Itaguaí is a municipality of Baixada Fluminense, in Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro state.

Understand

Itaguaí is a coastal, peripheral municipality of the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro. It is located in the region bathed by the Sepetiba Bay, and is the last municipality on the coast of the metropolis to the west. Itaguaí is crossed by the BR-101 highway, vector through which the urban expansion of the metropolitan agglomeration of Rio de Janeiro reached this municipality, having ended in its first district, where the city center in located.

The Port of Itaguaí, in Ilha da Madeira, and the Industrial District of Itaguaí, between Itaguaí and Santa Cruz (neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro), are two of the most important landmarks of the municipality's infrastructure.

Get in

Sepetiba Bay and Coroa Grande shoreline.
Neighborhood of Ilha da Madeira, bathed by the Sepetiba Bay.

Visitors generally arrive the metropolitan agglomeration of Rio de Janeiro through the airports Galeão - Antônio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG IATA).  and Santos Dumont Airport (SDU IATA). , and the bus station Rodoviária Novo Rio. , all in the capital. Those visitors who enter the Grande Rio area through the Central Zone of Rio can use some urban public transport lines available in downtown to go to the municipality of Itaguaí. From the Central Zone of Rio de Janeiro, urban bus and van lines depart to Itaguaí.

Get around

See

Antiga estação ferroviária de Itaguaí (Old Itaguaí train station).
  • Coroa Grande. 
  • Ilha da Madeira. 
  • Ilha do Martins. 
  • Serra de Coroa Grande (Coroa Grande Mountain Range)
  • Orla de Coroa Grande (Coroa Grande shoreline)
  • Vila da Ilha da Madeira (Ilha da Madeira village)
  • Praia da Igreja (Igreja beach) in Ilha da Madeira
  • Capela São Benedito (São Benedito Chapel) in Coroa Grande
  • Antiga estação ferroviária de Itaguaí (Old Itaguaí train station)
  • Ruínas da estação ferroviária de Coroa Grande (Ruins of Coroa Grande train station)
  • Porto de Itaguaí (Port of Itaguaí)
  • Distrito Industrial de Itaguaí (Industrial District of Itaguaí)
  • Complexo Siderúrgico do Atlântico (Atlantic Steel Complex)
  • Manguezal da Ilha da Madeira (Ilha da Madeira mangrove swamp)
  • Rio Itimirim (Itimirim river)
  • Rio Itingussu (Itingussu river)

Do

  • Jonosake Ranch (Sítio Jonosake). 
  • "Taxi boats" to several islands in the Sepetiba Bay, such as Ilha do Martins and Ilha de Itacuruçá.

Buy

Eat

  • Restaurante Visual - Rua João Cruz Neto, 652 - Ilha da Madeira (on the shoreline of the Sepetiba Bay).

Drink

Sleep

  • Pousada La Belle - Rua Clementino Almeida Câmara, 60 - Parque Independência (in front of the Itaguaí bus station).
  • Hotel Timoneiro - Rua Miguel Corrêa, 09 - Ilha da Madeira.

Connect

Go next


Routes through Itaguaí
Angra dos Reis ← Mangaratiba ←  S  N  → Rio de Janeiro → Niterói



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