The beaches along the 187 kilometers of the Pernambuco coastline are already quite frequented by tourists, but, far from the coast, there is a lesser-known way to refresh the body in dives throughout the year: the waterfalls. The Mata Sul Territory – PE covers an area of 4,003.40 Km² and […]
Tropical flowers of exuberant beauty will adorn many parties this holiday season. Flower cultivation plays a key role in preserving varieties. Much of the beauty of Christmas parties in the southeast of the country depends on tropical flowers grown on a large scale in the Northeast. Pernambuco is the state that […]
One of the ways adopted by the Secretary of Tourism of Pernambuco to leverage tourism in the State is the creation of Routes, paths that can be traveled by tourists connecting cities and places with common characteristics. The newest of these routes (which already reaches twelve) is the Route of […]
Casa Grande & Senzala was the work that consecrated the Brazilian sociologist and writer Gilberto Freyre. This essay, released on December 1, 1933, addresses the formation and economic-social development of the Northeast during the colonial era. The author sees in the cultivation of sugar cane, in the middle of the […]
A few meters from the Marco Zero of Recife, the Cais do Sertão is installed The Cais do Sertão museum has 7,500 m2 of built area just a few meters from Recife’s Marco Zero, Cais do Sertão is installed. The proposal of Cais do Sertão is to be much more […]
Rural Tourism Route in Pernambuco is a journey through bucolic and enchanting landscapes, abundant gastronomy and the whole universe of the interior of the State. This is the proposal of the Rural Tourism Route guide in Pernambuco, by the Pernambuco Tourism Secretariat (Setur-PE), through the Pernambuco Tourism Company (Empetur). The event […]
The 110 kilometers of the South Coast of Pernambuco are home, from Cabo de Santo Agostinho to São José da Coroa Grande, one jewel after another, beaches that follow one another with the same irresistible appeal of white sands, turquoise sea and the “tall coconut trees” mentioned in the state […]
Paulo Vilar lives in Aldeia, in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, is a producer of orchids. Paulo Vilar grows more than 300,000 orchids – a hobby that has become a job and is greatly rewarded when a new flower opens. There are many shapes, colors, many sizes. There are 35,000 […]
Natural pools and the sea with few waves form the beach scene of São José da Coroa Grande in the south of Pernambuco. São José da Coroa Grande is a municipality in the south coast of Pernambuco, in Brazil. It is located 123km from the capital of Pernambuco, Recife. Hidden […]
Itamaracá Island is an island off the coast of the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. It is also a municipality, part of the Metropolitan Region of Recife. It is separated from the mainland by the Santa Cruz channel. Tourism on Itamaracá Island About forty kilometers from Recife, the island offers […]
One of the most famous shipwrecks in Brazil, the Corveta V 17 – Ipiranga, of the Brazilian Navy, rests about sixty meters in the waters of Ponta da Sapata in Fernando de Noronha. Very well protected by the island’s diving operators, the Ipiranga corvette has practically all its structures preserved […]
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 […]
Recife dos Holandeses began with the Dutch invasion that was part of the Dutch project to occupy and administer the Brazilian Northeast through the Dutch West India Company. In 1624 the Dutch had already created the West India Company and started plans for the expansion of their overseas domains in […]
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, […]
Pernambuco’s Sertão and São Francisco are the largest regions of Pernambuco, occupying 70% of Pernambuco’s territory. The Sertão is divided into six micro-regions: Araripina, Salgueiro, Pajeú, Moxotó, Petrolina and Itaparica (we will see below). In general, its economy is based on livestock and subsistence crops. The Sertão is the region […]
The Agreste is the intermediate region in the interior of Pernambuco between the Mata and the Sertão. The agreste is characterised by a diversified economy, with the cultivation of crops such as corn, beans, cassava, among others, and dairy and beef cattle. The main dairy basin of the state, Agreste […]
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