FIFA World Cup matches in Natal

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Estadio das Dunas ©nemzetisport.hu

The city of Natal with its 800 thousand inhabitants is not only the administrative capital of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte, but also its main football hub being the hometown of its three largest teams.

Four of the matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be hosted by the city, all promise to be really exciting.

Estadio das Dunas

The city of Natal had a very prominent and well known stadium called Machadao that was inaugurated in 1972, but this was not modern and large enough to host matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. So the old was completely demolished to give space to the new.

Estadio das Dunas ©nemzetisport.hu

That is how The Estadio das Dunas came to life. The new arena got its name from the breathtaking sand dunes that the area of Natal is famous for and also its special design is imitating the form of these natural landscape.

Matches hosted by Natal

Although ‘only’ knockout matches will be played in the city, it is certain that an Italy – Uruguay game would surely be worth visiting Natal. There will be loads of people traveling to the city for these matches, so do not forget to buy your tickets in time. Check out the details of all four games in the table.

Natal Knockout matches
Date	Time	Team 1	Team 2
June 13	13:00	Mexico	Cameroon
June 16	19:00	Ghana	USA
June 19	19:00	Japan	Greece
June 24	13:00	Italy	Uruguay

Cheap hotel deals

For the date every knockout game played in the city we looked for – and found – the cheapest hotel deal in Natal. Click their names in the table below and learn more details, but hurry, if you do not book them right now, they might be sold out by the next time you are trying.

Natal Hotel deals
Hotel name	Check-in/ Check-out	Nightly rate
Pousada da Ladeira	June 13 2014/ June 14 2014	$95
Grassois Lagoa	June 16 2014/ June 17 2014	$110
Pousada da Ladeira	June 19 2014/ June 20 2014	$99
Grassois Lagoa	June 24 2014/ June 25 2014	$110

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Traveling to Natal

If you want to travel to Natal to see a game, the most simple way is probably to fly. Augusto Severo International Airport (IATA code is NAT) is serving the city being located 11 miles (18 km) from it.

No airlines fly there directly from the US, but you can book an airfare to Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo or some other large city and then get on a domestic flights.