Cavalhada
Cavalhada is a neighbourhood (bairro) in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil.

Cavalhada is a neighbourhood (bairro) in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959.
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Worth seeing in and around Cavalhada
2 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.
- 01Iberê Camargo Foundation
The Iberê Camargo Foundation is a cultural institution and museum located in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The Foundation is dedicated to preserving and promoting the work of Brazilian painter Iberê Camargo.
3.9 km · museum in Porto Alegre, Brazil · Wikipedia - 02Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis
The Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis, better known as UniRitter, is a university in Brazil, with two campuses in the cities of Canoas and Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul. Through these campuses it serves more than 6,000 students.
3.5 km · University in Brazil · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cavalhada
- Airports
- Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho (POA), 14 km
- Florianópolis → Cavalhada382 km · quickest by air, 4h 21m · R$320–500
- Navegantes → CavalhadaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Curitiba → Cavalhada554 km · quickest by air, 4h 50m · R$390–600
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Cavalhada
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cavalhada. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundremarks |- |infant || free || must pass under or over the turnstile |- |student || R$ 2.40 || must use a special TRI card |- |adult || R$ 4.80 || second trip is R$ 2.40 (with TRI) |- |resident senior (60 yr+) || free || must use a special TRI card |- |senior (65 yr+) || free || any document proving age is enough |} The Lotação is an alternative transportation system, with fewer lines, served by minibuses with up to 20 people in capacity.
- Get aroundAll minibuses are air conditioned and some of them have reclining seats.
- Get aroundThe minibuses are easily recognized by their "red, white and blue" color.
From Wikivoyage: Porto Alegre, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Cavalhada – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Cavalhada
Cavalhada is 9 km from Porto Alegre, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Cristal, Porto Alegreneighborhood in Porto Alegre city2.8 km
- Camaquãneighborhood in Porto Alegre1.1 km
- Tristezaneighborhood in Porto Alegre2.2 km
- Vila Assunção, Porto Alegreneighborhood in Porto Alegre2.3 km
- Vila Conceição, Porto Alegreneighborhood in Porto Alegre3.1 km
- Jardim Isabel, Porto Alegreneighborhood in Porto Alegre1.9 km