municipality of Brazil
Guaraqueçaba is a small town in Coastal Paraná.
Understand edit
Get in edit
By car edit
- BR-277 from Curitiba via Paranaguá
- PR-410 (Graciosa) from Curitiba
- PR-405 from Antonina. This route is unpaved and can be in pretty bad condition during the summer months.
By bus edit
- Viação Graciosa has a bus departing from Curitiba at 7AM. Tel. +55 41 3482-1236.
By boat edit
Ferries for Guaraqueçaba leave the dock in Paranaguá at 9AM and 1PM, with return trips at 6AM and 2PM. Tel. +55 41 3425-4542.
Get around edit
See edit
- Ararapira. Now a ghost town, this village was founded by the Portuguese crown in the mid-18th century and abandoned in the 1940s. Most of the houses have been eaten away by the waves, and only the cemetery is still in use today.
- Igreja do Nosso Senhor Bom Jesus dos Perdões.
- Superagüi National Park (Parque Nacional do Superagüi). Largely untouched mangue ecosystem, including the Ilha do Superagüi. Boat tours available.
- [dead link] Salto Morato Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural Salto Morato), access from PR-405 (4km kilometers from the turnoff), ☏ +55 41 3381-9671. Tu-Su 8:30AM-5:30PM. Has a visitor center with information about tropical forest and Atlantic Forest ecosystems. R$7.
- Tagaçaba River (Rio Tagaçaba).
Do edit
- Morro do Quitumbê (Quitumbê Hill). This short trail starts beside the Igreja do Nosso Senhor Bom Jesus dos Perdões, leading to an exceptional spot for watching the sunset.
Buy edit
Eat edit
- Restaurante Mata Atlântica, R. Dr. Ramos Figueira, s/n, ☏ +55 41 3482-1253.
Drink edit
Sleep edit
- Chaua Pousada, ☏ +55 41 3482-1265, pousadachaua@hotmail.com.
- Pousada Bela Ilha, Ilha do Superagüi.
- Pousada Flor da Serra.
- Pousada Marina, Rua Dr. Ramos Filgueiras, 469, ☏ +55 41 3482-1278.
- Pousada Mata Atlântica, R. Dr. Ramos Figueira, s/n, ☏ +55 41 3482-1253.
- [dead link] Pousada Sobre as Ondas, Barra do Superagüi - Ilha de Superagüi, ☏ +55 41 3232-1314.