Porto Velho
Porto Velho is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin.
Porto Velho is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is 460,434 people. Located on the border of Rondônia and the state of Amazonas, the town is an important trading center for cassiterite, the mining of tin, which represents the most important economic activity in the region, as well as a transportation and communication center. It is on the eastern shore of the Madeira River, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon River. It is also Rondônia's largest city, and the largest state capital of Brazil by area.
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Worth seeing in and around Porto Velho
3 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.
- 01Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Porto Velho
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, also Porto Velho Cathedral, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Velho, in the state of Rondônia, in the South American country of Brazil. Despite having an act of laying its first stone on May 3, 1917 - with the presence of the Bishop of Amazonas, Joao Joffily Ireneo, and the Municipal Superintendent, Joaquim Augusto Tanajura - it was only in 1927 that the cathedral began Really its construction.
0 m · church in Porto Velho, Brazil · Wikipedia - 02Federal University of Rondônia
The Federal University of Rondônia is located in the state of Rondônia, in Brazil. It is the only public university in the state.
9 km · Brazilian public university · Wikipedia - 03Estádio Aluízio Ferreira
Estádio Aluízio Ferreira, usually known as Estádio Aluízio Ferreira and nicknamed Aluizão, is a football stadium located in Porto Velho, Rondônia state, Brazil. The stadium is owned by the Governo de Rondônia and it was built in 1957.
900 m · soccer stadium located in Porto Velho, Brazil · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Railway station Estação da Ferrovia, Ferroviária. Built as compensation for Brazil taking over the state of Acre from Bolivia, and to transport rubber and other Amazon produce. Since long not operational, the station is rapidly suffering from decline. The once excellent museum is now closed for reforms, with nobody able to tell when it will open again.
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Things to do
When available do go and eat an açaí with guaraná and granola. You'll love the taste of this dark brown sweet local fruit. On the weekly market or on the central square get a vatapá or tacacá. Maybe you won't like the taste but when you eat the included green leaves in the latter, you'll be sure to have a numb tongue for an hour or so.
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Where to eat
SESC Centro, For a real cheap and if you like healthy meal go here. Next to the postoffice (correios) on Av. 7 de Setembro on Dutra. Government subsidised training centre/ school. Restaurante Clube Ferroviaria, Av. 7 de Setembro, two blocks from the river, in a sports complex. Comida por kilo place, serving the standard rice and beans for reasonable prices. Good service.
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Getting to Porto Velho
- Airports
- Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira (PVH), 6 km
- Stations
- Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport, 5.4 km · Caiari Airport, 800 m
- Rio Branco → Porto Velho449 km · quickest by air, 4h 23m · R$350–530
- Manaus → Porto Velho762 km · quickest by air, 4h 31m · R$400–620
- Cuiabá → Porto Velho1139 km · quickest by air, 5h 1m · R$500–770
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