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Arrival
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Curitiba is easy to reach from all parts of Brazil and, once here, you'll find yourself in a Brazilian city at its most efficient. Flights to most major Brazilian cities as well as to Argentina depart from the ultramodern
airport
(tel 041/381-1515), about thirty minutes from the city centre. The airport features a good range of shops (including several excellent souvenir and local handicraft shops), car hire desks, a post office and
casas de cambio,
but there is no tourist information office. Taxis from the airport to the centre charge about $20, or take a bus marked "Aeroporto" (in the centre, they leave about every hour from outside the
Hotel Presidente
on Rua Westphalen by Praca Rui Barbosa).
The main bus (tel 041/320-3000) and train (tel 041/323-4008) stations - the
Rodoferroviaria
- are located adjacent to one another, about ten blocks from the city centre. The only remaining passenger trains to Curitiba run along the line from Morretes and Paranagua, which has become a major tourist attraction. From the Rodoferroviaria, it takes about twenty minutes to walk to the centre, or there's a minibus from almost in front of the station: catch it at the intersection of Avenida Presidente Afonso Camargo and Avenida Sete de Setembro, to the left of the entrance to the station's drive. Other useful information
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Brazil,
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