Duque de Caxias

Duque de Caxias is a municipality of Baixada Fluminense, in the Grande Rio region, state of Rio de Janeiro, Southeast of Brazil.

Understand
Duque de Caxias (usually referred to simply as "Caxias") is the municipality with the largest population in the Baixada Fluminense. Along with Nova Iguaçu, Duque de Caxias polarizes the 13 municipalities of this portion of the metropolitan agglomeration of Rio de Janeiro, due to the commercial and industrial economic activity exercised in the municipality. In the municipality is located the oil refinery REDUC, the third largest refinery owned by Petrobras in Brazil. Caxias and Nova Iguaçu, however, are highly dependent on the Central Zone of the state capital, with a large part of their populations commuting between these two municipalities and Rio de Janeiro.

Get in
From the Central Zone of Rio de Janeiro, there are urban bus, van and train lines to Duque de Caxias. Most bus lines to Caxias depart from Terminal Américo Fontenelle, in Gamboa, and the trains depart from Central do Brasil train station. The vans to Duque de Caxias also depart from the Central do Brasil area.

The main road access to Duque de Caxias for those coming from downtown Rio are the BR-040 highway (Rio-Belo Horizonte highway) and the Kennedy avenue.

Do

 * G.R.E.S. Acadêmicos do Grande Rio - Rua Almirante Barroso, 5/6 - Centro, Duque de Caxias. - It is one of the two major samba schools of Baixada Fluminense, the other being the G.R.E.S Beija-Flor de Nilópolis.

Eat

 * Restaurante À Mineira - Rodovia Washington Luiz (BR-040), 5662 - Jardim Gramacho, Caxias.

Sleep

 * Mont Blanc Suítes Duque de Caxias - Avenida Brigadeiro Lima e Silva, 1065 - Jardim 25 de Agosto, Duque de Caxias.

Go next

 * Belford Roxo
 * São João de Meriti
 * Nilópolis
 * Mesquita
 * Nova Iguaçu
 * Magé
 * Guapimirim
 * Rio de Janeiro