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Petropolis Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Petropolis, Brazil
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Carnival Capers
This is a top pick! ... , it could have been $150 a night in a sweaty dorm but we scratched our heads and found the leafy and much cooler town of petropolis, only an hours bus ride north of Rio where we booked a top hotel for $50 a night. Have been chatting to quite a few ...
City of God (and cheese and banana sandwiches)
This is a top pick! ... hey, check out how nice this place is yourself . But I guess I should mention the dodgy electrics (not so uncommon in Brazil I´ve since discovered). We arrived back there one rainy afternoon to discover that all the power had been switched off as water ...
Miranda's Dance Workshop
... that to my resume J . It was very cold at night now. I never thought it was going to be this cold in Brazil. We finished the evening off by going to a nice restaurant located in an old stable house of an old estate. They had updated it ...
the imperial city
i have spent the last 4 days in petrópolis, the imperial city, so named because the brasilian royal family built there summer palace here. now it is the most visited museum in brasil. half an hour of motorway from the rio de janeiro central bus ...
Downtown Petropolis
... ?! We also chose to buy tickets to the main competition for Tuesday night. After breakfast we headed out downtown. Downtown Petropolis is a bustling city where the pedestrian has to watch out for their lives as they cross roads and breathe in the ...
City in the rainforest
... real life Brazilian rainforest! We were in Brazil!!! The lush trees and their canopies rolled on for miles. Then, there it was, Petropolis, a colonial Portuguese city in the middle of a rainforest. This is where the king of Portugal fled to and built his ...
Imperial
... II en Portugais),mais aussi le maison où Santos Dumont a veçu, le jolie cathedral et un palace de crystal. Petropolis est dans les montagnes et moins chaud que en Rio de Janeiro. Le voyage est pareillement interessant parce qu'on voit plusieures ...
The cleaning crew
Como é que se mantém impecável o soalho de, por exemplo, uma residência de verão de um imperador brasileiro de há dois séculos atrás? Das duas, uma: contratam-se as senhoras da “Vadeca” para aparecerem pelo lusco fusco ou abre-se o ...
Journée à Petropolis
... visité Petropolis. La pluie tombait toujours, alors on a opté pour une visite guidée en voiture, avec Luiz au volant. Petropolis a été construite par les Allemands (que faisaient-ils au Brésil ? Aucune idée). En témoignent l'architecture et le ...
Travessia 1 : Petropolis – Açu
Après un petit déj selmblable au dîner de la veille, Luiz a proposé de nous amener en voiture jusqu'à l'entrée du parc. Heureusement pour nous, car c'était relativement loin de la ville, on est passé par des routes minuscules, il nous aurait ...
Day 81 - Rocks and Rain
Garfield and I took a day excursion out to Petropolis to escape the madness in Rio for a bit. The scenary in this town was very tranquil. All the cathedrals surrounded by mountainous backgrounds made them seem like castles. We went to ...
Petropolis, great bus ride...
Whilst Petropolis is a great city the bus ride up to it sensational. Check out the photos on the way ...
Geckos and stolen shoes
... - following the lead of the caretaker's dog, Quebece, who hid it in the undergrowth one night, much to her frustration. Petropolis itself was the retreat of the Portuguese royal family when exiled in Brazil - apparently the Prince Regent liked Brazil so ...
We´ve arrived!
... ! Not much to report yet, but our first stay is at a relatively new, very tropical looking hotel on the outskirts of Petropolis, the city built for King Petro II for the summer months of the year - beautiful grounds surrounded by steep hillsides and ...
Petropolis
... head north to Petropolis. We didn't have any real travel plans after Rio so we needed figure out where to next. We chose Petropolis because it seemed nice and there is nothing to do there, hence no distractions from trip planning! The town was surprising ...
A day of history and culture
... Brazil (Dom Pedro II) grew up and lived (it's also named after him). He is the one that is responsible for Brazil's emancipation from Portugal (yay!). Very historical city with lots of old architecture and an European feel. We left Macaé super early on ...
Rock Climbing Ivoti
Ivoti Climbing Adventure Only 40 minutes drive from Porto Alegre, Ivoti is one of the closest place to sportclimb near by the city. Over 40 bolted climbing routes from easy to hard level. Sorround by a green forest, this place has some infrastructure ...
Our first concert!
I have to write quickly about our first concert - at the Teatro Municipal Dom Pedro - a wonderful audience - a stellar boy choir to open the concert - great response and dancing in the aisles to Balaio and "Hallelujah, Salvation" - it was a very ...
Petropolis
... restaurants. The temperature at this time of year (summer season) is cooler and more pleasant than Rio. The road from Rio to Petropolis was a beautiful but rugged ride in the lush tropical mountains. We took another bus to Teresopolis to try to hike in a ...
Petropolis
... ciudad elegida por los locales para ir a visitar durante el verano. Aqui esta el segundo hotel mas famoso de Brazil despues de Copacabana Palace, se llama Palacio Quitandinha. Almorzamos en un retaurante super lindo. Una mansion gigante como abandonada ...
Slipping and sliding
... crafts mainly hand-made rugs and crockery pots along the side of road. We enjoyed the beautiful architecture in Petropolis with many grand buildings in bright colours. Of interest we went to a square that contained a replica of a 14 bis ...
Petrópolis: The Imperial City & Airplane Inventor
Day 8 Petrópolis, RJ, Brazil August 28, 2009 08:30 p.m. ( local time ) Day 8 (August 28– Friday) : Drive through the mountains towards Rio de Janeiro. We hit the road early towards Petrópolis and to the final destination Rio de Janeiro. We got ...
On a little farm somewhere far away
27th Feb our first official day at the farm! As we got here late last night, our day started at 9am instead of 8 which was nice, bit more sleep. Woke up very, very sweaty however, as I mentioned the power was down when we arrived so no fans!! My hair ...
day 2 - into the hills
... framed box flying machine 20--30 feet over the ground. This house is where he used to come for meditation and relaxation, and Petropolis must have seemed more peaceful way back then. His bathroom is also a throwback to flush systems of a hundred years ...
Day in Petropolis
... 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 ...
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