Things to do in The Amazon
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ServeKilo Nova Opção
You’ll think you’re back in Brazil at this popular lunch spot. The large spread includes dishes from both sides of the border, including grilled meats and a few vegetarian options. When the heat drives you to drink, revitalize with a freshly blended juice.
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Pousada Kakurí
The dining area consists of a few tables set up on the porch, but that’s all you need to enjoy the kitchen’s tasty creations – mostly fresh fish, grilled or fried, with veggies and rice – and a couple cold beers. Usually has great music playing, to boot.
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Restaurant Nova Opção
A budget self-service Brazilian restaurant with buffet food by weight. Most of the entrees are heavy meat and potato dishes, but it sometimes has a few tasty vegetarian options. When the heat drives you to drink, revitalize with an enormous fresh juice.
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Restaurante Mandala
Restaurante Mandala is right around the corner from the plaza, on the road toward Fazenda Encantada. The fixed-plate lunch comes with pasta, rice, beans, salad, farofa (manioc flour sautéed with butter) and a choice of meat.
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Igreja NS do Rosário dos Pretos
Igreja NS do Rosário dos Pretos known as the Igreja dos Escravos (Slaves' Church), was built in 1828 by slaves, who were not allowed to use the Whites' Church. Construction was reportedly never completed, and it remains roofless.
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Peru Amazon 4 Days
4 days (Puerto Maldonado)
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Churrascaria Tia Helena
Waiters bring skewered meats directly from the grill and carve it at the table in classic churrascaria fashion. Decor is austere (think cement floors and fluorescent lights) but the food is good and the ambience cheerful.
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Barzinho
Perched on a small rise above one of Tefé’s main drags – with a tree growing through the floor and out the roof – this is a cool little spot to have a beer or two and listen to live music, mostly of the singer-songwriter variety.
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Jardim do Eden Restaurant
Tasty creative meals, including plenty of vegetarian options, are served on the hotel's 2nd-floor deck, with great sea views and breezes. Canoes are available to cross the channel day and night, so don't worry about staying late.
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Restaurant-Bars
Praça Bandeira has a handful of outdoor Restaurant-Bars overlooking the river. It's a popular place to nurse a few tall beers and contemplate the new pedestrian bridge, which at night is bathed in a hypnotic blue light.
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Restaurante Oásis
This longtime favorite in Guajará-Mirim can be counted on for a tasty, well-prepared lunch buffet, including fresh grilled meats. The airy dining area gets some street noise, but is still a pleasant place for a midday break.
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Museu Municipal
Museu Municipal occupies an old prison, evident by the thick walls and heavy doors. Simple exhibits tell the story of Natividade; among the artifacts is a tree trunk to which slaves were tied for whipping.
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Inversiones Lakshmy
A small health-food store and bakery with fabulous vegan (can you believe it?) empanadas (around US$1), dried fruit and bags of TVP (texturized vegetable protein) that vegetarians covet on Roraima treks.
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Beaches
The best beaches are Praia do Farol (in town) and Praia do Paraíso and the more remote Baía do Sol in the north. Stingrays may be present - shuffle your feet when entering the water to scare them off.
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Rivas Manrique Carnecería
Looking for a fabulous cachapa? Scoop up a perfect savory corn pancake - with or without a mountain of shredded cheese, chicken or pork - from the doorway stand at the Rivas Manrique carnecería .
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Restaurant Lili
Lunch is by weight (per kilo R$19), while dinner is R$7 per plate at the same self-serve buffet – a chance to hone your stacking skills. Pickings are reliable, if uninspired. Located near the tourist office.
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Raúl Helicópteros
If you have money to burn and no time to spare, Raúl Helicópteros will get you there in its fleet of light planes and helicopters. Trips available include Angel Falls and the top of Roraima.
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Trapiche
- Tefé, Brazil
- Restaurants › Pub
A short moto-taxi ride from the center will get you to this small pizza joint and bar, where the service is slow but the pizza is worth the wait. Cold beer and cool music help the wait go faster.
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Alfredo’s Restaurant
A place that looks far better inside than out, Alfredo’s is the best restaurant in town. There’s a lengthy menu and a dish of tortellini with ricotta and spinach that melts in your mouth.
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Alfredo’s Restaurant
One of the best restaurants in town, Alfredo’s has a lengthy menu, gourmet meals and tortellini with ricotta and spinach that melts in your mouth. The filling lunch special is a bargain.
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Restaurante Finezza
Directly across from the Miniterio Público building, this popular low-key lunch spot has good self-service with covered outdoor seating. At night, come here for beer and bar food.
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Aldeas de Paz
In Santa Elena de Uairén, grassroots NGO Aldeas de Paz runs year-round community development volunteer programs within the local and Pemón indigenous communities.
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Tumá Serö
For a cheap meal in a fun atmosphere head to Tumá Serö, a ‘boulevard of food’ with dozens of different outlets serving everything from arepas to noodles.
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Victoria Video
If you're in the mood for a movie, Victoria Video has 5000 DVDs of classics and, ahem, very recent blockbusters that you can watch in air-conditioned cell-like cubicles.
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Ying Ping
One of two good Chinese restaurants on the main square (the other, Young Hua, is also recommended), Ying Ping does fantastic homemade rice noodles and has an encyclopedic menu.
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