Porto Velho
Porto Velho is the capital of the state of Rondônia in Brazil. At first sight for the traveler, Porto Velho has little to offer but a main street with rather uninteresting shops that can be found anywhere else in Brasil. Wikivoyage
Population 517,709 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Brazil
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Museu Palácio da Memória Rondoniens Museum · 280 m
- Casa da Cultura Ivan Marrocos Gallery · 330 m
- Locomotiva Nº 18 Attraction · 740 m
- Mirante2 Viewpoint · 750 m
- Museu da Estrada de Ferro Madeira-Mamoré Museum · 760 m
- Rangel Neves House Castle · 770 m
- Locomotiva Nº 50 Attraction · 770 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
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Mercado Municipal de Porto Velho
Covered hall- Monday: 06:00–18:00
- Tuesday: 06:00–18:00
- Wednesday: 06:00–18:00
- Thursday: 06:00–18:00
- Friday: 06:00–18:00
- Saturday: 06:00–18:00
- Sunday: 06:00–12:00
Times vary by day
- Monday
- 06:00–18:00
- Tuesday
- 06:00–18:00
- Wednesday
- 06:00–18:00
- Thursday
- 06:00–18:00
- Friday
- 06:00–18:00
- Saturday
- 06:00–18:00
- Sunday
- 06:00–12:00
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.