Parintins
The city of Bois Bumbás
THE CITY
The city has a population with more than 100 thousand inhabitants, Parintins is buzzing in the period of the festival, when it receives an expressive number of tourists, its population doubles in this period. The passion for oxen is scattered throughout the city. Residences, public telephones and streets boast the colors of the bumbás, the blue or the red. Even Coca-Cola, who inspired the red in Santa’s clothes, had to bow to Parintins’s fanaticism and coined a blue label, especially for the party period.
Aerial view of Parintins
Here we will talk about the transportations ways, lodging and places that tourists can visit when they are in Parintins.
Transportations ways
Transportation way: To go to Parintins there are two ways, by flight or by boat. The flight time from Manaus to Parintins is 1 hour. There is the airline MAP Company, which operates regular flights with medium-sized aircraft. During the Festival period, chartered flights are available to meet the high demand of passengers, and it is possible to find in specialized companies such as ATS Turismo that sells these flights, normally sales begin in the middle of February. aircraft used by GOL or AZUL.
The passenger who makes the option to travel by boat, can choose the Regional Boat or the Ajato Speedboats. The time of travel of a Regional Boat can be about 18 hours (Manaus / Parintins) and 30 hours, in the stretch (Parintins / Manaus). In relation to the Ajato Speedboats, the average travel time is 9 hours (Manaus / Parintins) and up to 10 hours (Parintins / Manaus).
Curiosities in the trips of Regional Boat: These boats, the passenger can choose to travel in hammocks (all must take their) or in cabins, depending on the size of the boat the cabins can have private bathroom or shared with other cabins. The number of passengers that the boat can carry will depend on the size of the boat and its authorization after inspection by the naval inspection (Navy of Brazil).
There are boats with capacities are from 50 to 1,000 passengers. One fact that makes the trip unforgettable is at night as the top of these boats becomes true nightclubs with varied music show and bar service.
Traveling by boat in Ajato, the passenger makes the whole trip during daylight and can enjoy contemplating the Amazonian beauties, the interior part of the boat is similar to that of a bus, as the client travels sitting in an armchair. Inside this boat there is a bar service and has an outside balcony that can be used by smokers or for a panoramic view of the trip.
Accommodations in Parintins
The city does not have a large hotel chain, having few options for small hotels and guest houses. A curiosity is the local population, during the festival period, offer their residences as an option of lodging for a price more in account than the packages of hotels and guest houses many times the sympathy and affection of the local resident ends up compensating for the lack of hotel structure, because being in Parintins represents living something magical and very deep, which makes the tourist want to return always. If you go to the Festival and stay at a local resident’s home, it is certain that you will be influenced by him to choose the same ox that represents your passion. The Festival nourishes the rivalry of colors and it is no exaggeration to say that the city is divided into red and blue, with the Bumbódromo as imaginary line of this division.
Touristic attractions in Parintins
We selected some places that you must visit to feel more deeply your trip in Parintins;
- Canta Galo Balneary
- Comunas: important point of concentration of tourists in the central part of Parintins, there the party does not stop.
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo church square
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