THE BEST HIGHTLIGHTS (CITY TOUR) IN TOWN.
ALL OUR GUIDES ARE PROFESSIONAL AND REGISTERED BY AMAZONASTUR “AMAZON TOURISM BOARD” AND EMBRATUR “BRAZIL TOURISM BORD”
CITY TOUR
THE TEATRO AMAZONAS/ THE OPERA HOUSE;
IT IS THE MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL CULTURAL HERITAGE OF AMAZONAS. ALTHOUGH IT IS PREDOMINANTLY NEO- CLASSIC IN ITS ELEMENTS, MANY OTHER STYLES WERE USED IN THE BUILDING, WHICH CHARETERIZE IT AS AN ECLETIC WORK.
THE PROSCENIUM CURTAIN WAS PAINTED BY BRAZILIAN ARTIST FROM STATE OF PERNAMBUCO CALLED CRISPIN DO AMARAL AND THE DECORATION OF THE NOBLE HALL WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE ITALIAN DOMENICO DE ANGELIS.
THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING WAS INSPIRED BY THE GRAND OPERA IN PARIS, AND ALL THE MATERIALS AND FITTINGS WERE SHIPPED OUT BY OCEAN- GOING STEAMEAR FROM EUROPE- TULIP- SHAPED LIGHT FITTINGS FROM THE VENETIAN GLASS- WORKS ON MURANO, MARBLEFROM CARRARA, FURNITURE FROM PARIS AND VIENNA, CAST IRON FROM ENGLAND, AND GILDED ROOF TILES FROM ALSACE- AND IT WAS EUROPEAN CRAFTSMEN WHO FASHIONED THE STUCCO AND CREATED THE MAGNIFIENT CEILING PAINTING.
THE MONUMENT OF THE OPENNING OF THE PORTS;
THE MONUMENT RAISED TO REPLACE THAT ERECTED IN THIS SQUARE SEPTEMBER 12TH OF 1867 IN HOMAGE OF GRATITUTE OF THE AMAZONIANS TO THE BOOSTERS OF THE GRAND IDEA OF OPENNING OF THE PORTS OF THE AMAZON TO THE MERCHANT SHIPS OF ALL NATIONS.
FISH MARKET;
THE MERCADO MUNICIPAL ADOLFO LISBOA “THE MANAUS FISH MARKET” IS A REPLICA OF THE EXTINTEC OF FRENCH MARKET “LES HALLES” IN PARIS. TODAY HAS BEING RESTORED BY LOCAL CITY HALL.ALTHOUGH IT IS CLOSED FOR THE RESTAURATION ALL ITS ACTIVITIES HAS CHANGED FOR A LOCAL FISH MARKET BESIDE IT.
THE ONLY SYSTEM ON EARTH WITH A FISH DIVERSITY COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE AMAZONIAN BASIN ARE THE OCEANS. ON THE AMAZON BASIN ARE REGISTERED MORE THAN 2500 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISHES AND SOME OF THEM YOU CAN SEEN AT THE FISH.
FISHES:
PIRARUCU: THE AMAZON COD, IT IS THE LARGEST FRESHWATER FISH IN THE WORLD, IT IS ALSO A FISH THAT CAN REACH MORE THAN 100 KG (220 POUNDS) AND TWO METERS IN LENGTH, TOGETHER WITH TAMABAQUI, TUCUNARÉ IS ALSO ONE BEST FISH EATEN.
TAMBAQUI: A KIND OF VEGETARIAN FISH “A FRUIT/ NUT EATER”, IT IS A FISH THAT FEEDS ITSELF OF NUTS, FRUITS ETC.
TUCUNARÉ: AMAZON PEACOCK BASS, THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER FISH FOR THOSE WHO LOVE SPORT FISHING “CATCH AND RELEAS”
PIRARARA: A KIND OF CAT FISH, IT CAN GROW TO MORE THAN TWO METERS IN LENGTH AND 150 KG ( ALTHOGH THEY CAN GROW SO BIG IN ORDER TO SAVE THEM THEY CAN BE SEEN AT THE FISH MARKET ON ONLY IN SMALL SIZE)
SURUBIN: CAT FISH
AND MUCH MORE…
THE COURT HOUSE;
THE BUILING NAMED THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE STATE OF AMAZONAS (PALÁCIO DA JUSTIÇA) WAS FOUNDED IN 1900. BUILT IN THE TRADIONAL NEOCLASSICAL STYLE OF THE PERIOD, ITS ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES ARE REMINISCENSE OF THE BUILDINGS OF THE 2ND BRAZILIAN EMPIRE.
THE CUSTOMS BUILING:
FOUNDED IN 1906 AND BUILT BY THE BRITISH WITH MATERIALS/ BRICKS IMPORTED FROM ENGLAND, IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS IN BRAZIL TO BE CONSTRUTED USING STONE BLOCKS. IT STANDS ALONGSIDE THE FLOADING DOCK WICH WAS ALSO BUILT BY BRITISH IN 1902.
THE RIO NEGRO GOVERNMENT PALACE;
CONSTRUCTED TO BE THE RESIDENCE OF A RICH RUBBER TRADER, THE GERMAN WALTER SCHOLTZ, THE RIO NEGRO PALACE WAS INAUGURATED/ FOUNDED AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND BECAME KNOWN AT THAT TIME AS PALACETE SCHOLTZ ( THE SCHOLTZ’S SMALL PALACE), IN 1911, THE BUILDING SUPPOSED TO BE MORTGAGED/ BOUGHT TO A COLONEL LUIZ DA SILVA GOMES WHO WAS ALSO A RICH RUBBER TYCOON AT THAT TIME, WHO SUPPOSED TO HAVE RENT THE HOUSE TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FEW YEARS LATER IN 1917 BECAME THE OFFICIAL GOVERNEMENT’S RESIDENCE AND ONLY IN 1918 THE STATE HAD DEFINALLY PURCHASED THE BUILING WHICH TODAY IS KNOWN AS PALACIO RIO NEGRO.
THE INDIAN MUSEUM;
THE INDIAN MUSEM WITH ITS LARGE COLLECTION OF OBJECTS THE INDIGENOUS PEOLPLE OF THE UPPER RIO NEGRO (BLACK RIVER).
THE MUSEUM IS COVERED WITH INDIGENOUS ARTWORK AND DISPLAY ARTISFACTS, INCLUDING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,WEAPONS, CERAMICS, HUNTING TOOLS, FISHING AND SPIRITUALS OBJECTS WITH RITUAL MASK, AND CLOTHING OF THE AMAZON REGION’S TRIBES.
THE MUSEUM HAS A COLLECTION OVER 3000 OBJECTS ILLUSTRATING THE CULTURE AND THE WAY OF LIFE OF INDIAN TRIBES WICH LIVE, OR LIVED, ON THE UPPER RIO NEGRO (BLACK RIVER); THERE ARE ALSO ORIGINAL HANDCRAFTS ON SALE.
THE INDIAN MUSEUM BELONGS TO THE SALESIAN ROMAN CATHOLIC, A KIND OF ORDER OF NUNS WITH EIGHT MISSIONS UPPER RIO NEGRO.
THE NATURAL SCIENCE AMAZON MUSEUM;
THE AMAZONIA NATURAL SCIENCE HAS A LARGE VARIETY OF EMBLAMED ANIMAL AND INSECTS THAT CAN BE SEEN.
THE MUSEUM IS THE BRAZIL’S ONLY PRIVATELY –RUN MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, OPENED, ON JUNE 22ND OF 1988 IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF JAPANESE SETTLEMENT OF BRAZIL, WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTING CHILDREN’S NATURE EDUCATION AND ALSO AN INITIATING GUIDE FOR THE OVERSEAS FIRST TIME VISITORS TO MANAUS.
THE MUSEUM HAS A 200- TON FISH TANK AND SIX –TON TANKS SHOWICASING NUMBERS OF FRESHWATER FISH OF THE AMAZON. LIKE PIRARUCU, TAMBAQUI, ELETRIC EELS AND OTHERS.
SEVERAL SPECIES OF LOCAL FISH, TURTLES, REPETILES.
120 INSECT SPECIEMENTS, INCLUDING RARE BUTTERFLY SPECIE FOUND ONLY ON THE AMAZON REGION, SPIDERS AND MANY OTHERS ARE ON DISPLAY.
ABOUT 50 OTHERS DIFFERENT SPECIES OF INSECT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
INPA “THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AMAZON RESEARCH”
THE INSTITUTE HAS A COMPLEX MADE UP OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, RICH IN PLANT SPECIES FROM THE AMAZON REGION, AND THE ZOO GARDENS, WHICH CONTAIN SEVERAL ANIMALS OF THE REGION, INCLUDING SOME FACING EXTINCTION.
AT THE INSTITUTE THERE ARE SPACIOUS LABARATORIES AND OFFICES, A LARGE HERBARIUM WITH WELL OVER 90 THOUSANDS SPECIEMENS.
