at a glance

part of saara, and located on rua de alfândega, are also several churches - dating back to the 17th century, the  igreja de santo elesbão e santa efigênia, and the nossa senhora do rosário e são benedito dos homens pretos are a must see fro all visitors and shoppers in the area.

furthermore, the royal portuguese cabinet of reading (real gabinete português de leitura), a historical library containing the largest collection of portuguese books outside portugal, is located in saara at rua luís de camões, 30.

called guia-rápido saara-rio (quick guide to saara-rio), this pocket guide is extremely useful to navigate the over 1200 stores of the district that, visited daily by over 70,000 people, can quickly become a chaotic maze even for the locals - easy to download on this link provided by guiasaarario, the map consists of two pages that should be printed on the two sides of a sheet of paper and folded according to the instructions.