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Caxias do Sul

Caxias do Sul is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Caxias do Sul
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The place

Caxias do Sul is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Located in the northeast of the state at an elevation of 817 meters, it is the largest city in the Serra Gaúcha region, the second most populous city in Rio Grande do Sul, surpassed only by the state capital Porto Alegre, and the 47th largest city in Brazil.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Caxias do Sul

9 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.

  1. 01
    Francisco Stédile Stadium

    The Estádio Francisco Stédile, usually known as the Estádio Centenário, is a multi-use stadium in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches.

    1.7 km · football stadium in Brazil · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St. Theresa's Cathedral, Caxias do Sul

    St. Theresa's Cathedral, also called Caxias do Sul Cathedral, is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and the cathedral of the Diocese of Caxias do Sul.

    100 m · church in Caxias do Sul, Brazil · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Lourdes

    The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes is a Catholic temple located in the Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul. The Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes was created on February 8, 1942, by decree of Bishop José Barea.

    1.7 km · church building in Brazil · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Museum of Caxias do Sul City

    The Municipal Museum of Caxias do Sul is a Brazilian historical, artistic, and ethnographic museum, located at 586 Visconde de Pelotas Street, in Caxias do Sul, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The municipal museum, besides permanently showing its own collection, offers monitored visits, a temporary exhibition room, itinerant exhibitions, and several heritage education projects.

    200 m · local museum · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Palacete Eberle

    The Eberle Palace is a historic building in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, located at 1540 Sinimbu Street. It was the residence of the important industrialist Abramo Eberle, and is protected by the City Hall.

    200 m · Brazilian historical building · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Square Dante Alighieri

    Dante Alighieri Square is the oldest and most traditional public square in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, located in the center of the city. It was included in the colony's floor plan from the beginning of the territory's occupation and was the stage for many important events, having in its surroundings several historical buildings of great importance.

    0 m · public square in Caxias do Sul, Brazil · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Sede Social do Clube Juvenil

    The Clube Juvenil headquarters are located in the Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It was built in 1928 and listed as a municipal heritage site in 2007.

    100 m · historic building in Caxias do Sul, Brazil · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Hospital Carbone

    The João Spadari Adami Municipal Historical Archive is a cultural institution in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. It has a large collection of documents, photographs, films, recordings, newspapers, and other materials, mostly related to the Italian colonization in the region and to the history of Caxias do Sul, whose value and extent place the institution as an important reference in the state.

    1.4 km · library · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Capela do Santo Sepulcro

    The Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre is a Catholic temple located in the Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul. It has neo-Gothic features and houses several works of art inside, including statuary by Michelangelo Zambelli, a mural painting by Aldo Locatelli and a crypt with a wooden sculptural group carved by Benvenuto Conte depicting the scene of the lamentation of the Dead Christ.

    1.1 km · church building in Caxias do Sul, Brazil · Wikipedia

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See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Museu Casa de Pedra (Stone House Museum), Rua Matheo Gianella, 531. 09:00 to 17:00. Built in 1878 by the Lucchese family, houses objects, furniture and utensils used by immigrants at the time of colonization. Considered a Living Museum in Latin America.

  1. 01
    São Pelegrino Church

    Rio Branco), saopelegrino@diocesedecaxias.org.br.

  2. 02
    Replica of historic Caxias do Sul

    Rua Ludovico Cavinatto, 1431 (beside the Grape Festival Pavilions).

  3. 03
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Sul
  4. 04
    Monumento Nacional ao Imigrante
  5. 05
    Belvedere da Cascata Véu da Noiva

From Wikivoyage: Caxias do Sul, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Alameda Pizzeria, Rua Matteo Gianella, 1440, +55 54 32113694. Churrascaria Gaudério, Rua Mário de Boni, 1766, gauderio@gauderio.com.br. Chateau Lacave, BR 116, Km 143, s/nº, +55 54 4009-4822, lacave@lacave.com.br. Daily 11:30-15:00, Tue-Thu 19:30-22:00, Fri Sat 19:30-23:00.

From Wikivoyage: Caxias do Sul, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Caxias do Sul

Airports
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho (POA), 92 km
Stations
Caxias do Sul Airport, 3.2 km
  • Porto Alegre → Caxias do Sul
    96 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · R$35–46
  • Florianópolis → Caxias do Sul
    311 km · quickest by road, 7h 36m · R$125–170
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No local-transport research exists yet for Caxias do Sul

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 Caxias do Sul. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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