Inaugurated in 1869, this market is a real institution. The smells of smoked meat and fish mingle with those of fruit and maté herb. All imaginable types of chimarrão , metal pots with a straw from which maté is drunk, can also be found here. But vi..

The Casa de Cultura Mario Quintina, a hub of Brazilian cultural life, is housed in the former Hotel Majestic, an extravagant pink building dating from the 1930s. It is named after a famous gaucho poet who translated Proust. A fine symbol of the cit..

The Parque da Ferradura, an untamed nature park, affords splendid panoramic views over the horseshoe-shaped valley of the Rio Caí. You can take any one of several paths for walkers in the araucaria forests to see Serra Gaúcha from different vantage p..

In an imposing neo-Classical building, the Rio Grande do Sul Art Museum presents an interesting collection of works by Brazilian painters. Also worth seeing is the J.-B. Debret room, dedicated to the French painter who was famous in Brazil for having..