Ribeirão Preto,
Brazil - the Carnival and the Agro-Business
Travel, Hotels
And Flights
Ribeirão Preto is one of the largest brazilian cities – with
near 600.000 inhabitants. Ribeirão is located 310 Kms/192 miles
from Paulo and 710 Kms /440 miles from Brasilia, the Brazilian
capital.
Ribeirao Preto district is
nicknamed the Brazilian California due to its prosperity and
always booming economy (based on sugar cane and other
agro-business sectors), high technology (its university campus
is an internationally well known center in agro-business and
medicine) and the sunny weather and styles of life of its
people.
Travel attraction: the Carnabeirão
Ribeirão Preto beer is well known all over Sao Paulo state, as
well as its out of date carnival, known as the Carnabeirão.
The Carnabeirão takes place in April, and calls hundreds of
thousand of people to the city of Ribeirão Preto.
Hotels
Ribeirão
Preto has a high number of hotels, namely in the medium and
cheap categories. Ibis Ribeirão Preto or Comfort
Ribeirão Preto are good options in the late category. But
there are many more options. Just look online for a wider
choice: click on the search button below...
The airport
Ribeirão Preto has its own airport, just some miles
out of the city. But most of international flights arrive in
Guarulhos, the international airport of Sao Paulo.
Transfers from the airport
There is a wide service of taxis and there are buses every few minutes to several destinations
in Guarulhos airport. There is also regular flights to Ribeirão
Preto, from Guarulhos.
Back to top
- Ribeirão Preto, the Agro-business and the Carnival: Brazil Travel Tours
Hotels Flights
Back to Home Page -
Brazil Travel Guide |
