Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Novembro, the location of the Modernist
Getúlio Vargas Mausoleum
,
designed by
Oscar Niemeyer.
9
Cemitério Jardim da Paz
Rua Eng. Manuel Luís Fagundes • Daily 8am-noon & 2-6pm • Free
João Goulart
was reburied in 2013 in the
Cemitério Jardim da Paz
(at a state funeral
denied him in 1976), after being exhumed on his family's request (many believe he
was poisoned).
Leonel Brizola
, the Vargas protégé and ex-governor of Rio Grande do
Sul and Rio de Janeiro, was buried nearby in 2004. The cemetery is 1.5km west of
Praça XV de Novembro.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
SÃO BORJA
BY BUS
São Borja has good bus connections with Santo Ângelo (for
São Miguel), most other important towns in Rio Grande do
Sul (Porto Alegre: 9 daily; 10hr), Curitiba (1 daily; 15-16hr),
and São Paulo (1 daily; 24hr).
TO ARGENTINA
Across the bridge that links São Borja with Argentina lies the
Argentine town of Santo Tomé. From Santo Tomé there are
several bus services a day to Posadas, Puerto Iguazú, Buenos
Aires and other towns in Argentina. For entry requirements
for Argentina, see the Iguaçu Falls section (see p.567).