# Curitiba: map, what to do and when to go

Parks in old quarries, a historic center of fifteen blocks and the train that descends the Serra do Mar

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## Direct answer
- **Curitiba: how do I get from the airport to the center?** The airport, 18 km from the center, has no train.
- **Curitiba: how many days should I stay?** Three days: one on foot through the Historic Sector and the MON, another through the parks and the third on the train to Morretes.
- **Curitiba: how does the train to Morretes work?** It leaves at 8:30 a.m.

## The Historic Sector, Rua XV and the Oscar Niemeyer Museum
Avoid having this day fall on a Monday, when the MON is closed; if it falls on a Wednesday, museum admission is free.
- Oscar Niemeyer Museum
- Largo da Ordem
- Rua XV de Novembro
- Passeio Público
- Santa Felicidade

## Market, Botanical Garden and the northern parks
Choose a day from Tuesday to Sunday, when Parque das Pedreiras is open.
- Curitiba Botanical Garden
- Ópera de Arame
- Curitiba Municipal Market
- Parque Tanguá
- Bosque Alemão

## Curitiba Botanical Garden
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Curitiba · One to two hours
Opened in 1991, the Francisca Maria Garfunkel Rischbieter Botanical Garden covers 278,000 m², with a French-style garden in front of the three-vaulted iron-and-glass greenhouse, inspired by London's Crystal Palace. Inside, the greenhouse keeps Atlantic Forest species. The complex includes the Frans Krajcberg Cultural Space, with sculptures made from the remains of burned trees, and the Garden of Sensations, a half-hour route. The park is open every day from 6 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., with free admission; the Garden of Sensations operates Tuesday through Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The greenhouse may close for maintenance, as it did in April 2026; the visit may be interrupted by heavy rain.
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## Ópera de Arame
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Curitiba · Up to half an hour
A theater of steel tubes with a transparent roof, built in 75 days and inaugurated in 1992 over the lake of a former quarry. The design is by the architect Domingos Bongestabs, and access is by a walkway over the water. It stands inside Parque das Pedreiras Jaime Lerner, which is open Tuesday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and which also includes the Pedreira Paulo Leminski and the Rua da Música, a hub of bars and restaurants opened in July 2025. When the Rua da Música opened, the ticket for the Music & Nature Experience, which gives access to the Ópera, the Rua da Música and the instrumental music program, cost R$ 25 (half price R$ 12.50), with free admission for residents of Curitiba and the metropolitan region from Tuesday to Friday, upon registration. Check the current price at the park's box office before you go.
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## Oscar Niemeyer Museum
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Curitiba · One to two hours
The MON occupies a building designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1967 and an eye-shaped annex, on a 30 m tower, which gave the museum its nickname, the Eye Museum. The collection, of visual arts, architecture and design, includes the Poty Lazzarotto collection donated in 2022. It is open Tuesday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with entry until 5:30 p.m.; admission costs R$ 36 (half price R$ 18), and entry is free on Wednesdays and on the last Sunday of the month, when the box office may close before 5:30 p.m. (museum website, checked in October 2026).
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## Largo da Ordem
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Curitiba · Up to half an hour
Largo Coronel Enéas, known as Largo da Ordem, is the center of the Historic Sector, fifteen blocks of old houses, churches and the São Francisco Ruins. On Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Largo da Ordem Fair fills Praça Garibaldi with crafts and food, from Rua São Francisco to Rua Martin Afonso. On other days the square is quieter, with bars that serve carne de onça.
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## Rua XV de Novembro
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Paraná · Up to half an hour
The pedestrian stretch, called Rua das Flores, was closed to cars on May 20, 1972 and has petit-pavé paving, flower beds and century-old townhouses. The best-known building is the Palácio Avenida, whose windows host the Christmas choir in December. It is the axis of the walk through the center, between Avenida Luiz Xavier and Rua Presidente Faria.
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## Passeio Público
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Curitiba · Up to half an hour
The city's oldest park, inaugurated in 1886 on a marsh of the Belém River, which became a lake. It is in the Centro, between Rua XV and the way to the Centro Cívico, and makes a short pause on the walk.
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## Curitiba Municipal Market
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Curitiba · Up to half an hour
Stalls of fruit, cheese, cured meats and regional products, plus restaurants, at Avenida Sete de Setembro, 1865. It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., with the restaurants until 3 p.m.; on Mondays opening is optional, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Holidays change the hours.
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## Parque Tanguá
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Up to half an hour
Opened in 1996 in two disused quarries, in the north, in Pilarzinho and Taboão. It has lakes, a tunnel and, at the top, the Jardim Poty Lazzarotto with a viewpoint 65 m above the lake. It is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.; the viewpoint over the lake is the reason to visit.
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## Bosque Alemão
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Curitiba · Up to half an hour
A former country estate of 38,000 m² of native forest in Vista Alegre, opened in 1996 in tribute to German immigration. It has the Tower of the Philosophers, with a viewpoint, the Hansel and Gretel trail, a house with a children's library and the Bach Oratory, a concert hall in a replica of a church. It is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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## Ukrainian Memorial
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Curitiba · Up to half an hour
In Parque Tingui, a replica of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel, from the locality of Serra do Tigre, in Mallet, in the interior of Paraná. The interior works as a museum, with pysanky (hand-painted eggs), icons and embroidery. Visiting hours vary between sources; confirm before you go.
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## Santa Felicidade
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Curitiba · One to two hours
The neighborhood of the Italian settlers, in the northwest, known for its rodízio restaurants serving pasta, chicken and polenta, and for late 19th-century houses such as the Casa Culpi, from 1887, and the Casa dos Gerânios, from 1891. Worth it for a dinner, by taxi or app.
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**Curitiba: how do I get from the airport to the center?**
The airport, 18 km from the center, has no train. The metropolitan line E32 runs every 20 minutes, from 5:40 a.m. to 11:20 p.m., to the Boqueirão Terminal, where you change to the 503 Boqueirão express to the center; taxis and apps make the trip directly.

**Curitiba: how many days should I stay?**
Three days: one on foot through the Historic Sector and the MON, another through the parks and the third on the train to Morretes. Outside high season the train only runs Friday to Sunday and on holidays, and the MON and Parque das Pedreiras close on Mondays: plan the trip Wednesday to Friday or Friday to Sunday.

**Curitiba: how does the train to Morretes work?**
It leaves at 8:30 a.m. from the Rodoferroviária Station, with a recommended arrival at 7:30 a.m., and takes about 4.5 hours. In 2026 it runs daily in January, February, the second half of July and December, and in other months on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays; in the daily months and in November, buy seven days ahead.

**Curitiba: how do I get back from Morretes?**
The train-only ticket is one way and started at R$ 206 in October 2026. The quickest return is the Viação Graciosa bus, in a little over an hour; buy the ticket at the Morretes bus station on arrival, because the last departures often sell out on Sundays. The package with a van back started at R$ 488.

**Curitiba: when is the best time to go?**
April and May combine little rain and mild temperatures; August is also dry but calls for a jacket. Winter is cold, with frost common in July, and January is the rainiest month.

**Curitiba: where should I stay?**
In the Centro, to cover the Historic Sector and Rua XV on foot; it is the neighborhood with the most thefts, and at night a taxi or app is advisable on empty stretches. Those taking the 8:30 a.m. train can sleep in Jardim Botânico, near the Rodoferroviária, outside the walking circuit.


## In the Nilo app
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## Full editorial guide (Portuguese)
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