Curitiba, Brazil
Curitiba is a regional capital of 1,948,626 people in Paraná, Brazil, founded in March 29, 1693.
Why visit Curitiba
Townapedia lists 44 museums and landmarks, 29 parks and trails, 280 places to eat, 38 places to stay and 21 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Teatro Guaíra, UNICURITIBA, Espaço Cultural Capela Santa Maria and Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná.
Weather in Curitiba
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About Curitiba
Curitiba ( KOOR-ih-CHEE-bə; Brazilian Portuguese: [kuɾiˈtʃibɐ]) is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,829,225 as of 2024, making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba metropolitan area comprises 29 municipalities with a total population of over 3,559,366, making it the ninth most populous metropolitan area in the country.
From the Wikipedia article Curitiba (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Curitiba on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do21
Teatro Guaíra
Cinema and theater · 0.8 km
Theatre in Curitiba, Brazil
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
School · 1.3 km
Federal university in the state of Paraná, Brazil
Aquário Nemo
Zoo and aquarium · 1.1 km
531 Rua Mariano Torres, Curitiba
Mo-Sa 08:00-18:00
9 more on the map.
Museums and landmarks44
Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná
Museum · 0.6 km
16 Rua Desembargador Westphalen, Curitiba
Tu-Fr 10:00-19:00, Sa-Su 10:00-16:00, PH 10:00-16:00
Open in Google Maps · Wikipedia · +55 41 3323 5328; +55 41 3323 5337; +55 41 3222 5172
Museu da Imagem e do Som do Paraná
Museum · 0.8 km
395 Rua Barão do Rio Branco, Curitiba
Tu-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa-Su 10:00-18:00
Memorial Árabe
Monument and historic site · 0.7 km
Praça Gibran Khalil, Curitiba
Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-13:00
Casa Erbo Stenzel
Museum · 4.9 km
Historic building in Curitiba, Brazil
Holocaust Museum in Curitiba
Museum · 1.4 km
Holocaust museum in Paraná, Brazil
Museu de História Natural Capão da Imbuia
Museum · 5.5 km
Museum in Curitiba, Paraná
Museu Egípcio e Rosacruz
Museum · 6.3 km
Museum in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Museu Nacional do Espiritismo
Museum · 6.4 km
Museum in Curitiba, Brazil
32 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds29
Passeio Público
Park · 0.7 km
Tu-Su 06:00-20:00; Mo off
Open in Google Maps · Wikipedia · +55 41 3323 3793;+55 41 3350 9940;+55 41;+55 41 3350 9631
Bacacheri Park
Park · 6.0 km
Park located in Curitiba, state of Parana, Brazil
Praça Santos Andrade
Park · 0.7 km
160 Rua Conselheiro Laurindo, Curitiba
Largo Maestro Luiz Eulógio Zilli
Park · 0.8 km
240 Rua Professor Fernando Moreira
24/7
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17 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes280
Lovinha - Plant-Based Pizza
Restaurant · Pizza · 0.8 km
686 Rua Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca, Curitiba
Tu-Sa 11:00-15:00, 18:00-22:00; Su 11:00-15:00, 18:00-21:00
Pizza Clock e Restaurante
Restaurant · Pizza · 1.0 km
302 Rua Doutor Faivre
Su-Mo 18:00-00:00; Tu-Sa 18:00-01:00
Bendito Bentô
Restaurant · Japanese · 0.9 km
1463 Rua Visconde do Rio Branco
Mo-Fr 08:00-15:00
Kolonialle
Cafe · Coffee Shop, German · 0.9 km
276 Rua Tibagi, Curitiba
Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 08:30-18:00
268 more on the map.
History
At the end of the 17th century, Curitiba's agriculture was only for subsistence and its main economic activities were mineral extraction. Waves of European immigrants arrived after 1850, mainly Poles, Italians, Germans (mostly Volga Germans from Russia) and Ukrainians.
Cattlemen drove their herds from Rio Grande do Sul to the state of São Paulo, turning Curitiba into an important intermediate trading post.
Around the beginning of the 20th century, Curitiba benefited from the wealth of the yerba mate mills. The owners (known as "barões da erva-mate") built mansions in the capital. These have mostly been preserved in the districts of Batel and Alto da Glória.
In the 1940s and 1950s, Alfred Agache, co-founder of the French Society for Urban Studies, was hired to produce its first city plan. It emphasized a "star" of boulevards, with public amenities downtown, an industrial district and sanitation. It was followed in part, but the plan was too expensive to complete.
From the History section of Curitiba on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay38
Hotel Johnscher by San Juan
Motel and hotel · 0.8 km
354 Rua Barão do Rio Branco, Curitiba
Churches and places of worship21
Igreja Evangélica Assembleia de Deus em Curitiba
Church · Pentecostal · 0.8 km
367 Avenida Cândido de Abreu, Curitiba
Mesquita Imam Ali Ibn Abi Tálib
Place of worship · Shia
383 Rua Kellers, Curitiba
A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias
Church · Mormon · 0.7 km
631 Rua Mateus Leme, Curitiba
Comunidade Terapêutica Missão Shalon
Place of worship
598 Rua Presidente Carlos Cavalcanti, Curitiba
Igreja Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe
Church · Roman Catholic · 1.0 km
954 Rua Pedro Ivo
Shopping64
Gas and EV charging4
Schools, colleges and libraries31
Centro Estadual de Educação Básica para Jovens e Adultos CEAD Poty Lazzarotto
School
610 Rua Riachuelo
Embap - Unespar - Escola de Música e Belas Artes do PR
School · 0.8 km
370 Rua Barão do Rio Branco, Curitiba
Healthcare41
GFarma Farmácia de Manipulação
Clinic and pharmacy · 0.6 km
208 Alameda Doutor Carlos de Carvalho, Curitiba
IMETRA- Segurança e Medicina do Trabalho
Clinic and pharmacy
556 Rua XV de Novembro, Curitiba
Centro Regional de Atendimento Integrado ao Deficiente
Clinic and pharmacy
144 Rua do Rosário, Curitiba
A Fórmula Manipulação
Clinic and pharmacy · 1.0 km
475 Rua Desembargador Westphalen
Centro de Especialidades Odontológicas Rosário
Clinic and pharmacy
144 Rua do Rosário
Map of Curitiba
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Getting there and nearby towns
Bacacheri Airport (BFH) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 5 km away.
- Pinhais 8 km east, about 8 min by car
- Almirante Tamandaré 12 km north, about 12 min by car
- São José dos Pinhais 13 km southeast, about 13 min by car
- Colombo 16 km north, about 16 min by car
- Campo Magro 19 km west, about 19 min by car
- Piraquara 21 km east, about 21 min by car
- Quatro Barras 21 km east, about 21 min by car
- Araucária 23 km southwest, about 23 min by car
- Fazenda Rio Grande 26 km south, about 26 min by car
- Campo Largo 26 km west, about 26 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
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- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Curitiba Eixos e densidade 78 (24160257688), mariordo59 from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Curitiba aves novas na paisagem, Rui Werneck de Capistrano, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Curitiba vidala pa' bobó (8045392558), Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão from Curitiba, Brazil, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rua Claudino dos Santos, São Francisco, Curitiba, abril de 2025 (5), Fronteira, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rua Claudino dos Santos, São Francisco, Curitiba, abril de 2025 (6), Fronteira, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Curitiba não sei se é caça ou caçador ¹ (8017774575), Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão from Curitiba, Brazil, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Centro de Curitiba com busão, Feen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Vista do centro de Curitiba, Feen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Centro de Curitiba, Feen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Solar do Rosário - Curitiba PR - panoramio (1), Paulo JC Nogueira, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Torre da 1a. Igreja Presbiteriana - Curitiba PR - panoramio, Paulo JC Nogueira, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Largo da Ordem - Curitiba PR - panoramio, Paulo JC Nogueira, CC BY-SA 3.0
- São Francisco, Curitiba - State of Paraná, Brazil - panoramio (2), LEONARDO DASILVA, CC BY 3.0
- Curitiba PR - panoramio (5), enioprado, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Igreja da Ordem - Curitiba PR - panoramio, Paulo JC Nogueira, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mosque in Curitiba- Brazil - panoramio, Ghassan Mroue, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Igreja do Rosário - Curitiba PR - panoramio, Paulo JC Nogueira, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 1a. Igreja Presbiteriana - Curitiba PR - panoramio, Paulo JC Nogueira, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 1a Igreja Presbiteriana - Curitiba PR - panoramio, Paulo JC Nogueira, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Solar do Rosário - Curitiba PR - panoramio, Paulo JC Nogueira, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Rua Claudino dos Santos, São Francisco, Curitiba, abril de 2025 (1), Fronteira, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rua Claudino dos Santos, São Francisco, Curitiba, abril de 2025 (2), Fronteira, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Teatro Guaíra in 2006 2, No machine-readable author provided. Xamã~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain
- UFPR vista frontal, Boaventuravinicius, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Reitoriaup, Rvpertvs, CC BY-SA 4.0
- UTFPR 100 anos, J.M.Guimarães, Public domain
- Auditório da Ópera de Arame, Leonardo.stabile, Public domain
- Bosque Alemao-Curitiba, Reynaldo César de Moraes, Public domain
- Acervo Tutankhamon, Museu Egípicio, Curitiba 04, Simplus Menegati, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bosque de Portugal, Curitiba, Leonardo Stabile, Public domain
- Nivaldo Braga Museu História Natural, J.M.Guimarães, Public domain
- Curitiba Cathedral (4400741855), Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0
- Templo de curitiba, Ricardo630 (Yes, I took this photograph), CC BY 3.0
- Biblioteca Pública do Paraná 2015 (7), DAR7 e Eloy Olindo Setti, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Passeio Publico 2 Curitiba Brasil, Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Rua 24 horas 4 Curitiba Basil, Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco das Chagas, Guilmann, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Igreja do Rosário, Curitiba, PR, Guilmann, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Memorial arabe, Zé Andrade, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museu Alfredo Andersen 1, Neusinha35, CC0
- Museu Paranaense 1 Curitiba Brasil, Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0
- MAC-PR, Everaldo Guilmann., Public domain
- Praça Dezenove de Dezembro no Centro Cívico e o painel de Poty Lazzarotto - Curitiba Brasil. (10162427973), Marinelson Almeida - Traveling through Brazil from Niteroi, Brasil, CC BY 2.0
- ESTÁTUA DE JOAQUIM JOSÉ DA SILVA XAVIER (Tiradentes), na Praça Tiradentes, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil, by Nivaldo Cit Filho - panoramio, Nivaldo Cit filho, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Curitiba - Brasil (10146680126), Marinelson Almeida - Traveling through Brazil from Niteroi, Brasil, CC BY 2.0
- Templo Luterano (IECLB), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil • cropped, Geogast, CC BY 4.0
- Cinemateca - panoramio, Augusto Ferreira, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Praça Osório - Curitiba (17687968570), Bruna cs, CC BY 2.0
- Cine Passeio em Curitiba, Diegodlh, CC BY 4.0
- LLDE cep vigne, "Esprit de Vérité", Public domain
- Repres. graf. praca santos andrade, J.M.Guimarães, Public domain
- Teatro José Maria Santos - Curitiba, 2025-11-11 1, Parzeus, CC BY 4.0
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