Manaus

Where should I stay?

Where should I eat?

• Mercado Municipal Adolpho Lisboa · Centro · Food market: An 1880s iron market hall on the Rio Negro where you can see Amazon fish, fruits, herbs and snack on regional food.
• Banzeiro · Nossa Senhora das Graças · Contemporary Amazonian: Chef Felipe Schaedler's restaurant reinterprets Amazon ingredients like pirarucu, tucupi and jambu in refined dishes.
• Caxiri · Centro (Largo de São Sebastião) · Contemporary Amazonian: A restaurant facing the Teatro Amazonas serving creative dishes built on regional fish, fruits and manioc.
• Tambaqui de Banda · Centro (Largo de São Sebastião) · Amazonian fish: Known for grilled half tambaqui, the region's signature river fish, served with farofa and vinaigrette.
• Tacacá da Gisela · Centro (Largo de São Sebastião) · Amazonian street food: A popular stall for tacacá, the hot tucupi broth with shrimp and tongue-tingling jambu, eaten from a gourd bowl.
• Bar do Armando · Centro (Largo de São Sebastião) · Bar food: A traditional bohemian bar beside the opera house, good for a cold beer and snacks in the square.
• Feira da Panair · Educandos · Fish market: A busy riverside fish market where locals buy tambaqui, pirarucu and jaraqui, with simple stalls serving fried fish.

What should I do?

• Teatro Amazonas · Centro: The 1896 rubber-boom opera house, with guided tours of its painted ceilings and frequent concerts.
• Largo de São Sebastião · Centro: The square in front of the opera house, with its wave-patterned pavement, church, cafés and evening events.
• Palácio Rio Negro · Centro: A former rubber baron's mansion and governor's residence, now a cultural center showing period rooms.
• MUSA – Museu da Amazônia · Cidade de Deus (Reserva Ducke): Forest trails and a 42-meter observation tower that lets you look out over the rainforest canopy at the city's edge.
• Bosque da Ciência (INPA) · Petrópolis: A research institute's forest park where you can see manatees, giant otters and turtles up close.
• Praia da Ponta Negra · Ponta Negra: A river beach and promenade on the Rio Negro, popular at sunset with kiosks and restaurants.
• Boat trip to the Encontro das Águas · Rio Negro / Rio Solimões: Day boat trips take you to where the dark Rio Negro and sandy Solimões run side by side without mixing.
• Parque Nacional de Anavilhanas · Novo Airão: One of the world's largest river archipelagos, visited on boat trips through flooded forest, often with pink river dolphins.