
ALTERNATIVE CURITIBA
Magic and Vital Travels
Curitiba has more than 350 years of official history, but there are many more unofficial stories, as well as its indigenous prehistory, and even its geological history, and its bioclimatic micro-region.The region has already gone through several epochs of economic development, both linked to colonization and to different agrarian and industrial cultures, and currently leading ecological development.
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Curitiba Walk Tour on Historic Center
History - Architecture - Urban planning
Tour Details
This walk is ideal for those who want to experience the city and know the tourist points in an active way. Learn about the history and culture of our city by walking with us through the center. Know of anecdotes and forgotten stories of the city of Smile.
We will walk through the best tourist points of the centre and the historical sector, from the "Largo da Ordem", cradle of the first villa, passing by the “Rua das Flores” The pedestrian promenade, that unveiled Curitiba to the world, by its urban revolution, with the "cursed Mouth"(Boca Maldita) and its stories of sedition and citizen activism, to the Plaza "Santos Andrade", with the Federal University and the Teatro Guaira, icons of the cultural leader of the state of Paraná.
We will see its architectures throughout the different eras, its urban plans and a public transport system that revolutionized the city.
Curitiba is always a pleasant surprise: green, clean, well organized and innovative. It is the largest city in southern Brazil with its 1.8 million inhabitants, and a metropolitan region, also full of natural attractions with a cultural diversity without equal.
The city is known for its designed parks, cared for, and integrated with local ecosystems, excellent restaurants, cultural life, congresses and events.
Curitiba also brings together ethnic groups of the most diverse origins. The cultural base of the city is formed by a mixture of customs brought by immigrants from Poland, Ukraine, Germany and Italy, Syria, Japan, among many others. The roots are reflected in several ways in the city, and you will see a little of all that in this walk.
Itinerary
Walking through the Center:
-Historic houses and colonial ruins
-Churches and Palaces
-Squares, tours and public spaces
-Museums and art galleries
-Baroque, Republican and modernist architecture
-Murals, graffiti and street art
-The markets
-Local culture icons
-Cafes and “Barezinhos” with history
-Streets with protected landscape
-Old hotels and buildings that marked a time
-Schools, universities, theatres and cinemas
A condensate to explain a great story
Day: Monday to Sunday
Start times: 10:00 and 17:00
Approximate duration: 2 H.
Meeting place: Marked with the payment confirmation.
Minimum: 3 persons
Maximum: 12 persons
Cost in Reales: 20 Rs/person
contact by whatsapp: 55 41 995191529









m² of green area per inhabitant
64,5
2010
320
43
mil trees on the public roads.
Monumental Trees Heritage Preserved
Globe Award Sustainable City
Eco-City
Urban Parks Sustainable mobility
Tour Details







Curitiba surprises the Brazilians themselves, it always green, clean, well organized and innovative. It is the largest city in southern Brazil with its 1.8 million inhabitants and a metropolitan region, also full of natural attractions with a cultural diversity without equal, and currently leading ecological development.
This walk is ideal for those who want to experience the city and know all its ecological aspects.
We walk through the best parks in town, from the "Passeio Publico", the first urban park of the late eighteenth century, passing through the botanical garden, the space most photographed by tourists and locals, showing the system of green areas articulated according to the Valleys of the rivers that cross the city, and are part of both the concept of ecological city and the control of risks to floods, historically recurrent in the region.
We will know the most popular landscape space for outdoor sports, and leisure of older and child's, as well as the forest reserves of Atlantic forest in the same urban center, to the small squares with the best design of gardens and of new Urban conceptions to restore orchards and gardens by lifting the asphalt.
We will also know the fundamental axis of the sustainable city; The public transport system and the urban plans in which is bases, a public transport system that revolutionized the city. And it's exporting to cities all over the world.
Day: Monday to Sunday
Start times: 10:00
Approximate duration: 8 h.
Meeting place: Marked with the payment confirmation.
Minimum: 3 persons
Maximum: 12 persons
Cost in Reales: 80 R$/person
Contact by whatsapp 55 41 995191529


Itinerary
Urban Parcks
-Historical Parks
-The most famous park, as an outdoor botanical museum.
-Squares, walks and design green spaces
-Flood control system
-New pocket parks, re-greening the city
-The public transport system, fast efficient and connected
-Icons of ecological culture
-Cafes and organic markets
-Trees protected by heritage.
-Anecdotes and details of height subtropical vegetation.
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