these include basketball courts and spaces for other team sports, a sand area for children, trails and paths for biking and walking and the availability of free tai chi chun classes on sundays - the park also has an exhibition hall, reading room and tourist centre and one can visit the chapel of são cristóvão.

the horto municipal chico mendes, located in parque municipal de petrópolis, runs a re-forestation program launched in 2002 and grows native species of the mata atlântica - the park hosts various environmental and cultural events, pop/ rock concerts and folk festivals.

petrópolis' s largest country festival in the state, the exposição agropecuária de petrópolis (agricultural exhibition in petrópolis) takes place here annually between april and may - the park was restored and revived in 2001, the bike paths improved, a bike rack installed, the bathrooms, sports courts and drainage system improved.