Brazil - The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget - page 307

Towards the end of the nineteenth
century, at the height of the rubber
boom, architects were summoned from
Europe to redesign the city, which
rapidly acquired a Western feel - broad
Parisian-style avenues were laid down,
interspersed with Italian piazzas centred
on splendid fountains. Innovative
Manaus was one of the first cities in

Brazil to have electricity, trolley
buses and sewage systems. However,
by 1914 the rubber market was
collapsing fast, leaving the city to
slumber in past glories for much of
the twentieth century. Today, however,
Manaus is thriving again: an aggressive
commercial and industrial centre for
an enormous region.

Airport, Bus Station,
Museu de Ciências Naturais da Amazônia
& Bosque da Ciência

ACCOMMODATION
Dez de Julho
GOL Backpackers Manaus
Hostel Manaus
Manaus Hostel

MANAUS

1
2
4
3

PRAÇA DO
SAUDADE

EATING & DRINKING
Casa da Pomonha
Galo Carijó
Tacacá da Gisela
Toca da Costela

PRAÇA DO
CONGRESSO

5
6
4
7

3

R U A ROTA R Y

Teatro
Amazonas
(Opera House)

NIGHTLIFE
Bar do Armando
Cervejeria Fellice
Porão do Alemão

Amazon
Gero Tours

3
2
1

PRAÇA SÃO
SEBASTIÃO

Museu Casa de
Eduardo Ribeiro

Rio Negro
Shopping R U A H U ASC AR D E FIGU EI R E D O

Carrefour
Supermarket

R . L A U RO CAVA LC ANTE

Museu do
Homen
do Norte

R U A H ENR I Q U E MA R T INS

VASP

AVENIDA 7 D E S ETEMBRO

PRAÇA
HELIODORO
BALBI

Catedral

Banco do
Brasil

Centro
Cultural
Palácio
Rio Negro

Local
Buses

Palacete
Provincial

PRAÇ A
DA MAT R I Z

PRAÇA
OSWALDO
CRUZ

Amazon
Explorers

Estaçao
Hidroviária

PRAÇA
ADALBERTO
VALLE

Customs
House

Casa das
Redes
(Hammock
shop)

Amazonas
Indian
Turismo

Floating
Port

Igreja dos
Remédios

PRAÇA
DOS
REMÉDIOS

Terminal
Ajato

Mercado
Municipal

Banana
Market

Distribution
Market

0 100

Docks for
small river boats metres