Campo Grande
Campo Grande is a city in the central and western region of Brazil, capital and the largest city of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Campo Grande is a city in the central and western region of Brazil, capital and the largest city of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Historically a stronghold of separatists from the North and South, the city is planned in the middle of a vast green space, with wide streets and tree-lined avenues.
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Worth seeing in and around Campo Grande
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Morenão
Morenão, also known as Estádio Universitário Pedro Pedrossian, is the home ground of Operário and Esporte Clube Comercial. It is located at Cidade Universitária, in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
2 km · stadium in Campo Grande, Brazil · Wikipedia - 02Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
The Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, is a public university located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil. It has, in addition to the main campus in Campo Grande, nine campuses located in the following inland cities: Aquidauana, Chapadão do Sul, Corumbá, Coxim, Naviraí, Nova Andradina, Paranaíba, Ponta Porã and Três Lagoas.
2.3 km · public university and academic publisher in Brazil · Wikipedia - 03Parque Estadual do Prosa
The Prosa State Park, formerly the Parque dos Poderes, is an urban state park in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. It protects a remnant of cerrado vegetation, and is home to a wildlife rehabilitation center.
6.6 km · State park in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil · Wikipedia - 04Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Abbey and St. Anthony, Campo Grande
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Abbey and St. Anthony Also Campo Grande Cathedral It is a Catholic cathedral that functions as the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Campo Grande in the South American country of Brazil.
2.1 km · church in Campo Grande, Brazil · Wikipedia - 05Dom Bosco Catholic University
The Dom Bosco Catholic University is a private, non-profit Catholic university, located in Campo Grande, the capital of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, in western Brazil. It is maintained by the Catholic Archdiocese of Campo Grande.
8.5 km · university in Brazil · Wikipedia - 06Governorate of Mato Grosso do Sul
The Governorate of Mato Grosso do Sul is the state governor's workplace and seat of government. Located in Parque dos Poderes, the building also houses the headquarters of the Secretary of State for Government and Strategic Management and the Undersecretary of Communication.
7 km · historic building and seat of the Government of the State of Mato Grosso de Sul in Brazil · Wikipedia - 07Federal Institute of Mato Grosso do Sul
The Federal Institute of Mato Grosso do Sul, abbreviated as IFMS, officially the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Mato Grosso do Sul, is a vocational and higher education college that is focused on engineering, technical, and life sciences education with multiple campuses, located in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The institute is part of the expansion program of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education, of the Ministry of Education.
4.8 km · Public federal institute of education, science, and technology in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Around sunrise and sunset, watch out for big birds flying in pairs: those are usually macaws coming to/fro their nests atop palm trees. Smaller, toucans are identifiable by their long, colorful beaks. At night, capybaras can be easily spotted on park lawns and around
- 01Lago do Amor
On August and September, the blossom of ipês (golden trumpet trees, Handroanthus albus) makes for a spectacular sight.
- 02Museu das Culturas Dom Bosco
Hosted in a modern building, there are exhibits about native groups such as Bororó, Carajá and Xavante, as well as an extensive insect collection.
- 03MARCO - Museu de Arte Contemporânea
- 04Museu da Aviação de Busca e Salvamento
- 05Igreja de São Francisco de Assis
- 06Cidade do Natal
Built in 2008, this cute make-believe village has daily free Christmas-inspired attractions on the last three weeks of December.
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Things to do
- 01Sarau de Segunda
This sarau is an open mic event, mix of music jams and poetry slam.
- 02Associação Colônia Paraguaia de Campo Grande
- 03Harmonia Escola de Dança de Salão
Rua Bahia, 963.
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Where to eat
As with many other Brazilian regions, Campo Grande is a melting pot of many cultures. However, the elements of this mixture are different from those encountered elsewhere in Brazil, and the city might have an exotic flavor even for Brazilians of other parts of the country. The culinary is marked by use of manioc, cerrado fruits and nuts (pequi, buriti, bocaiúva, guavira, etc.), molasses and corn flour (fubá).
- 01Pastelaria Parada Obrigatória
Good sopa paraguaya on offer, and their house sauce is delicious.
- 02Feira Central
The stalls usually specialize in a type of food, from pastel to cold stone-style ice-cream to oniguiri to Japanese sweets and kawaii cookies.
- 03Delícias do Cerrado
Mascarenhas de Moraes, 2470 (inside Comper Ypê Center).
- 04Confeitaria Árabe
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- 05Soba House
Besides Soba, also serves piranha soup and other local dishes such as fried pacu (a freshwater fish) and dobradinha (dish made from a cow's flat white stomach lining).
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Getting to Campo Grande
- Stations
- Campo Grande International Airport, 6 km
- Cuiabá → Campo Grande560 km · quickest by road, 13h 8m · R$190–255
- Foz do Iguaçu → Campo Grande568 km · quickest by road, 13h 28m · R$195–260
- São Paulo → Campo Grande15 km · quickest by road, 43 min · R$5–7
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Campo Grande
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Campo Grande. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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