Neighborhood in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Cidade Baixa, Porto Alegre
Cidade Baixa is a neighborhood of the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
The neighborhood was created by the law number 2022 of December 7, 1959.
How locals move
Getting around Cidade Baixa, Porto Alegre the local way
- 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. Last edited 2026-09.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.