto Alegre. Built between 1910 and 1912 by Salvador Lambertini and Manuel Itaqui Barbosa Assunpção for... 

 Alless Says:  You cannot miss to visit what is the main historical and imponnent building of Porto Alegre.The Cathedral project was designed by the Roman architect Giovani Batista Giovenale, who was an attaché at Saint Peter’s Basilica. For the design, the architect looked for inspiration... 

 Alless Says:  Its the city's oldest theater,project by Felipe de Normann and inaugurated in 1858, when Porto Alegre was still nammed Sao Pedro Provincia. Built in portuguese baroque style and decorated in velvet and gold. As the antique european theaters, presents the auditorium in the... 

 Alless Says:  The Palace of Justice in Porto Alegre was the product of public competition in 1952 conducted by the Department of Public Works of the State Government of Rio Grande do Sul, organized by the IAB.( Institute of Brazilain Architects).Built in the Matriz Square (Praça da... 

 Gwynethart Says:  Yerba Mate is a tea which is common in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uraguay, and Argentina. It is brewed from the dried leaves and stemlets of the perennial tree "Ilex Paraguariensis." Mate has been consumed since ancient times by the Indians of Brazil and Paraguay. In the... 

 PinkieShrimp Says:  As a pianist, my fingers were itching to find a piano in my mother's home city, and the only place I could find one was in the historic downtown area. It is a six or seven-story large pink building with local knick-knacks sold on the first floor- things like cool colored...