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Getting around
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By dividing the city into a few geographically distinct zones - essentially the head, heart and tail of the design - it is not difficult to see most of BrasAlia's sights
on foot
in one or two days, though it gets extremely tiring wandering around the open city in the heat of the day. There are two or three
city bus routes
, instead, which can save you a lot of shoe-leather. Details of these are given in the text, and there are also two
circular bus routes
which are very handy for a cheap overview of the city: buses #105 and #106 leave from and return to the downtown RodoviA?ria (tel 061/223-0557) after a long outer city tour; just try to avoid these routes between 4pm and 6pm on weekdays when the buses are particularly crowded. Keep a watchful eye out for pickpockets when standing in line for the buses, though, once on the bus, you should be all right.
The city has a good
taxi
service, which costs a minimum of $2 even for the shortest ride. Flag a taxi down when you want one, or pick one up at the many ranks throughout the city. Most people, if they can, drive their own cars, and if you want to join them it'll cost you from $50 a day, much less if you rent over a longer period. Other useful information
for tourists (each section contains more specific sub-sections): |
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