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You meet the real brazilian people
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Robbers at the beach
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A good place to start your brazilian journey
8 Reviews A strong effort is being made in Recife's historical area, recuperating its most beautiful buildings. Before leaving Portugal, a friend told me that he didn't like Recife, because it was old, degraded, and dirty. But everything has a negative and a positive side: those old and degraded buildings...
6 Reviews We stayed at Boa Viagem, and took there most of our swims. The beach is long but not spectacular. The long reef along the coast protects from surf and sharks, but risks to make the bath very monotonous, specially in low tide, when it becomes almost a pool. People throws everything to the sand, but...
10 Reviews A good option to visit Recife is to take a boat tour along Capibaribe river. "Catamaran Tours" offers a few options of tours. "Rio Capibaribe e suas pontes" (Capibaribe River and its bridges), "Recife e seus bairros" (Recife and its neighborhoods), "Ilha de Santo Aleixo" (Santo Aleixo Island),...
5 Reviews It is not Recife, but it so close and so connected, that it would be a "crime" if I skip this information. Olinda deserves its own page, and you just need to follow the link.
5 Reviews The main building houses a collection of art, focused in the influence of Netherlands in Brazil. It's a rich and beautiful collection, but for someone who knows what Portugal meant to the history and art of Brazil, it gives the idea that the Portuguese-Dutch conflict subsists. Some of my friends...
3 Reviews Most of the best work of Brennand is exposed in the garden. Clearly obsessed by erotic shapes, there's a touch of Dali in some of the "crazy" compositions. The Taj Mahal is the central volume, and the fountains and walls frame it very well.
2 Reviews An old detention house, closed in 1973, was transformed under Brennand's supervision, in a shopping mall. The architecture was preserved, and the cells were occupied by dozens or small shops, selling local crafts. Even where interior walls were removed, to allow a little bigger shops, the look was...
3 Reviews If you are in Recife on Carnival it worths to go to the carnival on the "Recife Antigo". This spot gathers all the IT companies of the city. During the Carnival the island become a place where you can enjoy all kind of music .. not only Samba, actually Samba is one of the things you might not hear....
2 Reviews Near to Recife is Porto de Galinhas, a resort-town. Porto de Galinhas means Port of Chickens in Portuguese. Why chickens? Well, back in the 1880s, after slavery was banned, the bad bad plantation owners of this region still imported Africans from West Africa. But of course, they could not go out...
2 Reviews and 17 Opinions Nice Swimmingpool, and good breakfast
2 Reviews and 35 Opinions My first sensation was... some disappointment: It is a business hotel near the beach, and not a...
Cicero and Suely: Eating in the Beach
solopes Says: If you are at the beach and want to stay, there's no reason to leave it to eat. Everywhere you see people cooking in the beach, preparing some dishes they will bring straight to your chair, in a small table. And if you don't want a formal meal, then the choice grows, because...
solopes Says: We thought it had live music, but the promoted artist was... a disk-jockey. Somewhat frustrating, but it allowed to verify that it is a selected place, where, when we left, the ratio women-men should be 3 to 1. Maybe later, they got the draw... Casual
solopes Says: A friend introduced me to a taxi driver that uses to work for him, and is a trusty person. "Seu" Roberto, more than an excellent professional was a friend, a guide, and a bodyguard. Always charging much less than the table in display at my hotel's lounge, he took us...
solopes Says: A shopping mall is a concentrated series of shops, waiting for the costumers to pass by. "Boa Viagem" beach is just the opposite : a series of moving shops, passing by the costumers. One day, I decided to note everything they were selling. I quickly gave up, and decided to...
solopes Says: More than 500 shops, with all kind of articles, from food and beverage to witchery will, for sure, have what you need. If you are not buying, a stroll along its corridors and stalls is something you shouldn't miss. Anything you need Not much, if you can be taken as a...
solopes Says: The open water is dangerous, and no swim is allowed past the reef, in Boa Viagem. In low tide, it's easy to walk on the reef, and some locals use to capture some fish from it. And, by what I saw, sometimes big catch!
solopes Says: Brazilians are not very careful about the cleanliness of their beaches, but things may change. Too many people do each day cleaning of the garbage that locals throw to the sand, and they are trying to educate the new generations. In the Sunday I spent there, a passing boat...
solopes Says: It seems that Recife is the only sector of the coast where shark attacks do really happen. Swimming past the reefs is forbidden and you'd better respect the signals posted in the beach, indicating the dangerous areas. A long strip of the beach stands beside the reef, and...
solopes Says: Any city with much water is immediately called "Venice". Without searching, I know Portuguese Venice (Aveiro), American Venice (Los Angeles), Spanish Venice (Mogan) and now Recife. No comparison! Recife has several rivers and islands, lots of bridges, but... that's all. Two...
deeper_blue Says: You should make the effort to get to Olinda, it's a pretty laid back spot just 6km from Recife. It's full of galleries, museums and churches and perfect if you've had enough of Recife's gritty side. You can take a Pau Amarelo or Rio Doce bus from outside the Recife metro...
deeper_blue Says: Recife pronounced He-seefay is on the Atlantic coast, south of Olinda and North of Salvador. This could well be your first stop if coming by boat to South America. The climate is quite muggy and I found it quite a chaotic introduction to Brazil. It has plenty of character...
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Recife was the hub from where i visited several points in Pernambuco's coast. But the bestl areas of Recife also kept my attention, starting with the beach of Boa Viagem, where my hotel was located,...
I have spend almost a year in Recife doing a little work and a lot of partying with my good freinds. If you are tired of Rio but still wants a big city with a lively beach, then Recife is not a bad......
I have been to Recife on several short business trips, but with still enough time to go to the beach and check out Olinda, Recifes main attraction with beautiful colorful colonial buildings. Recife,...
Previous stop: Belém After some serious agony in Belém, there could never be anything better then meeting a sweet mama in Recife, who served me fresh orange juice in a clean bed! We took a flight...
is the fourth largest Metropolitan area in Brazil and the capital of the state of Pernambuco. The population was 1,549,980 in 2007. Recife is located where the Beberibe River meets the Capibaribe...
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