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Municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Photo: Palma Santa Maria, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Santa Maria is a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil. Known as the geographic heart of the state, the city is the gateway to Paleorrota, the state's paleontological tourism route.
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Centro Histórico Coronel Pillar
Casa de Memória Edmundo Cardoso
Museu Educativo Gama D'Eça
Contains fossils from the Paleorrota geo-park.
Museu Histórico-Cultural das Irmãs Franciscanas
Acervo Histórico do I.E.E. Olavo Bilac
Casa-Museu João Luiz Pozzobon
Museu Mallet
Memorial do Colégio Manoel Ribas
Museu de Astronomia - Planetário
Museu Comunitário Treze de Maio
Museu Vicente Pallotti
Contains fossils from the Paleorrota geo-park.
Memorial de Imigração e cultura Japonesa do Rio Grande do Sul
Museu de Arte de Santa Maria
Museu Ferroviário de Santa Maria
Museu Sacro de Santa Maria
Pizza, pasta.
Very famous chicken barbecue.
Sandwiches, mix juices.
The best barbecue in the city (all you can eat style, buffet).
Probably the best hotel in this area. More than 90 apartments and an event structure to receive about 1700 people simultaneously. Each apartment have phone with direct call and answering machine, air-conditioner, TV Directv with remote control and a small refrigerator. The hotel is about 5km from the city centre. The taxi fare is between R$15 and R$20. A single apartment costs about R$ 92,40 per day, a double costs R$ 132,00 and a triple costs about R$ 193,60. Note that this values can be modified during the year.
Hotel Continental
90 apartments. Every room has of space, air conditioning, cable television, and a private bathroom with a hair dryer. Toiletries are provided at no extra cost, and guests have access to a heated pool, a complete gym, two saunas (one humid, one dry). Breakfast is also provided. The hotel is also pet-friendly.
Charming hotel tower with pools and atrium, even if it looks like a Soviet bloc apartment building from outside.
By bus
Santa Maria is a city well served by intercity and interstate bus lines to many cities in the state and in the country.24 miles) from the city downtown.
By plane
Santa Maria Airport (RIA) is the main airport serving Santa Maria. It is a small airport, with minimal infrastructure, which is located in the district of Camobi, 11 km from the city downtown.
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