A long weekend in the Marvelous City cannot go unnoticed! To help you plan for the Proclamation of the Republic weekend + holiday, we selected some super cool attractions here in our area! Check out:
Illuminated night
Nearby, in Praça Mauá, we have IluminaRio, with works by established and new artists who use light as the protagonist of their works, including Rosa Magalhães and Yhuri Cruz. The lighting art event brings to the city, for the first time, a festival similar to those already taking place in other parts of the world and promises to delight the public. The festival is an initiative of URBN Experience and, according to the organizers of the event, whose theme is “The essence of Rio in the form of art and light”, it was conceived with the aim of promoting the reunion of Rio residents with the city, in an atmosphere of dream and optimism.
The open-air exhibition runs until this Sunday and is lit between 6pm and 11:59pm. Free.
Promotion at AquaRio
AquaRio, in celebration of its five years of activity, has an educational program for the public throughout the month of November. Until the 30th, visitors will have a 15% discount when purchasing tickets in advance via the website, when visiting from Monday to Friday. Residents of the state of Rio pay the amount of R$59.90.
For those who want to do tours combined with other tourist attractions, there is a discount too. The AquaRio combo with BioParque, formerly Rio Zoo, for example, starts at R$89.90 on the Bioparque website. The tour integrated with the famous Christ the Redeemer, departing from the Paineiras Visitor Center, can be purchased from R$69.90 on the website.
AquaRio is considered the largest marine aquarium in South America. Since its opening in November 2016, it is estimated that 4.4 million people have visited the attraction.
Aquarium
Address: Praça Muhammad Ali — Gamboa.
Opening hours: Mon to Fri. – 9am to 5pm (with entry until 4pm); Sat, Sun. and Mon., 9am/6pm (with entry until 5pm)
Tickets: www.aquariomarinhodorio.com.br.
Porto Shrimp Festival
For those who enjoy gastronomy, you can check out the 1st edition of the Porto Shrimp Festival, which will take place until the 30th of this month. In total, 23 houses from Saúde, Gamboa and Morro da Providência participate. Among them, the Pequeno Museu Carioca, with shrimp pie (R$ 14, in the photo), and Armazém Zero4, with Shrimp in the Canoe (R$ 45).
The festival is organized by the Liga Porto das Delícias and Polo da Região Portuária with support from SindRio – Union of Bars and Restaurants of Rio de Janeiro.
More information on Instagram, at @festivaldocamaraodoporto.
