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Praia de Belas

Praia de Belas is a neighborhood of the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Praia de Belas
Praia de Belas · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Praia de Belas is a neighborhood of the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Praia de Belas

10 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
    Estádio Beira-Rio

    Estádio José Pinheiro Borda, better known as Estádio Beira-Rio, Gigante da Beira-Rio or simply Beira-Rio, due to its location beside the Guaíba River, is a football stadium in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It serves as the home stadium for Sport Club Internacional, replacing their previous stadium, the Estádio dos Eucaliptos.

    2.1 km · football stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Estádio dos Eucaliptos

    The Estádio Ildo Meneghetti, familiarly known as Estádio dos Eucaliptos, was a football stadium located in the neighborhood of Menino Deus, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The stadium was built in 1931 had a maximum seating capacity of 20,000 people.

    1.7 km · stadium in Brazil · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

    The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul is a Brazilian public federal research university based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. UFRGS is among the largest and highest-rated universities in Brazil, having one of the largest number of scientific publications.

    1.9 km · Brazilian federal university based in Porto Alegre · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Estádio Olímpico Monumental

    Estádio Olímpico Monumental, also known as Estádio Olímpico de Porto Alegre and Estádio Olímpico until 1980, is a defunct football stadium in the city of Porto Alegre, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, with a capacity of 45,000 people. The stadium is owned by Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense.

    2.3 km · football stadium in Porto Alegre · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre

    The Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre is a federal university of health sciences located in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

    2 km · University in Porto Alegre, Brazil · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Mother of God, Porto Alegre

    The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Mother of God, also called the Metropolitan Cathedral of Porto Alegre, is the Catholic metropolitan cathedral of Porto Alegre and the seat of the eponymous archdiocese. The founding of the church is closely related to the origin of the city.

    1.5 km · church in Porto Alegre, Brazil · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    São Pedro Theatre

    The São Pedro Theatre is the oldest theatre in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

    1.6 km · theatre in Porto Alegre, Brazil · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Marinha do Brasil Park

    Marinha do Brasil Park is an urban park located in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was inaugurated on December 9, 1978, on 70,7 hectares of city-owned land.

    1.1 km · sculpture garden · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art

    The Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art is an art museum in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located in the centre of Porto Alegre.

    2 km · Historical heritage listed by the Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage of the State of Rio Grande do Sul in the city of Porto Alegre · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Gigantinho

    The Gigantinho is an indoor sports arena in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The sixth largest arena in the country, it was opened on 4 November 1973.

    2 km · sports arena in Porto Alegre, Brazil · 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.

Go there

Getting to Praia de Belas

Airports
Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho (POA), 9 km
Stations
Mauá Pier, 2.1 km · Port of Porto Alegre, 2.1 km
  • Florianópolis → Praia de Belas
    377 km · quickest by air, 4h 6m · R$300–470
  • Navegantes → Praia de Belas
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Curitiba → Praia de Belas
    548 km · quickest by air, 4h 35m · R$370–570
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Praia de Belas

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

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

    10 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,039 km
  2. 02
    San Pedro de AtacamaCL

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    1,863 km
  3. 03
    Uyuni and the Salar de UyuniBO

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    1,893 km
  4. 04
    Morro de São Paulo and Ilha de TinharéBR

    9 ways of moving, 31 sources

    2,244 km
  5. 05
    RurrenabaqueBO

    8 ways of moving, 37 sources

    2,408 km

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

Around it

Next door to Praia de Belas

Praia de Belas is 2 km from Porto Alegre, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.