Curitiba Travel Guide

The Curitiba Botanical Garden is the postcard of this southern Brazilian city, built around a French-classical glass greenhouse whose white cast-iron frame and fountain gardens evoke Versailles. Beyond the greenhouse, formal French parterres shift with the seasons in lush colour, the city's most photogenic corner. As the green symbol of eco-model Curitiba, it is free, well-pathed and ideal for morning runs, picnics and family visits, often starring on the city's postcards. The adjacent botany institute opens science exhibits on protecting rare Atlantic-rainforest species.

The Oscar Niemeyer Museum, nicknamed the 'Museum of the Eye', is a masterpiece by Brazilian modernist Oscar Niemeyer, famed for a round exhibition hall shaped like a human eye floating on yellow pillars. Inside, contemporary art, design and architectural archives rotate through the shows, with a spiral ramp drawing visitors onward. A cultural landmark of Curitiba, it fuses futuristic architecture with experimental art and, near the Botanical Garden, is a pilgrimage site for architecture and art lovers. Chinese audio guides are available, helping unpack Niemeyer's 'architecture as sculpture' philosophy.

Barigui, located in CURITIBA, 巴西, is among the city's most visited attractions.