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quadro bikes, hiking, swimming, kiting ANYTHING!!
erikute3534
  • By erikute3534 on January 14, 2009
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    by erikute3534
    biking, riding, swimming.. - ALL as weather is perfect!

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    Fortaleza Waterfront...
    sailornappo
  • Updated By sailornappo on March 13, 2008
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  • Fortaleza, Beira Mar Ave. (Main waterfront street) - Fortaleza
    Fortaleza, Beira Mar Ave.
    (Main waterfront street)
    by sailornappo, 4 more photos
    Hello Bjarte,

    Had planned to go to Brasil again this spring, but plans changed. During your visit try to get a few (full day) outings in to some of the beautiful beach areas (resorts) which can be arranged easily from the hotel you may be staying and are not expensive.
    Places like Canoa Quebrada, Beach park, Morro Branco, Cumbucu or Lagoinha to mention just a few are well worth the visit, as the beach right in Fortaleza along Beira Mar Ave. is not the best. The closest - Futuro beach - is only about 8 km away and can be reached by the inexpensive "Top Bus".

    You will have a good time and I am sure you will enjoy. If you like to taste some great (and cheap) Arabian food, go to "HABIB's", which is just 1 block north of Beira Mar Ave. (the main strip along the beach). Or the restaurant near the "Englishman Bridge" is nice too. Dont leave home without your sunlotion, you WILL need it.

    Have fun, Norbert

    ps: Beira Mar Avenue, the picture postcard of Fortaleza, is the most visited tourist spot in the city. Its unmistakable beauty, proportioned by the seafront and the magnificent recreational setting, offers moments of pure pleasure strolling along the esplanade, trying out the restaurants with their gastronomic delights or shopping for handcrafts. It is a great center for cultural, artistic and sporting events.

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  • Address: Fortaleza and around - 2006/7
  • Directions: All in the pictures is within walking distance of any of the Hotels along Beira Mar Ave. at the waterfront.
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    Beach Park
    little.cintia
  • By little.cintia on April 6, 2007
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    If you want to relax and not be bothered with people trying to sell you all kinds of stuff and eat great food, then you need to go to Beach Park. You don't need to get into the Aqua Park, you can just use their beach :)
    It's 25 mins away from the city, but it's worth going there. It isn't as cheap as the "barracas" at Praia do Futuro, but the service is better and the beach is so much more quiet.

  • Directions: Porto das Dunas - 20/25 mins away from Fortaleza
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    You have to try crabs
    little.cintia
  • By little.cintia on April 1, 2007
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    by little.cintia
    The best thing about waking up in sunny Fortaleza is to head to the beach Praia do Futuro, pick one of the "barracas", sit down, enjoy the view and order some "caranguejos". Yes, crabs!
    They are delicious, cheap and come in this delicious sauce.
    The best "barraca" to eat crab is Cocobeach and the price is around 2 reais.
    Make sure you do that next time :)

  • Address: Praia do Futuro Beach
  • Directions: Barraca Cocobeach
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    The Beach
    Mailo
  • By Mailo on February 11, 2007
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  • Crabs at The PRAIA DO FUTURO, Fortaleza. Brazil - Fortaleza
    Crabs at The PRAIA DO FUTURO,
    Fortaleza. Brazil
    by Mailo, 4 more photos
    Sea Food, and hot sun in Fortaleza

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    The beaches of Fortaleza
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  • Mailo
  • By Mailo on January 31, 2007
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  • Ismael en Fortaleza, Praia de Irascema. - Fortaleza
    Ismael en Fortaleza, Praia de
    Irascema.
    by Mailo
    Don´t fotget to go to "Praia de Iracema. Praia do Futuro, Beira Mar, etc" and enjoy "peixada", Carangueijo, Coxhina de carangueijo, etc. and a good and cool "cerveja antartica" (beer)

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  • Address: Praia de Irascema
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    NEAR FORTALEZA : CANOA QUEBRADA
    swesn
  • By swesn on November 29, 2006
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  • View of my 'posada' from my room in Canoa - Fortaleza
    View of my 'posada' from my
    room in Canoa
    by swesn
    Canoa Quebrada is a great beach resort-town near Fortaleza.

    I know, here in norther Brazil, a place with great beaches and great beach resort-towns everywhere, what is to make you go to one and not the other.

    Well, I cannot advise you as I have not been to that many resort-towns but my friend from Fortaleza, a true-blue beach-babe, claims that this is her favourite, so it ought to mean something.

    Canoa has a row of dark red cliff where there are restaurants and bars located at the base... surprisingly on stilts. In front of these restaurants and bars, there is an immense flat piece of gorgeous beach.

    At first, I wondered why all the restaurants are packed so tightly to the base of the cliffs. Then, as I tanned the entire afternoon, I know why. The tide comes really up close!! Sitting on one of the beach-chairs near a bar, I had to move 3 times, before finally giving up. No wonder the bars and restaurants are on stilts!!

    If you are here on a full moon, you are in luck. Firstly, you can watch the bright full moon rising from the horizon of the ocean. A stunningly surreal sight!

    Secondly, you can join the Full Moon Party at Freedom Bar (the one with the huge Bob Marley's face) and party around the camp-fire til sun-rise. Meanwhile, you can trace the full moon as it circles around the sky on top of you.

    Throughout the night, the tide will ebb and flow right back up to the stilts just before sun-rise... provided you have not collapsed from too much drink or grass.

    A wonderful experience to see the FULL MOON RISE and then, the SUN RISE.

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    FORTALEZA : WATCH SUNSET AT PONTE DE INGLESA
    swesn
  • By swesn on November 29, 2006
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  • Sunset over the sea... a rare sight in Brazil - Fortaleza
    Sunset over the sea... a rare
    sight in Brazil
    by swesn
    Watching sunset over the horizon is not an easy task here in east-facing Brazil.

    But once after Natal, the coastline of Brazil curves north-west and here in Ponte de Inglesa of Fortaleza, a jetty that juts out to the ocean, you can watch the sun-set over the watery horizon. A treasured sight, indeed.

    Come in the evening, join the numerous locals basking out here in the evening slanting rays. This jetty has restaurants and shops and even a small stage where sometimes, there are simple concerts going on.

    A really nice place to spend an evening...

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    Off road tours by the coast
    lipemkt
  • By lipemkt on October 20, 2006
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  • One of the beaches off the road - Fortaleza
    One of the beaches off the
    road
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    If you're coming yo Fortaleza, check this thing out. Look for the off road tours by the deserted beaches and sand dunes on board Land Rovers. It's an amazing experience because of the incredible landscapes, warm sea water, kind and espontaneous people and the all year-long sunny weather. Getting to Fortaleza, escape to Jericoacoara, considered one of the Top 10 beaches in the world by some travel guides, is one of the "gotta go" places (at least once in a lifetime). There yo can find nice lodges, good small restaurants, beautiful people, buggy tours and kitesurf classes. Oh - and don't forget to see the sunset from the sand dunes, it's unforgatable!

  • Address: http://www.dunnas.com.br
  • Phone: 55.85.3264-2514
  • Directions: Contact to the tour operator Dunnas Expeditions at dunnas@dunnas.com.br or check their website www.dunnas.com.br
  • Website: www.dunnas.com.br
  • Other Contact: dunnas@dunnas.com.br
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    Pirata´s Monday night
    DrLeoLocke
  • By DrLeoLocke on September 13, 2006
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  • monday night...learn how to dance.... - Fortaleza
    monday night...learn how to
    dance....
    by DrLeoLocke, 1 more photos
    you have to go there at mondays, when it is called " worlds most funny monday night"!!!

    Pirata is a forró bar, very nice, with good cuisine and drinks,and with live music
    There,if you never danced, you can learn forró, and you can be very good( i tell you...i WAS very bad before Pirata´s night!!)

    Don´t miss it!!!! Monday at night!!!!

  • Address: Rua dos Tabajaras, 325 -
  • Directions: Praia de Iracema
  • Website: www.pirata.com.br
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