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The countryside around Araruama is one of Brazil's most important
salt-producing regions, and the windmills that pull the saline
solution up to the surface dominate the skyline. The saltpans into
which the solution emerges are of various sizes but are always
square and arranged juxtaposed like a great patchwork quilt,
speckled with small piles of salt brushed into heaps from the
surface of the pans.
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At
the north end of Araruama lake, the small town of SÃO PEDRO DA
ALDEIA , a 22-kilometre bus ride east of Araruama on the way to
Cabo Frio, is built around a Jesuit church and mission house
(Mon-Fri 8am-noon & 2-5pm, Sat & Sun 8am-noon) which date back to
1617. Perched on a hill above the shores of the lake, the town
provides a marvelous view over the saltpans and surrounding area.
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Rio de Janeiro
guide
Rio de Janeiro
Brief
history
State
Travel details
Warning
Orientation:
Centro,
Zona Sul, Zona Norte
Getting around
Nightlife
Film
Rio Gay
Best of Rio
Info
Favelas
Arrival
Shopping
Carnaval
Eating
and drinking:
Churrascarias, vegetarian
For eating in Brazil, read also:
Eating & drinking
Street foods,
snacks
Restaurants
Vegetarian/natural
Soft drinks, hot
drinks
Rio
pictures 1
Rio pictures 2
and see also
Pictures of
Rio by
Thereza Eugenia
Pictures of Brazil by
Cecilia dos Guimaraes
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Zona
Sul
Sports, beach fashion
Arpoador, Ipanema,
Leblon
Jardim
Botanico
Lagoa
Lagoa Christmas tree
Leme and Copacabana Beach
Alto da Boa Vista, Parque Nacional da
Tijuca
Urca and Pao-de-Acucar
Gavea and Jockey Club
Buzios
Buzios Town and its beaches
Restaurants
Eating options
Getting there
Getting around
Climate and travel info
Buzios
Beaches
Buzios Beaches 2
Buzios
Scuba Diving
Buzios Golf
Buzios
Stones St and
night life
Ecotourism
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