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Porto de Galinhas, with its curious name and still wild landscape, was until a few years ago one of the favorite Sunday outings of the most daring Recife residents.
Porto de Galinhas is just over 60 kilometers from Recife, the capital of Pernambuco, a beach with natural pools of translucent blue, full of little fish, right there on the edge of the sand.
The most enthusiastic began to build their summer houses there, the entrepreneurial spirits set up inns.
After these first explorers, the “foreigners” arrived, tourists visiting Recife, attracted by the natural beauty and the incipient infrastructure.
Today, Porto de Galinhas is no longer just a Sunday trip, it is a whole vacation program.
The scheme has been reversed: now visitors stay in Porto and spend a day or two in Recife.
The Filomena chicken, the name given to the friendly symbol of the city printed on signs, leaflets, street totems and souvenirs, has won the hearts of tourists with multiple attractions.
In addition to the beach with the famous natural pools, sometimes congested by the number of rafts that take visitors to the coral banks, Porto de Galinhas has the comfort of high-level resorts, charming hotels and inns, good restaurants and a busy shopping center.
In a vote held last year, it was elected the best beach in Brazil by the readers of Viagem e Turismo magazine – an honor duly proclaimed on posters along the road.
Who doesn’t like the endless sea, the warm water of the pools and the typical amenities of places that live on tourism?
Watch the videos about Porto de Galinhas in Pernambuco.
Porto de Galinhas
Drone - Porto de Galinhas
Porto de Galinhas - Guia de Turismo06:51
Praia Porto de Galinhas PE10:29
Pontal de Maracaípe em Porto de Galinhas09:51
Praia de Muro Alto em Porto de Galinhas09:57
The best pousadas are practically on the sand of the beaches next to the village, Cupe and Merepe. This means having beach service just a few steps from your room, with sun loungers, towels, showers, drinks and snacks.
In the most attractive of them, the Pousada Tabajuba, the decoration with colors and drawings on the walls and on all the objects synthesizes the “Porto de Galinhas style” that is tried to be imprinted on the whole city.
In Muro Alto, 9 kilometers to the north, are the Summerville and Nannai resorts, neighbors around a lovely beach.
The additional advantage of Porto de Galinhas is that when tourists, even with so much natural beauty, begin to miss the urban attractions, Recife is close by, an hour’s drive away.
For those who do not travel in the system of closed packages, it can be a longer visit, of a few days. It’s worth it.
The city has recovered historical sites, such as Recife Antigo, a neighborhood left over from the Dutch colonization, and the beautiful Pátio de São Pedro, with its majestic baroque church, and transformed them into lively centers for bars and shows.
And right next door, Olinda, a colonial jewel, with unmissable historical monuments, such as the Monastery of São Bento and the Convent of São Francisco, cinematographic mansions, artists’ studios, nice restaurants and bars, islands of green, the ocean echoing in the background, all flowing to create the feeling that you are, if only for a few moments, in another world.
The Recife does not exist for tourism, it has a life of its own and meeting points full of local color, such as the rustic bars where you eat aratu and bean broth – the most traditional are Biruta Comedorias do Mar, on the sand of Praia do Pina, and Casa de Banhos, on the edge of the Capibaribe River.
But the trend is the Boteco style bars on Boa Viagem Beach: tiled walls, marble-topped tables, framed photos and waiters passing by with a tray full of pastéis, coxinhas, crab shells, cassava dumplings for the customer to help themselves.
The new Barrozo restored an old house with an internal courtyard, where a naval club used to operate, and set up a bar, restaurant and nightclub with elegant decor.
When the sun gets too hot, the movement increases and the desire for shade and fresh water hits, just go back to Porto de Galinhas – or go further and further, mining the beauties of the Pernambuco coast.
The most precious discovery is Carneiros Beach
There is not a grain of sand there – very white, by the way – nor a single coconut tree out of place.
The sea water is so transparent that it looks like mineral water.
And there are still the details: a little white church with green windows and doors, whose staircase leads down to the sand; a natural pool at the end of the beach formed by a small reef and some mangrove trees; a sandy islet, full of shells and starfish, which can be reached by kayak.
Spending the day on this postcard beach has become the icing on the cake for both those staying in Porto de Galinhas and Recife.
For day-trippers, there are two friendly beach huts.
For those who want total immersion in the idyllic surroundings, there are only two options: the pousada and the Amaragi farm, which are located on a hill far from the sea, but take and bring their guests by Kombi and speedboat to the beach, where they maintain an outpost with huts that serve as umbrellas, sun loungers, shower, lunch and hammocks for a nap.
It’s the envy of those who only have one day for so much sight-seeing.
Porto de Galinhas Tourism and Travel Guide
