When you’re visiting a new place, there are always some tourists attractions you must visit, things you should do and food you must try. This is why we made a complete list, full of tips, for you to explore!

We will post every week suggetions of places and events that are going on in the main cities where we receive our exchange students.

Here it goes the first one!

Curitiba – Tourist Attractions

Curitiba is a city with many things to do for all types of people, including: multiple of historical sites, a wide array of malls, various parks, a lively and diverse nightlife.

The city has almost 45 parks. Those are perfect to go for a bike ride, to exercise or to have a pinic on a sunny day. Some of them are in honor of the European settlers, as Bosque do Alemão (German Forest).

Botanical Garden is one of the famous Curitiba’s postcards. The glass greenhouse is surrounded with colorful flowers and the sensations garden is an unique experience.

Wire Opera House was built in 1922 in the middle of a lake. The concerts and cultural events turn even more special in this beautiful place as you have never seen before.

At the city historical center you will find many bars, to have some drinks at night, nice typical food restaurants to have lunch and on Sundays the biggest food and handcraft fair of Curitiba.

You can visit all of these places and many more with the Tourism Bus. You buy a ticket that let you make five of the 24 options of stop in all over the city.

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Article written by Thais Naldi.