Paracambi

Paracambi is a municipality of Baixada Fluminense, in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro.

Understand
Paracambi is a city on the outskirts of the metropolitan agglomeration of Rio de Janeiro, about 70 km from the metropolitan core by train. It is located in the extreme northwest of Greater Rio, at the foot of Serra das Araras, a section of a longer mountain range known as Serra do Mar. The Paracambi (Japeri-Paracambi) railway line — an extension of the Japeri (Central do Brasil-Japeri) line — has its two final suburban train stations inside the municipality of Paracambi, being the last one in the city center. The urban expansion of the metropolis of Rio, which had the Japeri and Paracambi railway lines as one of its vectors, also ended in this municipality.

Get in
From the Central Zone of Rio, there are urban bus and train lines to the city of Paracambi. By train, it is needed to make a free transfer within the Japeri station to get Paracambi, where there are two stations: (located in a residential area at the entrance to the neighborhood of Lages) and Estação ferroviária de Paracambi (the final station, in the Paracambi city center). Trains to Japeri depart from Central do Brasil station, and buses that go directly to Paracambi depart from Terminal Américo Fontenelle, also in the region of Central do Brasil, in the downtown area of Rio de Janeiro.

Those who do not want to use urban public transport can choose a more expensive way to go by bus from Rio to Paracambi: The route between the long-distance bus station - in Santo Cristo, a neighborhood in the downtown area of Rio - and Paracambi is made by the bus company "UTIL" for around R$40,00 (Sep 2023). This route links directly the Central Zone of Rio de Janeiro to the Paracambi city center, located about 80 km from downtown Rio.

The main road access to Paracambi for those coming from Rio downtown area is the RJ-127 highway.

See

 * Parque Natural Municipal do Curió (Municipal Natural Park of Curió) - A municipal park located in the north of the municipality of Paracambi, mostly in Serra de Paracambi (Paracambi Mountain Range).
 * Rio Macacos (Macacos River) - River that crossed the village of Ribeirão dos Macacos, the original settlement of the current city of Paracambi.
 * Rio Guandu (Guandu River) - A major river in Baixada Fluminense.
 * Rio Santana (Santana River) - A river between the municipalities of Japeri and Paracambi.
 * Serra de Paracambi (Paracambi Mountain Range) - Located in the north of the municipality.
 * Serra das Araras (Araras Mountain Range) - A sector of Serra do Mar to the northwest of the metropolitan area of Rio.
 * (Paracambi train station) — The Paracambi train station, formerly known as Estação Macacos (Macacos station), was inaugurated in 1861. It still conserves its original building.
 * Antiga Estação ferroviária de Engenheiro Gurgel (Old Engenheiro Gurgel train station) — One of the stations of the deactivated Japeri-Barra do Piraí railway line (known as Trem Barrinha line).
 * Prédio da antiga Companhia Têxtil Brasil Industrial (Building of the former Brasil Industrial Textile Company) — Considered by some as the most important factory of Brazil's imperial period during the 19th century.

Do

 * Trail along the railway stretch between Japeri and Engenheiro Gurgel through the Paracambi mountain range.

Buy

 * Casa do Artesão - Paracambi Artesanal (local handicraft) — Praça Cara Nova (Cara Nova Square), 9 - Centro, Paracambi.

Go next

 * Seropédica
 * Itaguaí
 * Japeri
 * Queimados
 * Nova Iguaçu
 * Rio de Janeiro