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Campo Grande
Capital city of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Campo Grande

Campo Grande is a city in the central and western region of Brazil, capital and the largest city of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

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Historically a stronghold of separatists from the North and South, the city is planned in the middle of a vast green space, with wide streets and tree-lined avenues.

Get in

Getting to Campo Grande

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    Campo Grande
See

Worth seeing

Around sunrise and sunset, watch out for big birds flying in pairs: those are usually macaws coming to/fro their nests atop palm trees. Smaller, toucans are identifiable by their long, colorful beaks. At night, capybaras can be easily spotted on park lawns and around

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    Lago do Amor

    On August and September, the blossom of ipês (golden trumpet trees, Handroanthus albus) makes for a spectacular sight.

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    Museu das Culturas Dom Bosco

    Hosted in a modern building, there are exhibits about native groups such as Bororó, Carajá and Xavante, as well as an extensive insect collection.

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    MARCO - Museu de Arte Contemporânea
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    Museu da Aviação de Busca e Salvamento
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    Igreja de São Francisco de Assis
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    Cidade do Natal

    Built in 2008, this cute make-believe village has daily free Christmas-inspired attractions on the last three weeks of December.

Do

Things to do

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    Sarau de Segunda

    This sarau is an open mic event, mix of music jams and poetry slam.

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    Associação Colônia Paraguaia de Campo Grande
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    Harmonia Escola de Dança de Salão

    Rua Bahia, 963.

Eat

Where to eat

As with many other Brazilian regions, Campo Grande is a melting pot of many cultures. However, the elements of this mixture are different from those encountered elsewhere in Brazil, and the city might have an exotic flavor even for Brazilians of other parts of the country. The culinary is marked by use of manioc, cerrado fruits and nuts (pequi, buriti, bocaiúva, guavira, etc.), molasses and corn flour (fubá).

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    Pastelaria Parada Obrigatória

    Good sopa paraguaya on offer, and their house sauce is delicious.

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    Feira Central

    The stalls usually specialize in a type of food, from pastel to cold stone-style ice-cream to oniguiri to Japanese sweets and kawaii cookies.

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    Delícias do Cerrado

    Mascarenhas de Moraes, 2470 (inside Comper Ypê Center).

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    Confeitaria Árabe

    R.

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    Soba House

    Besides Soba, also serves piranha soup and other local dishes such as fried pacu (a freshwater fish) and dobradinha (dish made from a cow's flat white stomach lining).

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.