Nilópolis is a city of Baixada Fluminense, in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, state of Rio de Janeiro.

Understand

Downtown Nilópolis

Nilópolis is the municipality with the smallest area in the Grande Rio region. However, it has a high demographic density, with its urban area conurbated with those of all its surrounding municipalities (Rio de Janeiro, São João de Meriti, and Mesquita). It is one of the main passages for those traveling between Nova Iguaçu, the second largest city in Baixada Fluminense, and the capital.

Nilópolis is also crossed by the Japeri railway line, which links the Central do Brasil station, in the Rio de Janero city center, to the municipality of Japeri. Moreover, the Japeri line has two train stations inside the territory of Nilópolis: Olinda station, and Nilópolis station (the latter in downtown).

Get in

Nossa Senhora da Conceição Church, in the city center

From the Central Zone of the capital, one can use urban bus, van and train lines to go to Nilópolis. Bus lines to Nilópolis depart mainly from the Terminal Américo Fontenelle, and the trains that stop in stations of this municipality depart from Central do Brasil station - both the bus station and the train station are located in Rio downtown area. The vans to Nilópolis also depart from the Central do Brasil area.

The main road access to Nilópolis for those coming from the downtown area of Rio de Janeiro are the Light highway (Via Light) and the Marechal Alencastro ave.

See

• 1 Área de Proteção Ambiental de Gericinó-Mendanha (APA de Gericinó-Mendanha - Gericinó-Mendanha Environmental Protection Area). A large Environmental Protection Area located between Nova Iguaçu, Mesquita, Nilópolis and Rio de Janeiro.  
• 2 Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição). A church in the Nilópolis city center. 
• Vila Olímpica de Nilópolis (Nilópolis Olympic Village). Located in the neighborhood Frigorífico, near the limit of the municipality of Mesquita. 

Do

• G.R.E.S. Beija-Flor de Nilópolis - Rua Pracinha Wallace Paes Leme, 1025 - Centro, Nilópolis. - One of the two main samba schools of Baixada Fluminense, the other being the G.R.E.S Acadêmicos do Grande Rio, in Duque de Caxias.
• Parque Natural Municipal do Gericinó - Rua Antônio João Mendonça, s/n - Centro, Nilópolis. - A municipal park to the west of the urban area of Nilópolis.

Eat

• Taberna do Peixe - Avenida Getúlio Vargas, 1225 - Centro, Nilópolis.

Sleep

• Hotel Premier - Estrada Marechal Castelo Branco (Soares Neiva), 95 - Centro, Nilópolis.

Go next

• Mesquita
• Nova Iguaçu
• Belford Roxo
• São João de Meriti
• Duque de Caxias
• Rio de Janeiro