The Emotions Route unites the Lençóis Maranhenses, in Maranhão, the Parnaíba Delta, in Piauí, and Jericoacoara, in Ceará, in a single trip. Rota das Emoções in the northeast is to face a dirt road in a 4×4 vehicle, take a chance on windsurfing, face the rise and fall of the […]
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Cachoeiras de Carolina is in the Vale das Águas and has paradisiacal scenery
Cachoeiras de Carolina is in Vale das Águas, extreme south of Maranhão, the scenery is paradisiacal. Carolina is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Maranhão. It is located in the south of the state, on the right bank of the Tocantins River. It is known for its several waterfalls. […]
Tourist attractions and waterfalls of Chapada das Mesas
Chapada das Mesas is an environmental protection area covering 160,046 hectares of Cerrado. Chapada das Mesas is composed of the municipalities of Imperatriz, Tasso Fragoso, Estreito, Carolina, Riachão, Balsas, Formosa da Serra Negra, Fortaleza dos Nogueiras, Itinga do Maranhão, Campestre, Alto Parnaíba, Açailândia in south-central Maranhão; The name comes from […]
History of Carnival in Northeast Brazil
Carnival, a festival of ancient Catholic tradition originating in Europe, is held annually in the three days before Lent. Introduced in Brazil by the Portuguese colonizers, it was known as Entrudo in the first centuries of colonial life. During this period, games were played with limes and lemons, or throwing […]
Geography and Climatic Regions of the Brazilian Northeast
The Northeast Region is the third largest region in Brazil and the largest in number of states, it has nine: Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe. Its total area is 1,561,177km², similar to the area of Mongolia. The region has 3,338km of beaches, […]
The dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses have the appearance of giant sheets of sand
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park is located in the municipalities of Paulino Neves, Tutóia, Barreirinhas, Santo Amaro, Primeira Cruz and Humberto de Campos. The Lençóis Maranhenses National Park covers 155,000 hectares of dunes, rivers, lagoons and mangroves. There are two types of scenarios, depending on the time of year: during the […]
Alcântara has a wealth of 17th century architecture
The streets of Alcântara, just 22 kilometers from São Luís do Maranhão, lead tourists to a dip in history. They alternate ruins and houses that document the heyday and decline of the city, whose birth dates back to the early seventeenth century. In the following centuries, Alcântara grew thanks to farming, […]
Tourist Spots of São Luís do Maranhão – Tips and History
Saint Louis was the first name of São Luís, a city located in the western part of the island of the same name, which already hints at its origin. In 1612, the year of the French invasion, the nobles Daniel de La Touche, lord of La Ravardière, and François de […]
Tourism and Travel Guide of Maranhão
Maranhão presents a rich ecosystem composed of mangroves, beaches, rivers, waterfalls and a tropical desert. It also has the encounter between the ancient and the modern that characterizes Maranhão. In Maranhão there is a mix of baroque tiles and space technology, centenary houses and state-of-the-art spikes, bumba-meu-boi and reggae. History […]