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Goiânia
Capital city of Goiás, Brazil

Goiânia

Goiânia is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás.

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With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population of 2,890,418, making it the 12th-largest in Brazil. With an area of approximately 739 square kilometres, it has a continuous geography with few hills and lowlands, with flat lands in most of its territory, especially the Meia Ponte River, in addition to Botafogo and Capim Puba streams.

Get in

Getting to Goiânia

Good air service. Non-Stop flights from São Paulo - 1 hour 20 minutes flight time. From Goiânia, there are numerous flights per day to other cities in Brazil, either through São Paulo or Brasilia. At the airport of Goiânia you can do business and exchange offers many rental vehicles and taxi points.

See

Worth seeing

During the day, there really isn't much to be seen in Goiânia, as it's the urban center of a young region. There are a couple of parks you can visit, malls and commercial streets. At night, you can find many bars, pubs and night clubs filled with young people. Each of these is attended by very well defined social classes.

  1. 01
    Praça Pedro Ludovico

    An enormous roundabout at the very center of Goiânia, here sit the Governor's palace, the State Legislature Hall and a monument to the Goiano pioneers.

  2. 02
    Museu Pedro Ludovico Teixeira

    This museum, which was the former home to Pedro Ludovico (founder of Goiânia) resident, keeps a collection of objects and furniture of the former governor, even his truck (Chevy 53).

  3. 03
    Praça Universitária

    This square is a veritable outdoor museum.

  4. 04
    Anthropology Museum
  5. 05
    Centro Cultural Jesco Puttkamer/Museu
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Mutirama

    10ː00-17ː00 Thu-Fri, 09ː00-17ː30 Sat-Sun.

  2. 02
    Clube Jaó

    Sat Sun 08ː00-17ː00, open later other days.

  3. 03
    Bosque dos Buritis

    The city's main public park, with a small art museum on the grounds.

  4. 04
    Horto-Florestal de Goiânia
  5. 05
    Parque Flamboyant
  6. 06
    Parque Vaca Brava

    Sort of evokes the essence of Central Park in NYC, sitting amongst the upper crust of Goiania with examples like Goiânia Shopping center next door.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Eugenio Hansen, OFS (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.