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

Understand

Paracambi is a city on the outskirts of the metropolitan agglomeration of Rio de Janeiro, about 70 km from the metropolitan core by train. It is located in the extreme northwest of Greater Rio, at the foot of Serra das Araras, a section of a longer mountain range known as Serra do Mar. The Paracambi (Japeri-Paracambi) railway line — an extension of the Japeri (Central do Brasil-Japeri) line — has its two final suburban train stations inside the municipality of Paracambi, being the last one in the city center. The urban expansion of the metropolis of Rio, which had the Japeri and Paracambi railway lines as one of its vectors, also ended in this municipality.

Get in

Avenida dos Operários, in the city center.

From the Central Zone of Rio, there are urban bus and train lines to the city of Paracambi. By train, it is needed to make a free transfer within the Japeri station to get Paracambi.

Get around

See

  • Parque Natural Municipal do Curió (Municipal Natural Park of Curió)
  • Rio Macacos (Macacos River)
  • Rio Guandu (Guandu River)
  • Rio Santana (Santana River)
  • Serra de Paracambi (Paracambi Mountain Range)
  • Serra das Araras (Araras Mountain Range)
  • Estação ferroviária de Paracambi (Paracambi train station) — The Paracambi train station, formerly known as Estação Macacos (Macacos station), was inaugurated in 1861. It still conserves its original building.
  • Antiga Estação ferroviária de Engenheiro Gurgel (Old Engenheiro Gurgel train station) — One of the stations of the deactivated Japeri-Barra do Piraí railway line (known as Trem Barrinha line).
  • Prédio da antiga Companhia Têxtil Brasil Industrial (Building of the former Brasil Industrial Textile Company) — Considered by some as the most important factory of Brazil's imperial period during the 19th century.

Do

  • Trail along the railway stretch between Japeri and Engenheiro Gurgel through the Paracambi mountain range.

Buy

  • Casa do Artesão - Paracambi Artesanal (local handicraft) — Praça Cara Nova (Cara Nova Square), 9 - Centro, Paracambi.

Eat

  • 🌍 Trem Bão de Minas, Rua Sílvio de Carvalho, 51 (Rodovia RJ-127) - BNH de Cima. (updated Jun 2023)

Drink

Sleep

  • 🌍 Hotel Tairetá, Rua Nair Ramalho, 341A - Centro. (updated Jun 2023)

Connect

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