Baixada Fluminense

Baixada Fluminense (Rio Lowlands) is a region of the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. The region is also called sometimes Baixada da Guanabara (Guanabara Lowlands)

Other destinations



 * (One of the main Environmental Protection Areas in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the municipality of Guapimirim)
 * (District where the first train station of Brazil is located, in the municipality of Magé)
 * (A large biological reserve in the north of Nova Iguaçu)
 * (Environmental Protection Area located between Baixada Fluminense and the municipality of Rio de Janeiro)
 * (Two islands in the western limit of Itaguaí, in the Sepetiba Bay - the entire Martins island is inside the territory of Itaguaí, while only a part of the Itacuruçá island belongs to this municipality)

Understand
The Baixada Fluminense region is the immediate periphery of Rio de Janeiro. Its urban area sprawled along the suburban train lines and the main highways of the capital and its continuous surrounding areas. This expansion occurred more intensely along axes towards Itaguaí, in the west, Paracambi, in the northwest, and Duque de Caxias, in the north (following later towards Guapimirim, in the northeast). The region is located in the wide lowlands area to the north of the central municipality and to the south of the mountain range known as Serra do Mar, and includes the municipalities of Guapimirim, Magé, Duque de Caxias, São João de Meriti, Belford Roxo, Nilópolis, Mesquita, Nova Iguaçu, Queimados, Japeri, Paracambi, Seropédica and Itaguaí.

Get in
The major airports in the Rio de Janeiro state are and, and the main long-distance bus station is , so it is very likely that someone arrives in Rio's metro area through the capital city. In this case, there are lots of urban lines of several means of public transport that links directly the metropolitan core to each one of the 13 municipalities of Baixada Fluminense.

Moreover, there is also the, a major bus station in Baixada Fluminense, and, depending on the place a visitor is coming from, he/she can arrive directly in this sub-region of the metropolitan area of Rio through it.

Get around
In Baixada Fluminense, the main urban mean of transport is the suburban train; the railway branches connect almost all municipalities of the region to Central do Brasil, in the downtown area of the capital, and have stations in many neighborhoods of Baixada - they can therefore be used for transportation within this part of the metropolitan area of Rio. Urban intercity bus and van lines departing from the thirteen municipalities of Baixada Fluminense also connect Baixada to the Central Zone of the the municipality of Rio, as well as to several neighborhoods in the North and West zones of the capital. As for circulation within Baixada Fluminense, there are urban intercity bus lines connecting all municipalities in Baixada to each other, in addition to municipal lines of buses and vans.

Environmental interest

 * Área de Proteção Ambiental de Gericinó-Mendanha - APA de Gericinó-Mendanha (Gericinó-Mendanha Environmental Protection Area) located along the municipalities of Nilópolis, Mesquita, and Nova Iguaçu.
 * Reserva Biológica do Tinguá - Rebio do Tinguá (Tinguá Biological Reserve) along Duque de Caxias, Nova Iguaçu, and Japeri.
 * Parque Natural Municipal da Taquara (Municipal Natural Park of Taquara) in the neighborhood of Taquara, district of Imbariê, Duque de Caxias.
 * Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos - PARNASO (Serra dos Órgãos National Park) along Guapimirim, Magé, and Duque de Caxias.
 * Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guapimirim - APA de Guapimirim (Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area) in Guapimirim and Magé.
 * Parque Natural Municipal Barão de Mauá (Barão de Mauá Municipal Natural Park) in Ypiranga, district of Guia de Pacobaíba, Magé.
 * Parque Natural Municipal do Curió (Municipal Natural Park of Curió) in Paracambi.
 * Orla de Coroa Grande (Coroa Grande shoreline) in the neighborhoods of Vila Geny and Coroa Grande, municipality of Itaguaí.
 * Praia da Igreja (Igreja beach) in Ilha da Madeira, Itaguaí
 * Rio Guandu (Guandu River) along Paracambi, Seropédica, Japeri, Queimados, and Nova Iguaçu.
 * Rio Macacu (Macacu River) in Guapimirim.
 * Praia de Mauá (Mauá beach) in Mauá, municipality of Magé.

Historical landmarks

 * Ruínas da Fazenda São Bernardino (Ruins of the São Bernardino Farm) in Iguaçu Velho, municipality of Nova Iguaçu.
 * Fazenda São Bento do Iguaçu (Sao Bento do Iguaçu Farm) in São Bento, Duque de Caxias.
 * Catedral de Santo Antonio de Jacutinga (Cathedral of Santo Antonio de Jacutinga) in downtown Nova Iguaçu.
 * Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Pilar (Church of Nossa Senhora do Pilar) in the neighborhood of Pilar, Duque de Caxias.
 * Igreja Católica Sant'Ana (Sant'Ana Catholic Church) in Jardim Primavera, Duque de Caxias.
 * Igreja de São Judas Tadeu (Church of São Judas Tadeu) in Imbariê, Duque de Caxias.
 * Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Fátima (Church of Nossa Senhora de Fátima) in Parada Angélica, Duque de Caxias.
 * Igreja de São João Batista (Church of São João Batista) in the center of São João de Meriti.
 * Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição) in Nilópolis.
 * Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição) in Belford Roxo.
 * Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição) in Queimados.
 * Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Piedade (Church of Nossa Senhora da Piedade) in the downtown area of Magé.
 * Capela de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios (Chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios) in Imperador, Guia de Pacobaíba, Magé.
 * Igreja de Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Church of Nossa Senhora Aparecida) in Piabetá, Magé.
 * Capela São Benedito  (São Benedito Chapel) in Coroa Grande, Itaguaí.
 * Ruínas do Porto da Estrela (Ruins of Porto da Estrela) in the district of Mauá (Guia de Pacobaíba), Magé.
 * Antiga estação ferroviária Guia de Pacobaíba (Old Guia de Pacobaíba train station) in Guia de Pacobaíba, Magé.
 * Estrada de Ferro Mauá (Mauá Railway) starting in the limit between Jardim da Paz and Ypiranga, in the district of Guia de Pacobaíba, and ending in Raiz da Serra, in the district of Vila Inhomirim, in Magé.
 * Estação ferroviária de Belford Roxo e a antiga Estrada de Ferro Rio d'Ouro (Belford Roxo train station and the old Rio d'Ouro Railway) from downtown Belford Roxo to downtown São João de Meriti, along the neighborhoods of Coelho da Rocha, Agostinho Porto, and Vila Rosali, all in São João.
 * Estação ferroviária de Japeri (Japeri train station) in the Japeri city center.
 * Estação ferroviária de Paracambi (Paracambi train station) in the Paracambi city center.
 * Antiga estação ferroviária de Tinguá (Old Tinguá train station) in Tinguá, Nova Iguaçu.
 * Antiga estação ferroviária de Itaguaí (Old Itaguaí train station) in the downtown area of Itaguaí.
 * Ruínas da estação ferroviária de Coroa Grande (Ruins of Coroa Grande train station) in Coroa Grande, Itaguaí.
 * Ruínas da estação ferroviária de Cava da Estrada de Ferro Rio d'Ouro (Ruins of Cava train station of the Rio d'Ouro Railway) in Vila de Cava, Nova Iguaçu.
 * Prédio da Companhia Têxtil Brasil Industrial (Building of Brazil Industrial Textile Company) in Boqueirão, Paracambi.
 * Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ (Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro) in Seropédica.

Do
The Rio metro area still keeps more than 30% of its green territory conserved. Although a large part of this green area is located in the municipalities of Rio (the state capital city), Niterói, São Gonçalo, Itaboraí, Maricá, Tanguá, Rio Bonito and Cachoeiras de Macacu (in Leste Metropolitano), nearly a third of it is in Baixada Fluminense. The fact that a substantial part of the preserved green area of the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro is distributed across the majority of the 13 municipalities of Baixada Fluminense shows the tourist potential of this part of Greater Rio in the ecological segment. Tourists can schedule and take guided tours in several of these protected areas. Two of the main protected green areas in Baixada Fluminense are the Tinguá Biological Reserve (Reserva Biológica do Tinguá), whose largest part is in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu, and the Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area (Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guapimirim), at the shoreline of Guanabara Bay.

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 * Grande Niterói

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 * Médio Paraíba


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