Long layover in Belém

Belém, April 2025

I was not happy seeing a six-day layover in Belém in my roster. I tried to swap it but I didn't have any luck. I already visited almost all the main spots of interest in the city and being away from home for almost six days is too much for me these days.

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Sunset: Lisboa-Belém

Aircraft: Airbus A321-251NX (A321LR) CS-TXJ "Bartolomeu de Gusmão"

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Night out in Belém

With nothing else left to do in the city, all you can do is to enjoy the hotel's pool in between the frequent short periods of heavy rainfall, enjoy the good food and the several places to go out at night.

The first picture on the top is from Zebra bar, a small place where we had a DJ playing music; second photo on the top is from BalacoolBar; and the two photos at the bottom are from the place I enjoyed the most although it was a little bit overcrowded: "O Velho Moinho". At least the night I was there, one could be entertained with a nice live music display, playing several artists/bands like Pearl Jam.

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Eating out in Belém

This portrait of a reinterpreted Mona Lisa/La Gioconda is from Roxy Bar, a nice restaurant with awesome food. I definitely recommend it. They have two different venues. I went to the one in Umarizal.

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Hotel views

Although it certainly has many interesting spots, Belém is definitely not a city we can call beautiful. The urban planning is a total mess or inexistent. They will be hosting the COP30 (an important climate conference) later this year and they are trying to improve the city for it.

This was the view from my room's balcony:

In the short term, I hope to bring here a post showing some of the main highlights of Belém (including the amazing Theatro da Paz) from a previous layover last year.