The immense coast of northeast region do Brasil is the main contributing factor in local tourism.
With northeast beaches they are beautiful, many untouched, which are compared only to those in the Caribbean, and place the Northeast among the great tourist routes in the world.
Millions of tourists disembark at modern Northeastern airports every year.
For some years, states have been investing heavily in improving infrastructure, creating new tourist hubs, and some in developing ecotourism.
The immense northeast coast with beautiful beaches, many untouched, which are only compared to those of the Caribbean, place the Northeast among the great routes of tourism in the world.
Millions of tourists disembark at modern Northeastern airports every year.
For some years, states have been investing heavily in improving infrastructure, creating new tourist hubs, and some in developing ecotourism.
Most popular beaches in the Northeast are:
- Arraial d'Ajuda e Morro de São Paulo na Bahia
- Watchtower e pirambu em Sergipe
- Pajuçara e Maragogi em Alagoas
- Port of Chickens e Itamaraca em Pernambuco
- Cabedelo e Staggered na Paraíba
- Genipabu e Pipa No. Rio Grande do Norte
- Jericoacoara e Canoa Quebrada No. Ceará
- Coqueiro e Pedra do Sal in the Piaui
- Curupu e Reached No. Maranhão
- Tambaba on the coast of Paraíba it was the first beach officially recognized as a naturist in the northeast.
Videos of the Main Landmarks of the Northeast
Main Landmarks of the Northeast
Culture in the Northeast
The culture in the northeast is also a great attraction for tourists, all states have different traditions and festivals.
Olinda, São Luís and the Pelourinho (Salvador), are the great cultural attractions of the region, being considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
O Carnival in the Northeast is one of the great attractions of the Northeast, especially in the city of Salvador and Recife.
O Salvador carnival it is the biggest popular party on the planet and breaks records with more than 2.700.000 (two million seven hundred thousand) revelers in six days of celebration.
During the Carnival period in Salvador, dozens of the most famous singers in Brazil parade in the electric trios such as, Ivete Sangalo, Daniela mercury, Cláudia Leite, Eliana and many others.
The Recife Carnival is considered the most culturally diverse in the country with its giant dolls, frevo and maracatu, in addition to having the largest carnival block in the world, the Galo da Madrugada.
It is also considered the carnival most democratic in the world, as revelers don't have to pay to play.
O Fernando de Noronha archipelago is gaining national and world prominence. Through the islands it is possible to see the jumping dolphins.
Another prominent place is the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, a complex of dunes, rivers, lagoons and mangroves.
In Bahia, there are Sauipe Coast, the largest tourist complex in Brazil, and the Abrolhos Archipelago, which has an excellent area for scuba diving and free diving, as well as attractions such as the humpback whales, which starts in the month of July.
No Piaui, are the national parks Sete Cidades, Serra das Confusãos and the Serra da Capivara with rock formation and cave paintings; in addition to its coast, it has the Delta of the Parnaíba.
Other highlights are the biggest cashew tree of the world and the Reis Magos Fort, both in Rio Grande do Norte.
O ecotourism in the northeast it is still little explored in the Northeast, but it has great potential.
Even so, among the ten main Brazilian ecotourism destinations, four landscapes located in the region appear Northeast of Brazil, where you can choose between islands (Fernando de Noronha Archipelago in Pernambuco), dunes (Maranhenses Sheets in Maranhão), Atlantic forest at high altitude (Chapada Diamantina in Bahia) and archeology in caatinga (Serra da Capivara National Park in Piauí).
A northeastern region culture it is also an attraction for the tourist.
Todos os northeastern states have different traditions and games
- Olinda, in Pernambuco, with traces of the Brazil Dutch.
- São Luís , in Maranhão, with those of France Equinocial.
- São Cristóvão, in Sergipe, and its Praça de São Francisco, surrounded by imposing historic buildings.
- Salvador, in Bahia, with those of the political-administrative headquarters of the Colonial Brazil.
- Porto Seguro e Santa Cruz de Cabralia, also in Bahia, with the historical marks of the arrival of the squadrons of the discovery of Brazil.
These are some of the main historical and cultural attractions in the region, the first four being considered cultural heritages of humanity by UNESCO.
No Barra neighborhood in Salvador, (BA), the Barra Lighthouse, one of the most famous postcards of Brazil and the most famous postcard of the Northeast.
Barra Lighthouse in Salvador it has a unique geographic location on the planet, where it is possible to see both sunrise and sunset over the sea, as it occupies the apex of the peninsula where the city is located.
A Gastronomy and Cooking is one of the great attractions of the region
A Bahia cuisine, the best known in Brazil (although not the most consumed) is the one produced in the Recôncavo and along the entire coast of Bahia.
It is based on spices with strong seasoning based on palm oil, coconut milk, ginger, pepper of various qualities and many others that are not used in other Brazilian states.
In Bahian cuisine, some of the main dishes are the Acarajé, Abará, Caruru and Vatapá.
Another cuisine with a lot of recognition is the cuisine of Paraíba.
Most dishes from Paraíba are based on cassava and sugar cane such as tapioca, rice pudding and sweet sausage.
Bahia holds the largest percentage of the Brazilian coast with 932 km being 12,4% of the total.
No Bahia coast is remarkable to All Saints Bay the largest bay in Brazil, with 1.052 km² in length, depth of up to 42 meters with diving visibility between 10 and 20 meters and the Bay of Aratu which is an immense inlet that houses the Port of Aratu, a shipyard, two of the ten most luxurious marinas in Latin America (Aratu Iate Clube and Marina Aratu) and the Aratu Naval Base, which is the favorite resting place of Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
It is also remarkable the Camamu Bay, third largest Brazilian bay. It has historical and tourist places such as Barra Grande, Camamu e Marau.
The Toca do Marlin hotel, the first in Latin America with a six-star rating, is located in Santa Cruz Cabralia, (BA), is located in a strategic and exuberant point of nature in this region, considered one of the most beautiful on the Brazilian and American coast.
A Sauipe Coast, located on the coast of Bahia, is the largest tourist complex in Brazil and one of the largest in Latin America.
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Tourism in the Northeast – Cities and Tourist Regions
