Pelotas

Pelotas is a city of 343,000 people (2020) in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Understand

Get in

By plane

There are regular flights departing from Porto Alegre and Rio Grande.

By bus

From Porto Alegre, it is about 3 hours by bus. The Embaixador Express runs the Porto Alegre-Pelotas, Rio Grande-Pelotas line, among others.

By car

From Porto Alegre towards the south of the country along the federal highway BR 116. The route is approximately 260 km long. The stretch can be covered in about three hours, has several tolls, however, despite the tolls, the quality of the asphalt is not very good and few stretches are duplicated.

Get around

See

Baroness Museum (Museu da Baronesa), Rua Domingos de Almeida, 1490. Bairro Areal, +55 53 3228-4606, museu.baronesa@pelotas.com.br. Tu-F 13:30-18:00, Sa Su 14:00-18:00. The Museum has in its collection pieces from the Antunes Maciel family collections, by Adail Bento Costa, various donations from the community and a collection by Mrs. Antonia Sampaio. These pieces represent a little of the customs, the way of life.
Bento Freitas Stadium
Boca do Lobo Stadium
Sete de Abril Theater (Theatro Sete de Abril), Rua Pç. Coronel Pedro Osório, 160, +55 53 3225-5777.
Carlos Ritter Museum (Museu Carlos Ritter), Rua Marechal Deodoro, 823. M-F 08:00-11:30, 14:00-17:30.
Laranjal Beach
Museu de Arte Leopoldo Gotuzzo, Rua Gal Osório, 725, +55 53 3225-9144. M-F 08:00-17:30 except Wednesdays, when it stays open until 20:30. In addition to housing the artistic and personal collection of Leopoldo Gotuzzo (recognized as the most important painter from Pelotas), it has works by national and international artists.

Do

The Fenadoce- is a display of sweets prepared from traditional 18th-century Portuguese recipes. More than 300,000 people come to the annual event, which is held for two weeks in June in the Centro Internacional de Cultura e Eventos (International Center of Culture and Events).

Buy

Eat

Pelotas is the National Sweet Capital. Stroll through the city center to find quindins, cameos, and bem-casados. These and many others are sold in stalls and in traditional pastry shops (Otto, Doçaria Pelotense, Café Aquarius....)

Budget

Círculo Operário Pães Bakery, all-you-can-eat pizza at night and, in winter, an excellent afternoon coffee. Rua Dom Pedro II, 372 corner Rua João Pessoa. Tel: +55 53 3222-4622.
Alles Blau Buffet with grills, in winter, soups. Rua Sete de Setembro, 354. +55 53 3225-2277.
Circulus Lanches Baurus (different from those in São Paulo, they are large sandwiches filled with meat, corn, peas, lettuce, tomato, bacon), a delicious mayonnaise.
Sanata Baurus (different from São Paulo, they are large sandwiches filled with meat, corn, peas, lettuce, tomato, bacon), a delicious mayonnaise, cheaper than Círculus

Mid-range

Dom Pedro Colony, R. Santa Cruz, 2170, +55 53 3302-6379. M-F 11:30 to 14;00 and 17:30 to 23:30. Saturdays from 12:00 to 15:00 and from 19:30 to 01:00. 4 air-conditioned environments, varied menu of special beers, snacks and dinner options. Live music on Thursdays and most weekends.

Splurge

Batuva Grilled: Grills in a cozy atmosphere. Rua General Osório, 454. +55 53 3222-0101.
Churrascaria Lobão Traditional steakhouse with skewer and buffet. Av. Bento Gonçalves, 3460. +55 53 3225-6197.

Drink

The central and Porto area of the city has the busiest nightlife. There are several bars with live music for all tastes.

Sleep

Hotel Manta, Gen. Netto, 1131, +55 53 3225-2411. It offers accommodation for up to 250 people, luxury and semi-luxury apartments with air conditioning, minibar, box beds, indoor pools, gym, breakfast, garage, and cable TV.
Hotel Estoril, Gen. Osorio, 718, +55 53 3225-2411. It offers 56 apartments divided into luxury and standard, cable TV, telephone, private bathrooms, breakfast, room service 24hs.
Curi Palace Hotel, Gen. Netto, 1279, +55 53 3227-7377. It offers 95 apartments, air conditioning, apartment adapted for people with disabilities, breakfast, parking, minibar, garage, restaurant, room service - 24hr, internet access room, meeting rooms, convention hall, gym, telephone, cable tv.
Curi Hotel, Gen. Osório, 719, +55 53 3227-9955. It offers 90 apartments (luxury, standard and simple), breakfast, central location, garage, restaurants, living rooms, telephone, cable TV in all apartments, fan.

Stay safe

Police (Military Brigade) : 190
Civil Police: 197
Ambulance: (SAMU) : 192
Firefighters: 193

Security in the city is not very good, so always try to take a car or taxi when going out at night, or if you prefer to go out on foot or by bus, always go out with friends.

Stay healthy

In case of emergency, you can contact the Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) by phone 192, the service is free.

In urgent and emergency cases for medium to high complexity services, look for a UPA, a middle ground between a health center/post and hospitals, with more resources than a health post. The severity of the risk, not the order of arrival, determines how quickly the patient will be seen. They are open 24 hours a day, including weekends, and the service is also free.

For mild trauma and mild symptoms, look for a Health Post . They are open from Monday to Friday, 08:00-12:00 and from 11300-17:00 and the service is also free.

Hospitals are units that must attend to highly complex and emergency cases, referred by health posts, UPAs or by ambulances, in addition to providing general clinical care in various specialties. It has more technological intervention resources. It is open 24 hours a day and on weekends. They should be used in life-threatening cases, serious traffic accidents, involving orthopedics, neurosurgery, ophthalmology and stroke (cerebrovascular accident, among others).

Pelotas - city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil