Manaus Attractions

Conheça Manaus.

Manaus a city in the middle of the Amazon rainforest surrounded by lush forest and islanded by mighty rivers.
From one side the Solimões River with its reddish color and on the other the Rio Negro, not talking much, its name says it all. The meeting of these waters can be seen from Lookout Embratel. The place deserves a stop for a few minutes to contemplate its exceptional nature. If you want to look more closely at the meeting of the rivers, there are boat trips that take you to this meeting. Furthermore you will have the opportunity to visit some of the local flora and fauna. You can also have contact with snakes, sloths, alligators, take pictures of victories Regias and go a mangrove.
Manaus also has other charms that must be visited: Teatro Amazonas, the Provincial Palace, the Municipal Market and other attractions.
I will leave to the next post to party Boi, unforgettable! I was not the Parintins, but I saw the test in Bumbódromo Manaus (on a previous trip) with all that energy Red, Guaranteed Ox, and Blue, Capricious Ox, the folk festival with the dispute between the "Oxes" (similar the samba schools of Rio's Carnival), fantastic !!

We started our visit at:

Largo São Sebastião.

Largo São Sebastião is located in the vicinity of the Teatro Amazonas, being surrounded by many historical buildings, which include the Palace of Justice and the Church of San Sebastian. In the square of the center is the Monument Openings Ports, a tribute dated the end of the century 19.

Largo São Sebastião

Of marble, has at the top a female figure representing the Amazon being courted by Hermes Greek god of trade.The square of the pavement is in black and white waves of drawings made with Portuguese stone, is the word that is the union of the Negro and Solimões rivers.
Curiosity: some say the Copacabana sidewalk was inspired by the Largo de São Sebastião.

Amazonas Theater

The theater, founded in 1896, is the highest expression of the richness of rubber. With a single architecture, the dome came from Paris, consisting of 36 000 scales, with the colors of the Brazilian flag. Glazed tiles are from Alsace, France.

Amazonas Theater, Outdoor area.

Teatro Amazonas, Internal area, Figure 1: On the roof, a tribute to Paris. The painting offers a perspective as you face the Eiffel Tower from the bottom up.
Figure 2: are the cabins.
Figure 3: The main entrance.
Figure 4: the columns of the main hall
Figure 5: painting on the ceiling made by the Italian artist Domenico de Angelis, this painting is the Glorification of Fine Arts in Amazonas

OPENING HOURS
Visits from Monday to Saturday from 9h to 17h.

Palace of Justice

Centennial work of Renaissance style, the building is protected by a thick wall with balustrade. His style was inspired by the architecture of the 2nd Empire French and English neoclassicism, demonstrating the wealth of the golden age of the rubber economy. It was completed in the early twentieth century to house the judiciary, was inaugurated on April 21, 1900 in the government of Colonel José Cardoso Ramalho Junior, with the President of the Court, the Judge Cezar do Rego Monteiro. The building is one of the leading examples of classical architecture. Was listed as a state historic site in 1980 and, over the years has undergone several works of conservation and restoration, especially the one held in 2001/02, and opened as Cultural Center Palace of Justice in June 2006, thus deserving special care and attention especially in parts of those who use it.

Palace of Justice 

OPENING HOURS
Tuesday to Friday from 13h to 17h and Sundays from 17h to 21h.

Provincial Palace

The Provincial Palace is one of the oldest buildings in Manaus. The first news that has the building date of 1867. It was occupied by different authorities being today as under the State Art Gallery, the Museum of Image and Sound, Numismatic, Archaeology and Tiradentes.
Numismatics has in its largest collection, this tells the story of the evolution of people over the centuries, is well worth the visit and listen to the explanation of the guides.

Provincial Palace

The numismatic museum was what caught my attention. The story behind the coins and medals is fascinating, shame that can not take pictures and no souvenirs for sale. There is not a brochure or catalog of parts that you can handle, or the main, on display, but even so I was pleased with the knowledge of the guide presented the acquis.

Numismatic Museum

OPENING HOURS
Tuesday and Wednesday, from 09h to 17h.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 09h to 19h.
Sunday from 16h to 20h.

In front of the Palace is the square of the police, very beautiful.

Square of the Police

Municipal Market Adolpho Lisboa

Built facing the Rio Negro, in the golden age of rubber, in Art Nouveau style, with 5 thousand square meters, was officially opened in 1882. In the market for handmade products such as sculptures, paintings, baskets made by the Indians, in addition to the famous potions, among other things, that tell a little of the history of the Amazon.

Municipal Market Adolpho Lisboa

OPENING HOURS
Monday to Friday from 6am to 18h
Saturday from 6am to 17h
Sunday from 6 am to 12 pm

Route Map

Cultural Center of People of Amazon

Opened in 2007, the complex brings together in one space, information, education, entertainment and research on populations of the Western Amazon, in order to spread the culture and knowledge of the population of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, in addition to having a space for research, education and entertainment totally dedicated to the Amazon and its inhabitants.

Cultural Center of People of Amazon

In some months of the year the arena is used for regional shows.

Cultural Center of People of Amazon- These are some of the items that are shown in the external area of the Cultural Center, worth knowing about the life and customs of the people who lived there.

OPENING HOURS
Monday to Friday, from 9h to 17h

Amazon Arena

Architecture inspired by the Amazon rainforest that surrounds the city of Manaus. The Amazon Arena has a capacity of 44,500 fans and has cabins, lifts, accessibility for people with special needs and restaurant.
Located on the main avenue of the city next to the Sambadrome of Manaus, next to the new Amazon Convention Center and Arena Amadeu Teixeira Poliesportiva. The area is close to hotels, hospitals, banks, shopping malls, supermarkets and restaurants, at a distance of 6 km from the historic town center and the Black River waterfront.

Amazon Arena

World Cup - Amazon Arena

OPENING HOURS:
Monday to Friday during business hours of 8hr to 17hr and is not being charged any fees

Meeting of the waters 

The meeting of the waters between the Solimões rivers, reddish waters, and the Rio Negro, dark waters, calls attention and thereby attract tourists around the world. The waters run about six miles without mixing, creating a phenomenon of rare beauty. This is due to the difference in temperature and density of the water. The Black River is warmer, around six degrees, than the Solimões.

The output of the tour is in the Port of Ceasa. Our driver was Frank SoliNegro tourism cooperative. This tour is average duration three hours, if the season is full you can go through some streams.

Port of Ceasa

Frank, boatman who does tours of the meeting of the waters.

The boatman makes a stop a few meters before the meeting of the waters and asks you to feel the temperature of the rivers and then the other so you can see the difference in temperature, with the hottest Black that Solimões. On the way, if you're lucky, you can meet some dolphins. I saw some dolphins quickly, there was no time to take pictures.

Meeting of Waters

Following a little Negro River was held the next stop, now to feed the arapaima and feel his strength. It was worth!

Pirarucu

Continuing the tour we saw some animals in the region. What caught my attention was the laziness, but there are alligators and snakes.

Snakes, sloth and Alligator

If you dare you can take pictures with a snake wrapped around his neck.

Continuing by boat a little further there is the Ecological Park Janauari. Here the tour is conducted on foot. The site has a restaurant with typical food, and craft, but before stopping suggest follow a bit more and visit this area in the back.

Ecological Park

The path between the Janauarilandia to the location where the water lilies, is wood and is more than three meters above the ground because at the time of full the place is flooded.

Way to the Vitória Régia

The samauma tree is a forest icon. The photo is in the right side shows the time when the area was flooded and the left side in the dry season. The difference in water level can get easy, easy to three meters.

Arriving at the lookout you can enjoy the flower of the Amazon, Vitoria Regia, hiding a pequemo alligator.

Vitoria Regia

At the end of the day we've been leading, on our behalf, to the viewpoint of Embratel to glimpse once again the meeting of the waters. A sad to see that the site is abandoned after it was listed. The grass is high, taking the place.

Viewpoint of Embratel

Meeting of the Waters, seen from the viewpoint.

Marco Testimony

Check out this site before it disappears.

The airport is a major tourist gateway, so I will indicate three options to get around the city.

1- Taxi
Going to the airport until the city normally paid is R$ 80.00

2- Special Bus
This leaves the airport and passes in the main hotels in the city costs costs R$ 20.00 per person.

3- Line bus
Who does this airport exit path are the lines of paragraph 306 and 59, stay tuned to the end, because the bus go in different directions. The link describes the route of each line, the cost of the ticket is R$ 2,75.por person.

Sites
Portal de Cultura
Guia Manaus
Porto de Manaus