Airlines BRA, Gol, Trip, TAM, Av. Afonso Pena 1974 T67/368-6161 or at the airport T67/368-6152; Varig/Rio-Sul, Rua Barão do Rio Branco 1356 T67/3325-4070 and at the airport T67/3763-1213.
Banks and exchange There are ATMs by most banks, at the airport and at strategic points in the city, such as the corner of Rua 13 de […]

Eating out is an important part of the local lifestyle and this is reflected in the diversity of restaurants. There are scores of lanchonetes, especially around the rodoviária and east along Rua Dom Aquino, and, during the hot afternoons, the city’s many juice bars do brisk business: you’ll find them on most street corners. […]

The surprisingly modern heart of Campo Grande is based around the Praça Ari Coelho, five blocks east of the rodoviária. Tourism is fairly low-key in the city, but there’s enough to keep you interested for a couple of days. One of the best-known attractions is the Museu Dom Bosco (Mon–Fri 8am–6pm, Sat 8am–5pm, Sun […]

The rodoviária (T67/3321-8797) is a ten-minute walk west of the central Praça Ari Coelho at Rua Joaquim Nabuco 200. A surprisingly large bus terminal, it also houses six hairdressers, a cinema, bookstores and several bars. The area around the rodoviária is fine during the day but can be a little rough at night; despite […]

Look at any map of the region and you’ll see a thin black line tracing the path of a long railroad that connects São Paulo on the Atlantic with Campo Grande, where it forks to Corumbá on the Bolivian border, and to Ponta Porã on the Paraguayan frontier. Unfortunately, the privatization of the Brazilian […]

Nicknamed the “brunette city” because of its chestnut-coloured earth, CAMPO GRANDE has in the last forty years been transformed from an insignificant settlement into a buzzing metropolis with a population of over 700,000. Founded in 1889, the city was only made the capital of the new state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the […]