🇬🇧 Tour in Curitiba

Today I'm going to talk a little bit about tourism, because this pandemic made me talk less about it for a long time, but now a lot of people can travel, so let's go!

I'll start by talking about the must-see points to visit in Curitiba, in southern Brazil.

Curitiba is a city with almost two million inhabitants, and leaving São Paulo by plane you can reach the city in about an hour.

The city is full of parks that are worth a walk, a picnic, a walk with your pet. My favourites are Parque Tanguá and Parque Barigui. But there are several others. The Botanical Garden, the city's postcard, is also a good place for these activities. It's very beautiful and makes nice pictures. The Japan Square, which is in the region where some of the best hotels in the city are located, is also a beautiful place for photos.

In Curitiba it rains a lot. So it is recommended to have closed places in the script.

There are several museums in the city, the most famous being the Oscar Niemeyer Museum, also known as the eye museum. The famous architect Niemeyer designed the main building of the museum, like an araucaria, a type of pine common in the region, stylised, but people call it the eye museum because the shape also resembles that of an eye. The Guido Viaro museum, in addition to works of art, also has a weekly meeting to debate films, usually old ones. They post the schedule on the museum's Facebook page. In the center, there is the contemporary art museum, which is good for a quick visit, as it is a small museum, like the Guido Viaro.  And there are several others.

If the museum's films interested you, the Cinemateca de Curitiba, before the pandemic, also had a program of cult films, international film festivals, etc. Sesc Paço da Liberdade also has a cultural program. In it you need to register.

For an overview of the city, I recommend the panoramic tower. You can see the city from above and on the floor there is a map of the city in bas-relief. It's also a quick visit. It is very close to Barigui Park.

Another postcard of the city and stage of some shows is the Ópera de Arame. Don't wear thin heels to go there, as the access is via a bridge where your heel can get stuck. Right next door is the Paulo Leminski quarry, which has hosted concerts by great artists, such as the band Iron Maiden.

Another cultural reference in the city is the Guaíra theater, where concerts, theater performances and an opera festival take place. It's a very beautiful space.

In open spaces, pets are welcome. Public transport, as far as I know, does not accept the transport of animals, but tourists can use transport apps to walk their pet around the city, create itineraries that can be done on foot or on roller skates, or rent a car (I never rented one car to walk with a pet, but I suppose it is possible). If pet friendly companies in Curitiba are interested in going through our evaluation, the magazine is available to check the pros and cons of each one according to our criteria and disclose it to our readers.

Nycka, the Nomad