Manaus is the capital of the state of Amazonas, located at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers in Brazil. It is a popular ecotourist destination, known for attractions like Ponta Negra Beach and the meeting point of the dark Negro and greenish Solimões rivers that form the Amazon River. In the early 20th century, Manaus became very wealthy due to the rubber boom and transformed into an extravagant European-style city called the "Paris of the Tropics," as seen through landmarks like the Opera House and Municipal Market.
Manaus is the capital of the state of Amazonas, located at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers in Brazil. It is a popular ecotourist destination, known for attractions like Ponta Negra Beach and the meeting point of the dark Negro and greenish Solimões rivers that form the Amazon River. In the early 20th century, Manaus became very wealthy due to the rubber boom and transformed into an extravagant European-style city called the "Paris of the Tropics," as seen through landmarks like the Opera House and Municipal Market.
Manaus is the capital of the state of Amazonas, located at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers in Brazil. It is a popular ecotourist destination, known for attractions like Ponta Negra Beach and the meeting point of the dark Negro and greenish Solimões rivers that form the Amazon River. In the early 20th century, Manaus became very wealthy due to the rubber boom and transformed into an extravagant European-style city called the "Paris of the Tropics," as seen through landmarks like the Opera House and Municipal Market.
Manaus is the capital of the state of Amazonas, located at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers in Brazil. It is a popular ecotourist destination, known for attractions like Ponta Negra Beach and the meeting point of the dark Negro and greenish Solimões rivers that form the Amazon River. In the early 20th century, Manaus became very wealthy due to the rubber boom and transformed into an extravagant European-style city called the "Paris of the Tropics," as seen through landmarks like the Opera House and Municipal Market.
Situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers, Manaus
is the capital of the state of Amazonas. It’s the most populous city in the state and is a popular ecotourist destination. One of the most popular attractions is the Ponta Negra Beach, just 13 kilometers from the centre of the city, where, when the river is low , the sands are ex- posed, forming a beautiful contrast with the dark waters of the river. Just about six miles from Manaus, one can contemplate the Encoun- ter of the Rivers, the point at which the dark waters of Negro and greenish muddy waters of the Solimões meet, forming the Amazon. In the beginning of the twentieth century the city of Manaus became very wealthy and the most important cultural centre in the Northern Av. Beira Mar, 216/203 Region of Brazil. The old rubber barons dreamed in their frenzy ex- 20021-060 - Centro travaganza to transform it into an European style city and called it Rio de Janeiro - Rj Brasil “the Paris of the Tropics”. The Opera House and the Municipal Market are good examples of luxury and ostentation in which their inhabi- Tel: 55-21-3010-9332 Tel: 55-21-8615-4395 tants lived. Email: info@ziltravel.com