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Duque de Caxias

Duque de Caxias
Duque de Caxias · Wikimedia Commons (see file page)
What is there

Worth seeing in and around Duque de Caxias

5 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
    Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha

    The Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of Penha de França, popularly known as Igreja da Penha, is a traditional Catholic sanctuary located in the Penha neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built on top of a rock, it is famous for the 382 steps of the main staircase, where many faithful fulfill their promises by climbing on foot or on their knees.

    7.7 km · church in Brazil · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Piscinão de Ramos

    Piscinão de Ramos is an artificial saltwater lagoon located in the Maré neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Constructed in 2001 with the goal of providing residents of Rio's North Zone with a clean bathing area, it is considered the main leisure area of the North Zone and has recorded up to 60,000 visitors on a single weekend.

    8.6 km · water park in Brazil · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Estádio da Rua Bariri

    Estádio Mourão Vieira Filho, usually known as Estádio da Rua Bariri, is a football stadium in Olaria neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 8,300 people.

    7.7 km · football stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Apresentação

    The Church of Our Lady of the Presentation is a historic Roman Catholic church located in the neighborhood of Irajá, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1613, it is considered the oldest church in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

    5.3 km · church building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Praça do Carmo

    Praça do Carmo is a region of Rio de Janeiro, but not officially recognized as a neighborhood.

    6.2 km · square in Rio de Janeiro · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Duque de Caxias

Airports
Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim (GIG), 7 km · Santos Dumont (SDU), 21 km
Stations
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, 6.8 km · Engenho da Rainha, 9.3 km · Colégio, 6.7 km · Acari-Fazenda Botafogo, 5.8 km · Engenheiro Rubens Paiva, 5.9 km
  • São Paulo → Duque de Caxias
    350 km · quickest by air, 4h 30m · R$340–520
  • Belo Horizonte → Duque de Caxias
    325 km · quickest by air, 5h 2m · R$340–530
  • Campinas → Duque de Caxias
    384 km · quickest by air, 4h 20m · R$330–510
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Duque de Caxias

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundTwo lines operating TransOeste and TransCarioca, Planned: TransOlimpica Teleférico A is a cable car service.

From Wikivoyage: Rio de Janeiro/Zona Norte, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Ilha GrandeBR

    10 ways of moving, 20 sources

    97 km
  2. 02
    Morro de São Paulo and Ilha de TinharéBR

    9 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,144 km
  3. 03
    Uyuni and the Salar de UyuniBO

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    2,442 km
  4. 04
    San Pedro de AtacamaCL

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    2,547 km
  5. 05
    RurrenabaqueBO

    8 ways of moving, 37 sources

    2,713 km

If you know how people move in Duque de Caxias – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Duque de Caxias

Duque de Caxias is 7 km from São João de Meriti, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Belford Roxomunicipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil9.3 km
  • São João de Meritimunicipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil6.5 km
  • Complexo do Alemãoneighborhood in municipality of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil9.2 km
  • Madureiraneighborhood in municipality of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil9.8 km
  • Galeãoneighborhood in Rio de Janeiro7.9 km
  • Olarianeighborhood of Rio de Janeiro8.4 km