Jardim Botânico Picture 2

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The Botanical Garden, planted in the 1800s. It is both a park and a scientific laboratory. It contains a huge collection of plants from all over the world, not only tropical ones. If you take the bus note that Jardim Botanico is also the name of a neighborhood so make sure you take the right one to the entrance. The admission is R$5. The gardens are well kept and very lush. Not far from the cafe, first you hear swooshing sounds. Look up and you can see small monkeys swinging from tree to tree.

acclimate the spices from the East Indies: with this objective was that in June 13, 1808, the Garden of D. Acclimatization John, Prince Regent at the time, and later d. John VI.

With the threat of invasion by Napoleon Bonaparte's troops in Portugal, the Portuguese nobility moved to Brazil and established the headquarters of the government in Rio de Janeiro. Among other benefits, the city gained a Gunpowder Factory, built in the old Sugar Mill Sugar Cane Rodrigo de Freitas.

Delighted with the exuberant nature of the place, then D. John installed the Garden, which on October 11 of that year, passed the Royal Garden. For a historical mistake to believe that the first plants were brought from Gabrielle Garden, where they came from many plants, especially during the Napoleonic wars. But the Garden era in the Guianas Gabrielle and the first plants that arrived here came, in fact, of Mauritius, Pamplemousse La the Garden, by Luiz de Abreu Vieira e Silva, who offered the D. John 1. Among them was the Palma Mater.

Open to the public after 1822, the Garden has had many famous visitors: Einstein, Queen Elizabeth II of Britain and many others.

Many naturalists and administrators contributed to the trend of the Botanical Garden, as Frei Leandro, Serpa Brandão, Cândido de Oliveira Baptista, Custodio Serrao, Karl Glasl Joao Barbosa Rodrigues, Pacheco Leão, Campos Porto, João Geraldo Kuhlmann and current president Liszt Vieira

Hours and admission

Arboretum

The scientific Arboretum (park) is open to visitors from Monday to Sunday, every day of the year, except Dec. 25, Jan. 1 at specific times and schedules adopted by the Presidency of the Institute. The normal time to visit is from 8h to 17h, with an extension of one hour for closing the box office during the summer time. For more information, call the Visitors Center - (21) 3874-1808 / 3874-1214

Tickets Price:
$ 5.00 - Individual
Free for:
Children under 7 years
Adults from 60 years living in Brazil or other countries that are part of Mercosur.
Other options gratuity

Hits

Rua Jardim Botanico, 1008 (with parking and bike rack)
Rua Jardim Botanico, 920 (free parking with bike rack)
Rua Pacheco Leão, 100 (pedestrians only).
On weekends, visitors to the Botanical Gardens can also use the parking lot of the Brazilian Jockey Club.
Museum of the Environment (Muma)

Currently, the Museum is under construction and closed to the public. For more information, call 3204-2505 (Monday-Friday, business hours).
Free admission.

Access
Rua Jardim Botanico, 1008

Parking

Rua Jardim Botanico, 1008
$ 5.00 - Vehicles up to five seats
$ 9.00 - up five seats vehicles (vans)
$ 3.00 - Moto

Parking Jockey Club (only the ends and week)
Praça Santos Dumont, 31
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