City-Tour

Private tour operated in an acclimatized vehicle (a van, a micro-bus or a tourism bus), including the following attractions:

The Amazonas Opera House – Built in neoclassic and art-noveau styles and inaugurated in 1896, the opera house is a landmark of the golden era of the rubber boom period (1890/1910). The chandeliers, chairs, crystals, paintings, masks, iron frameworks, the marble and even the majestic dome, were all imported from Europe. The Portuguese Architectural and Engineering Office, the Gabinete Português de Engenharia e Arquitetura de Lisboa, was responsible for the project. A great number of architects, constructors, painters and sculptors came from Europe to the implementation of the building. The spectacle room holds up to 685 people, distributed among the audience seats and the three floors of VIP rooms. In the noble salon, located on the second floor of the theater, is the most luxurious area of the building. Its main attraction is a painting in the ceiling (the "Glorification of the Fine Arts of the Amazon”), by Domenico de Angelis. In each one of the columns of the first pavement in the spectacle room, there are theatrical masks honoring famous musical and theatrical composers, such as Ésquilo, Aristóphane, Moliére, Carlos Gomes, Rossini, Mozart, Verdi, Chopin and others. The stage curtain from the spectacle room, created and painted by Crispim do Amaral, is a representation of the “Meeting of the Waters” of the Negro and Solimões Rivers.

The Indian Museum - Inaugurated in 1952, the museum is run by Salesian Nuns. Its 6 rooms display over 3.000 pieces, which tell the history of many Amazonian Indian tribes, including their habits, customs, traditions, artifacts, and other various utensils. The culture and lifestyle of the indigenous populations from the upper Negro River – such as the Tukanos, Dessanas, Tarianos and Baniwas - is especially portrayed. Some interesting pieces of Indian handicraft are commercialized in a shop which belongs to the Museum.

CIGS Zoo – Built and managed by the Brazilian Army, the zoo was inaugurated in 1967, aiming to provide students of the Jungle Operations Course with practical information on the Amazonian fauna. Hundreds of animals (including wildcats, pumas, spotted leopard cats, several species of monkeys, boa constrictors, anacondas, caimans, deer, hawks, etc.) can be found at the place, which is a reference all over the Amazon. CIGS Zoo invests in animal rescue and their return to their natural habitats.


IMPORTANT
1. Tour operated on private basis only.
2.
Service provided in comfortable acclimatized vehicle (van, micro-bus and/or tourism bus).
3. Local bilingual tour guide is available when necessary.
4. FEES PROVIDED UNDER REQUEST.