Curitiba is one of Brazil's most prosperous cities, organized and with better quality of life. Located 945 meters above sea level in the first plateau of Paraná, was founded in 1693, from a small pioneer village. Became an important stop shopping with the opening of the road between tropeira Sorocaba and Viamão.

The city maintained a pace of urban growth strengthened by the arrival of a large number of European immigrants throughout the nineteenth century, mostly Germans, Poles, Ukrainians and Italians who have contributed to cultural diversity. Curitiba is currently the seventh most populous city in Brazil and the largest in the south of the country with a population of 1,851,215 inhabitants.

Curitiba is a world example of town planning, education and environment. She was elected the American Capital of Culture 2003, an initiative promoted by the American Capital of Culture. In 2007, according to the American magazine Reader's Digest, was the city with better quality of life in Brazil. Has the lowest illiteracy rate and best quality in basic education between the capital and home to the first university in Brazil, the Federal University of Parana, founded in 1912.

To get to know the tourist spots of Curitiba, the line tourism, that part of Tiradentes Square on a regular schedule, is one of the best options.