Guapimirim is a municipality of Baixada Fluminense, in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, state of Rio de Janeiro.

Understand

Guapimirim is a former district of the municipality of Magé (from which it was emancipated in 1990) located on the outskirts of Greater Rio. It is the most northeastern municipality in the metro area of Rio de Janeiro, at the foot of the Serra dos Órgãos, a section of the long mountain range known as Serra do Mar. The municipality is crossed by the BR-116 and the BR-493 highways, and is served by the Guapimirim railway line - an extension of the Gramacho/Saracuruna line, which starts in the Central do Brasil station, in downtown Rio -, having several suburban train stations within its territory. The urban expansion of the metropolis of Rio along the Guapimirim railway line (besides the BR-116 highway) ended in the Guapimirim city center.

Guapimirim is a native word known to indigenous Tupi peoples as "little spring". It sits within the base of the Serra dos Órgãos Mountains, where its popular tourist attraction, the Dedo de Deus is located. Almost 70 percent of the municipality is under territorial environmental protection, notably the Serra dos Órgãos National Park.

Get in

Vale das Pedrinhas, district in the southern region of Guapimirim.

From the Central Zone of Rio de Janeiro, it is possible to go to Guapimirim by using urban bus, van and train lines. By using the trains, one will need to make a free transfer within the Gramacho station, and another within the Saracuruna station to get Guapimirim.

Get around

See

  • Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos - PARNASO (Serra dos Órgãos National Park)
  • Dedo de Deus (God's Finger)
  • Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guapimirim - APA de Guapimirim (Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area)
  • Estação Ecológica da Guanabara (Guanabara Ecological Station)
  • Canal Magemirim (Magemirim channel)
  • Rio Macacu (Macacu river). 
  • Canal de Imunana (Imunana channel)
  • Rio Soberbo (Soberbo river)
  • Rio Socavão (Socavão river)
  • Serra da Penitência (Penitência mountain range)
  • Morro do Machado (Machado hill)

Do

Buy

Eat

  • Bra Gastronomia - Rua Alcindo Guanabara, 55 - Centro, Guapimirim.

Drink

Sleep

  • Pousada Berro d'Água - Estrada Júlio Santoro, 291 - Caneca Fina.
  • Pousada Vale de Guapi - Rua Ione, 164 - Iconha.
  • Fany Hotel - Estrada do Contorno, km 8 - Vila Olímpia.

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