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Neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Padre Miguel, Rio de Janeiro

The neighborhood of Padre Miguel is situated in the western region of the city of Rio de Janeiro, is of middle class, and borders the neighborhoods of Bangu (west) and Realengo (east).

Padre Miguel, Rio de Janeiro
Padre Miguel, Rio de Janeiro · Arne Müseler (CC BY-SA 3.0 de)
The place

The neighborhood of Padre Miguel is situated in the western region of the city of Rio de Janeiro, is of middle class, and borders the neighborhoods of Bangu (west) and Realengo (east). The Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel and Unidos de Padre Miguel schools of samba are located in Padre Miguel. On the weekend, another attraction is the Ponto Chic, bohemian stronghold of the neighborhood. Simonsen College and Castelo Branco University, two private colleges, are found in the West Zone. Padre Miguel has many excellent private schools, including Adventist School of Padre Miguel, Prioridade Hum and Simonsen High School.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Padre Miguel, Rio de Janeiro

One place 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
    Estádio Proletário Guilherme da Silveira

    The Estádio Proletário Guilherme da Silveira Filho, but usually known as Estádio Moça Bonita is a football stadium inaugurated in 1947 in Bangu neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, state of Rio de Janeiro, with a maximum capacity of 9,564 people. Estádio Moça Bonita is owned by Fábrica Bangu.

    1.3 km · football stadium in Brazil · Wikipedia

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Getting to Padre Miguel, Rio de Janeiro

Airports
Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim (GIG), 22 km · Santos Dumont (SDU), 30 km
  • São Paulo → Padre Miguel, Rio de Janeiro
    334 km · quickest by air, 5h 11m · R$390–600
  • Belo Horizonte → Padre Miguel, Rio de Janeiro
    333 km · quickest by air, 5h 43m · R$390–610
  • Campinas → Padre Miguel, Rio de Janeiro
    370 km · quickest by air, 5h 1m · R$380–590
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Padre Miguel, Rio de Janeiro

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 Padre Miguel, Rio de Janeiro. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get in]] Ferries (barcas) connect neighbouring Niterói to Rio de Janeiro and arrive at Praça XV (see down), in the city centre.
  • Get aroundAmong the public transportation modes, there is subway, heavy rail, light rail, bus rapid transit, local buses, microbuses, cable cars and ferry boats.
  • Get aroundFerry boats depart from Santa Teresa Tram, Centro Corcovado Rack Railway, Zona Sul Sugarloaf Cable Car (Zona Sul) Buses are still the cheapest and most convenient way to get around the South Zone (Zona Sul) of the city due to the high number and frequency of lines running through the area.
  • Get aroundExcept for minibuses, buses now have two doors: passengers get in through the front door and get off through the back (it was otherwise until 2001–2002).
  • Get aroundBuses 511 (Ataulfo de Paiva) and 512 (Bartholomeu Mitre) are also popular as they take you to Urca for the station to take the cable car up the Sugarloaf mountain.

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

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Around it

Next door to Padre Miguel, Rio de Janeiro

Padre Miguel, Rio de Janeiro is 12 km from São João de Meriti, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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