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Goiás: A Walk Through History, Faith and Living Culture

Goiás: A Walk Through History, Faith and Living Culture

Goiás · Brazil

13 stops6.1 km6 h 35 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Goiás with time to notice its historic streets, riverside views, churches, public squares and museums. Along the way, you will move from the city’s preserved historic setting to intimate places connected with Cora Coralina and local cultural life. Pause in the squares, look closely at the façades and interiors, and let the churches and museums add different voices to the story. This is a rewarding route for seeing Goiás at a human pace, with room for reflection as well as discovery.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 13. The rest are in the app.

  1. Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás

    Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás

    A museum in Goiás, Brazil, also called Cidade histórica Goiás.

  2. Rio Vermelho

    Rio Vermelho

    A river gives its name to Goiás’s historic heart and a region of sharp contrasts.

  3. Igreja São Francisco de Paula

    Igreja São Francisco de Paula

    Igreja São Francisco de Paula, a Christian church in Goiás, Brazil

  4. 7 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Santa Bárbara Church

    Santa Bárbara Church

    Igreja Santa Bárbara, a Catholic church in Goiás, Brazil

  6. Parque da Carioca

    Parque da Carioca

    Largo da Carioca is a park and tourism attraction in Goiás, Brazil.

  7. Cora Coralina House

    Cora Coralina House

    A colonial riverside house that became the museum of poet Cora Coralina’s life and work.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 7 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

7 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 13 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.