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Rio-Niterói Bridge
13 km box-girder giant striding across Guanabara Bay: the longest bridge in the Southern Hemisphere at its opening in 1974, with sweeping views of Rio's skyline.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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Miguel Pereira
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · South America
About Miguel Pereira
Miguel Pereira sits on the route: 10 minutes from Paty do Alferes, 56km from Rio-Niterói Bridge.
Miguel Pereira is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with about 28,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Paty do Alferes, about 6 km away.
Miguel Pereira (Portuguese pronunciation: [miˈɡɛw peˈɾejɾɐ]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. This city is located in a mountainous area and has gotten the title of climatic health resort. This municipality is known for its climate, rivers, water falls and the cleanliness of theRead more
water. Miguel Pereira supplies Baixada Fluminense and a great part of the city of Rio de Janeiro with potable water.
The city contains part of the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic of conservation units, created in 2006.
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What is there to see near Miguel Pereira?
Within an hour or so of Miguel Pereira: Rio-Niterói Bridge (56 km), Museu do Amanhã (57 km), Confeitaria Colombo (58 km), Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (59 km).
Where is Miguel Pereira?
Miguel Pereira is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, about 6 km from Paty do Alferes.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 28,123
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Timezone
- America/Sao_Paulo
- Coordinates
- -22.4539, -43.4689
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Worth the detour from Miguel Pereira
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Museu do Amanhã
Science museum by Santiago Calatrava on Rio's revitalised Praça Mauá waterfront, adjacent to the port district drive.
57 km · about 65 min drive
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Confeitaria Colombo
An 1894 Rio patisserie of Belgian mirrors, Portuguese tiles and jacaranda cabinets, built when the city was flush with coffee money and still serving pastel de nata under a vast stained-glass skylight.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
The Jacarepaguá circuit in Rio that hosted ten Brazilian Grands Prix and where Ayrton Senna raced. Largely demolished for the 2016 Olympic Park, but its motorsport significance and location remain a landmark.
59 km · about 70 min drive
photogenic
Escadaria Selaron
A staircase between Lapa and Santa Teresa covered by Chilean artist Jorge Selaron in over 2,000 tiles sent from 60 countries, worked on daily from 1990 until his death in 2013.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Miguel Pereira
- 56 kmRio-Niterói Bridge13 km box-girder giant striding across Guanabara Bay: the longest bridge in the Southern Hemisphere at its opening in 1974, with sweeping views of Rio's skyline.
- 61 kmRebouças TunnelTwin-bore road tunnel under the Tijuca massif linking Rio's South Zone to the North Zone, about 2.8 kilometres long.
- 62 kmVista ChinesaA pagoda-style belvedere built in 1903 in the Tijuca forest, giving a framed view over the Lagoa, Corcovado, Ipanema and Sugarloaf. Reachable by car on the Estrada da Vista Chinesa.
- 64 kmSugarloaf Mountain (Pão de Açúcar)A granite peak rising 396 meters from Guanabara Bay, reached by cable car with sweeping views of Rio's beaches, mountains, and cityscape.
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