Magé

Magé is a municipality of 245,0000 people (2019) in Baixada Fluminense, in the region of Grande Rio, state of Rio de Janeiro. Among its sights, are the Poço Bento, with holy water by the Jesuit José de Anchieta. Another attraction is the Estrada de Ferro Mauá, now deactivated, but which once connected with the city of Petrópolis. It was the first railroad in the country. Today, this historic railway is largely abandoned, although a section of it that connects Piabetá to Vila Inhomirim is still in operation today as part of the Vila Inhomirim branch of SuperVia.

Understand
Magé is a municipality located on the north shore of Guanabara Bay, and at the foot of the mountain range known as Serra do Mar. It is one of the 13 municipalities of Baixada Fluminense. In 1990, Magé lost the territory corresponding to its former district of Guapimirim, which was emancipated, becoming a municipality itself.

The municipality of Magé is crossed by the BR-116 and BR-493 highways, and is served by the Vila Inhomirim and Guapimirim railway lines.

Get in
From the Central Zone of the capital, you can go to the municipality of Magé by using urban bus, van and train lines. If you choose the train service, it will be necessary to make free transfers within the Gramacho and Saracuruna stations to get the municipality of Magé. The train line to Gramacho departs from Central do Brasil station. Bus lines to Magé depart from Terminal Américo Fontenelle, in the downtown area of Rio de Janeiro. The van lines to Magé depart from the surrounding region of Central do Brasil.

The main road access to Magé for those coming from downtown Rio de Janeiro are the BR-116 highway and the BR-493 highway (Rio-Magé highway).

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 * The deactivated Guia de Pacobaíba train station and the Mauá Railway are the first train station and the first railway in Brazil. The Mauá Railway connected Guia de Pacobaíba, in the south of Magé, right in the shoreline of the Guanabara Bay, to Raiz da Serra, in the north of the municipality, at the foot of the mountain range known as Serra da Estrela. Only the final stretch of this railway (from Piabetá to Raiz da Serra) is still used by commuter trains.
 * Right behind the Guia de Pacobaíba train station are the ruins of Porto da Estrela (Estrela Port).
 * The Caminho do Ouro is an old trail built by slaves that connected Rio de Janeiro to Minas Gerais. It was inaugurated in 1723 in Vila Inhomirim. Along the way up you can see an unexplored region of the Atlantic Forest, protected by the Serra dos Órgãos National Park, with almost deserted waterfalls, old buildings in ruins from the time of slavery, and ruins of the old Northern Line of the Leopoldina Railway, which connected Vila Inhomirim to Petrópolis.

Eat

 * Magé Grill Restaurante e Churrascaria - Rua Dr. Domingos Belize, 104 - Centro.

Sleep

 * Hotel Vagalume - Avenida Simão da Motta, 5 - Centro.

Go next

 * Duque de Caxias
 * São João de Meriti
 * Belford Roxo
 * Guapimirim
 * Itaboraí
 * São Gonçalo
 * Niterói
 * Rio de Janeiro