Imperial Museum Petropolis

On my second full day in Brazil I decided to get out of Rio De Janeiro and head for the mountains surrounding the city. So I booked a tour and we headed for Petropolis at 11am - Petropolis is a city of 320,000 people up in the mountains about an hour drive from Rio.

When you enter this city you are instantly taken back in time with the …

... about 12 PM, checked into our room and then headed out to hit some of the major attractions. Our first stop was the Imperial Museum. They confiscated people's cameras at the door (darn, you couldn't take pictures inside) and made you wear these ...

... are going up and down the street. there are also Ferrari's and Bentleys so its a bit of a mix.  We headed for the Imperial Museum and spent two hours going round in funny shoe slippers as the floors are not to be stood on directly.  It was ...

... a B&B close to the city centre for 2 nights. This was enough time to walk around the city and see the main attractions, such as the Cathedral, Crystal Palace, Imperial Museum and some private houses which were once inhabited by royal family ...