Estado de Pernambuco Things to Do

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Beaches   Recife

Beaches, Recife

 12 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),... 

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Recife Antigo   Recife

Recife Antigo, Recife

 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,... 

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Olinda   Recife

Olinda, Recife

 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. 

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Boa Viagem   Recife

Boa Viagem, Recife

 7 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... 

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Porto de Galinhas   Recife

Porto de Galinhas, Recife

 7 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... 

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Carnaval   Recife

Carnaval, Recife

 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... 

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Instituto Brennand   Recife

Instituto Brennand, Recife

 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... 

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Pottery Brennand   Recife

Pottery Brennand, Recife

 4 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... 

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Casa da Cultura   Recife

Casa da Cultura, Recife

 3 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... 

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Colorful fish

by AnaMargarida

In Porto de Galinhas you can rent a little boat and visit the colorful fish that eat in your hand

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Top 3 Hotels in Estado de Pernambuco

Mar Hotel Recife  Recife

 2 Reviews and 29 Opinions  Nice Swimmingpool, and good breakfast 

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Village Porto de Galinhas  Pôrto das Galinhas

 1 Review and 217 Opinions

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Q:  Hi all, I´m flying to Recife in april and I´m planning to stay there one night and then go to Salvador de Bahia. My questions... 

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A: hello you can go to salvador with the bus(a lot of hours maybe 12 hours) of plane. the rodoviaria and the airport are the other side(south) of recife than olinda. If... 

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