General Information

Area: 1.253.164,5 square kilometers
Population: 5.548.598 inhabitants (1995)
Capital: Belém
Main Cities: Santarém and Marabá
Holidays: December 8 (Nossa Senhora da Conceição)
Main products: crops (pepper, rice, hibiscus, jute), mining (bauxite, iron ore) and vegetal (rubber, nuts).
Main industries: foodstuffs, timber and metallurgy.


Useful Information

Telephone Calls
The code for the state is (+91).
Fuso Horário
(-1) hour in relation to Brasilia time. When daylight savings time is in effect in the center-south of Brazil, these difference is (-2) hours.
Airport
Aeroporto Internacional Val de Cans, Belém
Tel: (091) 257-0522/211-6039
Air Taxi
Lider - (091) 257-0310
Radio Taxi
Águia - (091) 226-1000
Car Rent
Localiza - (091) 212-2700/233-1541 (airport)
Medical Services
Hospital Guadalupe
Tel (091) 241-8940/224-9977
Rua Arcipreste Manuel Teodoro, 736


Lodging
Belém | Santarém | Alter do Chão

BELÉM
Belém Hilton Hotel
Av. Pres. Vargas, 882 - Praça da República
Tel: (091) 242-6500
Fax: (091) 225-2942

Equatorial Palace
Av. Braz de Aguiar, 602 - Nazaré
Tel: (091) 241-2000
Fax: (091) 223-5222

Novotel
Av. Bernardo Sayão, 4804 - Guamá
Tel: (091) 229-7111
Fax: (091) 249-7808

Hotel Regente
Av. Gov. José Malcher, 485 - Nazaré
Tel: (091) 241-1222
Fax: (091) 242-0343


SANTARÉM
Amazon Park Hotel
Fone: (091) 523-2800
Fax: (091) 522-2631

Santarém Palace Hotel
Fone: (091) 523-2820
Fax: (091) 522-1779

New City Hotel
Fone: (091) 522-3764
Fax: (091) 522-4719

Rio Dourado Hotel
Fone: (091) 522-3814

Brasil Grande Hotel
Fone: (091) 522-5660/522-2635
Fax: (091) 522-1779

Equatorial Hotel
Fone: (091) 522-1135

Hotel Brasil
Fone: (091) 522-6665

Universal Hotel
Fone: (091) 523-2303
Fax: (091) 523-2169

Horizonte Hotel
Fone: (091) 522-5437

Brisa Hotel
Fone: (091) 522-1296

Alvorada Hotel
Fone: (091) 522-5340

Beira Rio
Fone: (091) 522-2519

Hospedaria Fé Em Deus
Fone: (091) 522-4784

Hotel Mistura Brasileira
Fone: (091) 522-4819


ALTER DO CHÃO
Tupaiulândia
Fone: (091) 527-1157

Pousada Alter do Chão
Fone: (091) 527-1215

Tia Marilda
Fone: (091) 527-1144

Vila da Praia
Fone: (091) 527-1138

Pousada Dona Glória
Estrada Alter do Chão, Km 15
Informações
CEAPAC- Santarém
Fone 091 - 522 4201
http://www.amazonriver.com/P-gloria.htm
Sempre Verde, the association that built the inn, wishes to offer tourists an opportunity to discover an as yet unknown Brazil, with respect for nature and the local population (which is a sine qua non of this project). Besides the stay at the inn, guests may participate in several excursions: outings by boat on the Amazon and Tapajós rivers in search of the pink dolphin, several-day trips through the forest in the ample biological reserve, and visits to local development projects.
The Pousada Dona Glória inn is situated 20 kilometers from Santarém, near the village of Santa Luzia - a community of 40 families. Heavenly beaches such as the Alter-do-Chão and the Ponte de Pedras are 15 kilometers away.


Transportation
Air transport | River transport | Highways providing access

Air transport

Cities served by air connections
Almeirim: Penta
Altamira: Penta, Nordeste, Tavaj and Taba
Baião: Taba
Belém: Penta, Nordeste, Tavaj, Taba, Rio Sul, Transbrasil, Varig, Vasp, Tam, Surinam Airways e United Airlines
Breves: Penta and Taba
Carajás: Rio Sul and Tam
Itaituba: Nordeste, Penta, Rico and Tavaj
Jacareacanga: Penta
Marabá: Penta, Tam, Rio Sul and Taba
Monte Alegre: Penta
Monte Dourado: Nordeste and Penta
Mundico Coelho: Penta
Óbidos: Penta
Oriximiná: Penta
Porto de Moz: Penta
Redenção: Tam and Taba
Rurópolis: Penta
Santarém: Penta, Tavaj, Nordeste and Varig
Trombetas: Penta and Varig
Tucurui: Taba, Tam, Penta and Nordeste


Companies
VARIG/RIO SUL/NORDESTE
Belém
Tel: (091) 224-3344/233-3541
Toll Free: 0800 99-7000
Toll Free Nordeste/Rio Sul - 0800 99-2004

VASP
Belém
Tel: (091) 224-5588/211-6083
Toll Free: 0 800 998277

TAM
Belém
Tel: (091) 211-6054/211-6094
Toll Free: 0 800 123100 / (091) 212-2166

TRANSBRASIL
Belém
Tel: (091) 224-3677/257-2188
Toll Free: 0 800 151151

UNITED AIRLINES
Toll Free: 0 800 162232

SURINAM AIRWAYS
(091) 212-7144

PENTA
(091) 244-7777


Regional Air Companies
TAVAJ
Belém
Reservation and information:
Av. Nazaré , 532 sala 11- Nazaré
Ed. Comercial Trade Center
Tel: (091) 242-7136
Fax: (091) 212-1201
Aeroporto:
Tel (091) 211-6157

Altamira
Reservas e informações:
Av. 07 de Setembro, 1977 - Centro
Tel (091) 515-3226
Fax (091) 515-5488
Airport:
Tel (091) 515-2623

Itaituba
Reservation and information:
Av. Getúlio Vargas, 15 - Centro
Tel/Fax (091) 518-2116
Airport:
Tel/Fax (091) 518-2297

Santarém
Reservation and information:
Rua Floriano Peixoto c/ Travessa Otaviano de Matos, 05
Edifício São Paulo - Centro
Fone (091) 522-7666
Fax (091) 523-2396
Airport:
Tel (091) 523-1600

TABA
Belém
Aeroporto Val de Cans - Hangar TABA
66115-970 - Belém - PA
Tel: (091) 257-4000
Fax: (091) 257-3572

PENTA
Santarém
Travessa 15 de novembro, 183 - Centro
68005-290 - Santarém - PA
Tel: (091) 523-2220
Fax: (091) 522-6025


Attractions

Marajó Island
An enormous fluvial island situated in the delta of the Amazon River, with countless channels and a territory with great seasonal variation, because of the periodic flooding of the floodplains. It is the state's principal tourist attraction, because of its proximity to Belém, its famous "marajoara" handicrafts (the center for which is, however, off the island, in the little town of Icoaraci), and the wealth of its flora and fauna (which have made it a great bio-diversity reserve).

Center for the Preservation of Indigenous Art (Alter do Chão, Pará)
Considered one of the best museums in the world in this area. The tribes of the Amazon and other parts of Brazil are represented, with more than 2000 pieces of indigenous art. A selection of presents or souvenirs may be acquired in the museum's botique.

Emílio Goeldi Museum of Pará
The Emílio Goeldi Museum is one of the most important anthropological and zoo-botanical parks in the world. There are approximately 800 species of plants, and 600 of animals. There are permanent exhibits on the Amazon: environment, local handicrafts, and marajoara (from Marajó Island) and tapajoara (from Tapajós) ceramics. The institution remains a center of ecological, zoological, botanical and geographical research which has come to the attention of scientists from all over the world.

Restaurante Lá em Casa
A rare opportunity to become acquainted with the traditional cooking of Pará and its typical ingredients, interpreted by experienced cook Dona Ana Maria, with fish and crab as highlights. A unique experience in the Amazon. Located at Av. Gov. José Malcher, 247 (near the Praça da República), tel: 223-1212.

Tourism in Pará
http://www.prodepa.gov.br/turismo
Information on tourism in the Amazon, concentrating on the state of Pará. Ecology, flora and fauna, folklore, and the principal tourist centers, such as Marajó, Belém, Santarém, etc.

Belém
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Hollow/2240/index.htm
History of the city, climate, hotels, how to get there, tourist agencies, other links.


Tourism agencies and operators

SANTARÉM
Amazon Turismo Ltda. - "Amazon Tours"
Travessa Turiano Meira, 1084
68010-060 Santarém - Pará - Brasil
Fax: (91) 522-1098
amazontours@amazonriver.com
http://www.amazonriver.com
OThis site presents the agency's tour options around Santarém, Pará: eco-tourism on the rivers of the region, and routes by road, river, the Amazon River and its tributaries.
Also offered are boat rental and a list of addresses and telephone numbers of 20 hotels in Santarém and Alter do Chão. No information about prices is made available. In Portuguese and English. Fast, with beautiful photographs of the region.

Paratur - Cia. Paraense de Turismo
Praça Kennedy, s/n
Tel.: (091) 212-6601 / 224-9836 / 223-1932
Fax: (091) 223-6198
http://www.prodepa.gov.br/turismo/
This Paratur site presents an ample list of hotels in several cities of Pará; airlines, bus lines and navigation lines; tourist agencies with ecological itineraries; useful telephone numbers and airports.


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