About Porto Alegre

Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost of Brazil's states.

European colonization of some of its areas and easy access to other South American countries have had a marked cultural influence here.

The local "gaúchos" speak Portuguese with a dialect of their own.

The farmer dresses just like a man from the Argentine Pampas (the grazing flat lands).

Porto Alegre is the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, located on the banks of the Guaíba River, a large city with the European/Brazilian warms welcome and charm.