Recife

Recife (population 1.3 million) is a city in northeastern Brazil. It is the capital of the Pernambuco state and is a port on the Atlantic Ocean.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Geography 3 Information 4 Music 5 neighborhood

History

The settlement was established by the Portuguese in 1537 and remained Portuguese until the independence of Brazil, with the exception of a brief period of Dutch occupation in the 17th century between 1630 and 1654.

Geography

Nearby cities: Olinda, Paulista, Abreu e Lima, Igarassu, Camaragibe, cabo de Santo Agostinho.

Information

Main tourist atractions are:

• Churches and historic monuments
• Francisco Brennand's atelier of ceramic art
• Ancient Recife buildings
• Boa Viagem Beach (the main urban beach)
• Olinda - UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Casa da Cultura: souvenirs shops
• Carnival at Recife Antigo

There are many wonderful beaches surrounding Recife, such as:

• Porto de galinhas, Ipojuca, Pernambuco (60 km south)
• Tamandaré, Barreiros, Pernambuco (110 km south)
• Itamaracá, Pernambuco (40 km north)
• Maragoji, Alagoas (150 km south)
• Praia de Pipa, Rio Grande do Norte (280 km north)
• Tambaba, Conde, Paraíba (115 km north)

Music

• Frevo
• Manguebit

neighborhood

• Boa Viagem
• Boa Vista
• Bongi
• Brasília Teimosa
• Cidade Universitária
• Cordeiro
• Ibura
• Ilha do Leite
• Ilha do Retiro
• Iputinga
• Pina
• Recife Antigo
• Santo Amaro
• Santo Antônio
• Setúbal
• Várzea