Editor's picks
A local's shortlist — the places worth your time first, each with a tip.
Jardim Botânico
Landmark · Jardim Botânico district, east of the centre
The art nouveau glasshouse and formal French gardens that became the city's postcard, built on a reclaimed rubbish tip in 1991.
Local tip: Everyone photographs the greenhouse and turns round. The trail into the native forest behind it, and the boardwalk over the wetland, are where the park actually is — and both are empty on a weekday morning.
Largo da Ordem
Nightlife · Historic centre
Cobbled streets around the eighteenth-century church, with the city's oldest bars and a large Sunday antiques and crafts fair.
Local tip: The Sunday feira is the famous part but the Wednesday and Thursday nights are the local one — the bars on Rua São Francisco are where Curitiba actually drinks. The area is quiet on Monday and Tuesday to the point of being closed.
Mercado Municipal
Food · Next to the bus station, central
A 1958 covered market with an entire organic hall, a serious cheese and charcuterie section, and the city's best casual lunch counters.
Local tip: Go before eleven on a Saturday. The upstairs restaurants do a proper Paraná barreado and the deli aisles carry Polish, Ukrainian, Italian and German products that reflect who actually settled this city.
Santa Felicidade
Neighborhood · North-west of the centre
The Italian colony founded by Veneto immigrants in the 1870s, now a boulevard of enormous family restaurants and wine cellars.
Local tip: The set menus are galeto, polenta and pasta served until you surrender, and they are a Sunday institution rather than a tourist trap. Go with more people than you think you need and skip breakfast.
Ópera de Arame & Parque Tanguá
Culture · Northern quarries
A tubular steel opera house standing in a flooded granite quarry, and a second quarry turned into a park with a waterfall and a tunnel walk.
Local tip: The two are minutes apart and best done together in the late afternoon. Tanguá's viewpoint at sunset over the quarry lake is the single best free view in Curitiba and almost no visitor knows to go.
Trem da Serra do Mar to Morretes
Hidden gemNature · Departs Curitiba central station
An 1880s mountain railway dropping 900 metres through Atlantic rainforest to the coastal plain, across viaducts cut into the escarpment.
Local tip: One of the great train journeys anywhere and Curitibanos treat it as an ordinary day out. Take the train down, eat barreado in Morretes, and come back by road — the return leg by rail is the same view in worse light. Sit on the left going down.
Explore 61 places across Curitiba
Museums, landmarks, monuments, heritage sites and parks — mapped, with photos. The most notable spots first.
Museums & galleries
(20)
MuseumOscar Niemeyer Museum
Art museum in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
MuseumBosque Alemão
Museum in Curitiba, Paraná
MuseumMuseu Paranaense
Arts and history museum in Curitiba, Brazil
MuseumMuseu Egípcio e Rosacruz
Museum in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
MuseumMuseu do Expedicionário
Museum in Brazil
MuseumMuseu Botânico Municipal
Museum in Curitiba, Paraná
MuseumMuseu Municipal de Arte
Brazilian museum
MuseumMuseu da Vida
Museum in Brazil
MuseumMemorial de Curitiba
Museum in Curitiba, Paraná
MuseumCuritiba Station
Museum in Curitiba, Paraná
MuseumCasa Barão do Serro Azul
Historical good listed by the Coordination of Cultural Heritage of the State of Paraná in the city of Curitiba
MuseumHistorical and Geographic Institute of Paraná
Cultural, archival and scientific institute located in Curitiba, Paraná
MuseumMuseu Alfredo Andersen
Museum in Curitiba, Brazil
MuseumMuseu Coronel David Carneiro
Museum in Brazil
MuseumMuseu de Arte da UFPR
Museum in Curitiba, Paraná
Casa Andrade Muricy
Museum.
Casa de Antônio Escorsin
Museum.
Museu da Polícia Rodoviária Federal
Museum.
MAI - Museu de Arte Indígena
Água Verde
Museum in Água Verde.
Museu Nacional do Espiritismo
Museum.
Landmarks & architecture
(19)
Landmark
LandmarkPalácio Avenida
Landmark in Curitiba.
LandmarkIguaçu palace
Headquarter building of the government of the state of Paraná, located in the Civic Center, Curitiba
LandmarkCastelo do Batel
Landmark in Curitiba.
LandmarkPalácio das Araucárias
Landmark in Curitiba.
LandmarkPaço da Liberdade
Landmark in Curitiba.
LandmarkPraça 19 de Dezembro
Square in Curitiba with centennial monument
LandmarkPalácio Garibaldi
Landmark in Curitiba.
Landmark29 de Março palace
Headquarters building of the municipal government of Curitiba
LandmarkPalácio da Liberdade
Landmark in Curitiba.
LandmarkPraça Rui Barbosa
Landmark in Curitiba.
LandmarkPraça Tiradentes
Square in Curitiba
LandmarkAntigo Palácio Wolff
Historical good listed by the Coordination of Cultural Heritage of the State of Paraná in the city of Curitiba
LandmarkRio Branco palace
Headquarters building of the legislative power of the city of Curitiba
LandmarkPraça Carlos Gomes, Curitiba
Square in Curitiba
LandmarkGeneral Osório Square
Public square in Curitiba, Brazil
LandmarkPraça Eufrásio Correia
Square in the city of Curitiba listed as having historical interest
Palacete Leão Júnior
Castle.
Portal da Pedreira
Historic city gate.
Monuments & memorials
(9)
MonumentMemorial Ucraniano
Monument in Curitiba, Brazil
MonumentTile panels of the 1º Centenário do Paraná
Blue tile historical work by Poty Lazzarotto in Curitiba
MonumentLargo da Saúde
COVID-19 memorial in Curitiba
MonumentCentennial monument to Parana's Political Emancipation, Curitiba
Granite sculptures in Praça Dezenove de Dezembro, by Cozzo and Stenzel
Parque da Vilinha
Memorial.
Chico Mendes
Memorial.
Vênus Curitibana
Public artwork.
Manoel Ribas
Public artwork.
Leão da Justiça Alado
Historic monument.
Places of worship
(6)
ReligiousIgreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco das Chagas
Church in Curitiba, Brazil
ReligiousCentro Israelita do Paraná
Jewish centre in Brazil
ReligiousIgreja Ortodoxa São Jorge
Church in Curitiba, Brazil
ReligiousParóquia Imaculado Coração de Maria
Church building in Brazil
ReligiousTemplo Evangélico Luterano
Historical good listed by the Coordination of Cultural Heritage of the State of Paraná in the city of Curitiba
Paróquia São José Santa Felicidade
Place of worship.
Parks & nature
(2)
ParkBotanical Garden of Curitiba
Botanical garden
ParkPasseio Público
Park in Curitiba
More to explore
(5)Parque Tanguá
Visitor attraction.
Mirante da Chaminé Passaúna
Viewpoint.
Armazém Santa Ana
Visitor attraction.
Torre dos Filósofos
Viewpoint.
Universidade Livre do Meio Ambiente
Visitor attraction.
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