Corumbá
Table of Contents: Travel to Corumbá, visa requirements / Get around / Corumbá attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Corumbá souvenirs / Handicrafts / Mall / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Corumbá nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Bars and beer places / Clubs / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Boat-hotels / Hotels and inns / Get out More from Mato Grosso do Sul: Campo Grande, Corumbá |
Corumbá is the third largest city in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul and its main tourist destination. Located next to the border between Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia, it is the gateway for the famous Pantanal region. It also boasts well-preserved historic buildings of European influence, and particular customs, traditions and history.
Its inhabitants are called corumbaenses.
Travel to Corumbá, visa requirements
Corumbá is just across the river from the Bolivian border town of Puerto Quijarro.
The Bolivian Fronteira (Border) is served by taxis on the Bolivian side. Typically a taxi from the train station to the Fronteira/Immigration costs about 5 Bs (less than $1) per person and takes around 5 minutes. Be prepared to share your taxi with other travellers. You can pay in either Bolivianos or Brazilian Reals in Puerto Quijarro but it is advisable to use Bolivianos as it tends to work out cheaper. Bolivian Immigration is located on the border from which it is a short (100 yard) walk across the border to the Brazilian buses and taxis.
The Brazilian Fronteira is served by taxis, motos and the city bus (ônibus). A taxi to the center of Corumbá will cost you R$20-25 (US$10). The bus runs once an hour --in May 2006 it was running at 45 minutes past the hour from the Fronteira and 15 minutes past the hour to the Fronteira. The bus can be paid for in one of two ways: by cash to the attendant on the bus, or by purchasing a plastic coin from the cafeteria adjacent to the bus stop. These plastic coins cost around R$1.50-2.00 and are valid for one journey. Paying by cash on the bus is likely to cost over R$3.00, but the bus is by far the cheapest way to get from the Fronteira to the Town Center.
Brazilian Immigration is in the bus station which is approximately 5 blocks north of the center of town, you can catch the bus from the center which is destined for "El Cristo". The bus station is a large open building next to an multipurpose arena and a football field. Brazilian Immigration is only open for about 4 hours per day and it is not unusual to get your immigration stamp the following day after arriving in Corumbá. For this reason, if you are travelling from Corumbá to Bolivia, it is advisable to get your exit stamp the day before you travel.
There are connections by bus to Campo Grande (5 hours), São Paulo (20 hours) and Rio de Janeiro (25 hours).
Corumbá has an airport served by TAM [1] and BRA [2]. Corumbá and the nearby Bolivian town of Puerto Suarez have airports.
Get around
If your staying in the center of Corumbá, everything is walkable, with the exception of "O Cristo" which is on a hill that overlooks the city. The bus for "El Cristo" will take you close to the steps which lead to the top where you can have a view of the town.
Prepaid bus tickets are freely available from people in or outside the bus stations (These people do not work for the bus companies) This is the preferred method of buying tickets for the bus. Typically these are a gold colored plastic coins but more recently they are introducing paper tickets. These tickets can also be used in many small corner shops to buy goods just as you would use money. It is advisable to check what their exchange rate is first.
If you need to get out of the center then a common method of transport is the moto taxi. You need to know where you want to go and can go a modest distance for R$1-2.
From the main coach station there are regular buses daily to Campo Grande and Sao Paulo; these are served mainly by Andorinha.
There is a train line in Corumbá however it is cargo only and does not accept passengers.
Corumbá attractions and sightseeing
A number of day tours and multiday tours to the Pantanal can be booked. The easiest way to find these are to ask in a number of hotels, and it is advisable to shop around before making a confirmed decision.
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City tours
There are a number of community swimming pools which are often clean with changing areas open at the weekends and entry is quite cheap
Shopping, Corumbá souvenirs
You can buy some local crafts (artesanato). Being close to the Bolivian border, there is a duty-free zone imports and Bolivian crafts too.
Handicrafts
- House of the Sculptor - In the house of the Izulina Arts Xavier artesanatos confectioned in dust of rock and concrete are displayed, wooden ceramics and notchs. It is opened between the 8 and to the 17 hs, during the week.
- House of the Craftsman - In the building that until years 70 functioned the public chain, artesanato in leather, wood and ceramics can meet made for craftsmen of the region, beyond the aboriginal artesanato. Without saying of most delicious liquors caretakers. Registers of the construction of the building do not exist, only of its first restoration (1893). The house was established in 1975 and had the cells transformed into commercial or local store of production.
- House of the Mass Adobe - it was created to stimulate the art in ceramics. Its artists are adolescent children and who shape the flora and Pantaneiros animals with clay.
Mall
- Pantanal Gallery
Good restaurants and cheap meals
Food in Corumbá is inexpensive. There are several pizza and barbecue restautants around town.
- Churrascaria Gold Skewer , Av. Baron of the Rio Branco, 121, 67 3231-1323.
- Churrascaria Gold Bow , Street Frei Mariano, 708, 67 3231 - 7371.
- Churrascaria Roundup , Street 13 of June, 760, 67 3231-6477
- Pizzaria Palate and Restaurant , R. Anônio Mª Coelho, 455, 67 3231 4581
- Good Fish market Fish , Street 15 of November, 164, 67 ' 3232-1490
- Fish market of the Lulu , Street Dom Aquino, 67 3231-4936
- Restaurant, Churrascaria and Pizzaria of the Gaucho , Street Frei Mariano, 879 - Center, 67 3231-5220/3629
- Restaurant and Ceará Fish market , Street Albuquerque, 516, 67 3231-1930
- Restaurant and Miguéis Fish market , Street Tiradentes, 775, 67 3231-4798
- Restaurant and Pizzaria Antonellos , R. Frei Mariano, 837, 67 3231-0010, [3].
- Floating Restaurant Caiçara , M. Cavassa, s/n, 67 3231-3126
- São Paulo Restaurant , Ed Rocha, 1118, 67 3231-4095
- Trivial Restaurant , Street 15 of November, 188, 67 3231-6758
Corumbá nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.
The night can start in the Marechal Rondon Ave, filled with bars, beer places and restaurants. Don't miss a stop at the mirantes to see the moon reflected on the waters of the Paraguay River.
Bars and beer places
- Bar Tuiuiu , Street D Corrêa Aquino, 2060, Center.
- Blackboard Bar , Al Sta Luzia, 56, Popular Old.
- Multicoffe Express Coffee , R. Delamare, 1190, 67 3231-7966.
- Pedro's Choperia and Espeteria , Street Columbus, 1826, Center.
- Skinão Snacks , R. Frei Mariano, 407, 67 3231-5552.
- Scorpios Ice cream parlor , R. Cuiabá, 983, 67 3231-4532.
- Titio´s Snacks , R. 15 of November, 907, 67 3231-4930.
Clubs
- Boate Shelter , Street Campo Grande, 2146, Ours Mrs. of Fat.
- Excalibur
- Studio 1054 , General Av. Rondon, 1,054, 67 3231-6056
- Wisqueria Pantanal , R. 7 of September, 492, 67 231 3822
Hotels, youth hostels, lodging
Boat-hotels
- Albatroz, 67 3231-4851; Fax 67 3231-5888
- Celebridade, Rua Domingos Saib, Nº 843 Cervejaria, 67 3231-9060
- Eldorado Pantaneiro, 67 3231-6369
- Juruanã, 67 3231-8522
- Kalypso, 67 3231-1460
- Kayamã, 67 3232-4048
- Netuno, 67 3231-6369
- Paola, 67 3231-5235
- Scorpions, 67 3231-3372
- Sort’s, 0800 67-5300
- Triton, 67 3231-2179
- Tuiuiú, 67 3231-2052
- Yatch Millenium, 67 3231-3372/3470
Hotels and inns
- Hotel Beira Rio, Rua Manoel Cavassa, 109, 67 3231-2554.
- Hotel City, Rua Cabral, 1031, 67 3231-6373/9825.
- Hotel Gold Fish, Av. Rio Branco, 2799 – saída para Ladário, 5 km., 67 3231-5106.
- Hotel Lincoln, Rua 15 de Novembro, 205 - Centro, 67 3231-4483.
- Hotel Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Rua Totico de Medeiros, 333, 67 3231-4814.
- Internacional Palace Hotel, Rua Dom Aquino Corrêa, 1457, 67 3231-6343, hpalace@brasinet.com.br .
- Nacional Palace Hotel, Rua América, 936, 67 3231-6868/6202, hnacion@pantanalnet.com.br .
- Pousada do Cachimbo, Rua: Guaporé, 44, 067 3231-4833/3910.
- Santa Mônica Palace Hotel, Rua Antônio Maria Coelho, 345, 67 3231-3001/7880/3490/1701, stmonica@pantanalnet.com.br.
Get out
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