Guaraqueçaba
Guaraqueçaba is a small town in Coastal Paraná.
Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]By car
[edit]By bus
[edit]- Viação Graciosa has a bus departing from Curitiba at 7AM. Tel. +55 41 3482-1236.
By boat
[edit]Ferries for Guaraqueçaba leave the dock in Paranaguá at 9AM and 1PM, with return trips at 6AM and 2PM. Tel. +55 41 3425-4542.
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Ararapira. Now a ghost town, this village was founded by the Portuguese crown in the mid-18th century and abandoned in the 1940s. Most of the houses have been eaten away by the waves, and only the cemetery is still in use today.
- Igreja do Nosso Senhor Bom Jesus dos Perdões.
- Superagüi National Park (Parque Nacional do Superagüi). Largely untouched mangue ecosystem, including the Ilha do Superagüi. Boat tours available.
- [dead link] Salto Morato Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural Salto Morato), access from PR-405 (4km kilometers from the turnoff), ☏ +55 41 3381-9671. Tu-Su 8:30AM-5:30PM. Has a visitor center with information about tropical forest and Atlantic Forest ecosystems. R$7.
- Tagaçaba River (Rio Tagaçaba).
Do
[edit]- Morro do Quitumbê (Quitumbê Hill). This short trail starts beside the Igreja do Nosso Senhor Bom Jesus dos Perdões, leading to an exceptional spot for watching the sunset.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- Restaurante Mata Atlântica, R. Dr. Ramos Figueira, s/n, ☏ +55 41 3482-1253.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- Chaua Pousada, ☏ +55 41 3482-1265, pousadachaua@hotmail.com.
- Pousada Bela Ilha, Ilha do Superagüi.
- Pousada Flor da Serra.
- Pousada Marina, Rua Dr. Ramos Filgueiras, 469, ☏ +55 41 3482-1278.
- Pousada Mata Atlântica, R. Dr. Ramos Figueira, s/n, ☏ +55 41 3482-1253.
- [dead link] Pousada Sobre as Ondas, Barra do Superagüi - Ilha de Superagüi, ☏ +55 41 3232-1314.
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