| Page Views: 4,543 Last Visit to Belém: December, 2006 | Belem do Para by mircaskirca - last update: Aug 17, 2008 |
The City of Mango Trees | street vendors of castanhas do Para (brazil nuts) |
Belem is the capital and also the biggest city of the state of Para with aproximately 2,1 million of inhabitants. It's a jumping-off point for those seeking for Amazon adventures and one of Brazil's busiest ports. The city is lying about 60 miles upriver from the Atlantic Ocean, near the equator. The river is the Para, part of the greater Amazon river system. One part of the city contains modern skyscrapers and the other part, the colonial section, has charming tree-filled squares, churches and traditional blue tiles. Belem is also known as "cidade das mangueiras" (the city of mango trees) due to the large number of those trees found in the city. It's a hot and rainy city. Humidity is very high. The climate is equatorial which means little variance from day to day. The wettest months are between January and May, but whenever you travel, be prepared for daily rain and high temperatures. There are some lovely islands worth exploring while you are in Belem: Ilha de Algodoal, Ilha de Marajo and Ilha de Cotijuba, all of them real ecological delights!! |
| riverfront before the rain |
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| Av.Nazare, Basilica NS de Nazare in the background |
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hindu1936 Mon Mar 23, 2009 08:39 UTC Hello Mira and thank you for the great tips. Love the idea of good food at a great price and free (or nearly so) mangos. We will ship to Europe from Belem and had wondered about it. | Nemorino Sun Oct 12, 2008 20:46 UTC Great that the Theatro da Paz is still so well-preserved after all that time! Also the Emilio Goeldi installation and the Casa das Onze Janelas sound really interesting. And you were lucky to be there for the jazz festival! | gilabrand Sun May 11, 2008 11:06 UTC Very good tips on fruits and other yummy things I've never heard of. | titabell Sat Nov 3, 2007 17:25 UTC Hello Mira! Thank you for visiting my Septon Page! I love your BRAZIL Page and your tips! I really wish that I could one day visit Brazil too...perhaps even marry a football player from there...ha!ha!ha! |
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