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City transport
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The
bus system
works along the same lines as elsewhere in Brazil but is colour-coded: blue buses run up and down the main
avenidas
within the city centre, yellow buses have circular routes, white buses are "express", stopping only at selected points, and red buses are radial, connecting outlying suburbs and
favelas
with the centre. Virtually all routes include a stretch along Avenida Afonso Pena, usually the most convenient place to catch a bus if you are staying in the centre. Buses are very frequent, with fares around 50? for all journeys in the city centre or suburbs.
Otherwise, with distances short between most points of interest in the city,
taxis
(tel 031/3443-2288) are fairly cheap. There is a city
metro system
but this was built with workers rather than tourists in mind and serves only to link the industrial suburbs with the centre. It runs Monday to Friday (and holidays) 5.45am-11pm, Saturday 5.45am-5pm. Other useful information
for tourists (each section contains more specific sub-sections): |
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Brazil,
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