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AM or PM
- The Manaus city tour will begin when your English speaking guide
picks you up from the hotel. During the tour we will visit the
different areas of interest such as the ever busy
Municipal Market where we have a chance to observe local
people go on with their daily life.
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The Municipal Market
Adolpho Lisboa was built in front of the Negro River in art
nouveau style and inaugurated on 1882. Its architecture is
compared to the extinct Les Hales Market in Paris. Today it
is used as a business center for regional products. |
 From
the market we also have a partial view of the floating harbor.
Weather permitting we will walk from Praça Heliodoro Balbi (also
known as Praça da Polícia) up to the Palácio Rio Negro.
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The Palácio Rio Negro
until 1917 was used as the residence of a very rich rubber
business man, after that it was the Govern of Amazonas State
Office until 1996. Nowadays, it contemplates exhibits and
chamber shows. |
 The
local guide will explain about the history of Manaus before we visit
the world famous Teatro Amazonas,
better know as the "Opera House"
*, a symbol of the rich period of the rubber time.
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The "Opera House"
or "Teatro Amazonas, was inaugurated on
December, 31st 1896. It is the most important architectonic
building from the prosperous rubber period and main artistic
cultural patrimony of the State of Amazonas. The building is
regularly being used as an opera house, for regional
presentations and for national and international events.
- The Opera House can be visited
from Mondays to Saturdays from 09:00h to
17:00h, closed on Sundays. |
While returning to the hotel we
will stop at the Praça da República, recovering the past of building
and monuments.
* We will only
visit the outside of the "Opera House". This is a temporary change
in the tour while the Municipal Market Adolpho Lisboa building is
being restored.
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