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Come stay in our beautiful, beach front condo located at Piedade beach in Recife, Brazil. This condo has breathtaking views of Boa Viagem and Piedade’s exquisite sandy beaches with warm water all year long and protective coral reefs which make for calm waters and safe swimming. Step out the door and you are on the beach!
The spacious apartment (~1615 sq. ft./ 150 m2) is comfortable for six people or a family with children. It has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, living and dining room with a balcony, kitchen, and service area (with extra bedroom and bathroom). The master bedroom has a queen bed and bathroom. The other two bedrooms have a queen bed and a twin bed with a trundle bed. We also have a crib that we can have set up and ready for those traveling with an infant or toddler.
The building has 24-hour security and a child play area. It is close to a large, modern shopping mall with movie theaters (Shopping Guararapes), supermarkets (across the street), bakeries, drug store, bank, ATMs, travel agencies, good restaurants, Internet Cafe and much more. City bus stop, taxi stand and tourist information from a five-star hotel are nearby.
Exceptionally well-maintained by local residents who can give you insider tips. You can be assured your accommodations will be clean and comfortable. We will happily accommodate your needs. Rent a home away from home!
With great temperatures all year round (June-August: 21-30 degrees C/70-86 degrees F; September-May: 24-35 degrees C/75-95 degrees F), no vacation will be more memorable than one spent in Recife.
Come visit us soon!
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Things to do…
Cosmopolitan Recife, where colonial architecture coexists with modern splendor, is the hub of northeast Brazil for excellent art, dining, trade, and education. Brazil's fourth largest city, Recife is built around a number of inlets, canals and bridges, living up to its name as the "Venice of Brazil."
* Beaches! One of the best is Boa Viagem, an upscale area, and its southern extension (Piedade) which also offers most of the restaurants and nightclubs. Do not miss the coast around Recife with year-around warm water: Porto de Galinhas, Maracaípe, Serrambi, Tamandaré, São José da Coroa Grande, Muro Alto, Cupe, Suape, Calhetas, Gaibu, Maria Farinha, Itamaracá Island and Fernando de Noronha Island.
* Scuba-diving, snorkeling, surfing and other sea activities. Recife is known as Brazil's shipwreck capital. Together with the natural coral reefs (which gives the name to the city), the 15 shipwreck accessible to tourists (out of more than 100) make the coast of Recife a perfect spot for scuba-diving with excellent visibility and an average water temperature of 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Do not miss Brazil's favorite shores for surfing and snorkeling (Porto de Galinhas), and for sailing and power boating (around the islands of Coroa do Avião and Itamaracá).
* Carnaval! Recife’s and Olinda's Carnival is right up there with Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and carnivals in Rio, Salvador, Venice and Trinidad and Tobago. Recife's and Olinda’s Carnaval, one of the country's busiest, is a democratic party with street shows and parades playing contagious rhythms: not only samba but also frevo, maracatu, caboclinhos and afoxé. Prepare yourself to dance, and to dress in costumes. Carnaval is usually in February, but rehearsals start two months before the actual date. Galo da Madrugada (a carnival group) attracts more than 1 million people to celebrate and dance on the streets every year.
* Tour the 18-th century baroque churches and 19-th century public buildings and browse through the colorful Mercado de São José (Saint John's Market) and Casa de Cultura. Mercado de São José, with an iron structure inspired in the Grenelle Market in Paris, France, has regional food, medicinal herbs, Cordel Literature, local arts and crafts and handiwork, including a special section for lace. Casa da Cultura, once the city prison, now houses small shops (one in each cell) selling regional arts and crafts.
* Watch a football (soccer) game or roller hockey.
* Shop at Shopping Center Recife, Brazil's second largest shopping center, Shopping Guararapes (very close from the condo), and Paço Alfândega (set in the renovated structure of a colonial customs house building from the early 1700s).
* Visit Olaria de Brennand, a ceramics factory with a display area of thousands of pieces, and the Ricardo Brennand Institute, with very impressive collection of Brazilian and European historical artifacts from the 15th to 19th centuries and special attention given to the period of Dutch occupation in Recife and Northeastern Brazil.
* Enjoy the traditional celebrations: In the Catholic calendar, Easter (Holy Week) and Saint John´s Day. During Easter (March-April), watch the Passion of Jesus Christ play at Nova Jerusalém, the world's largest theater-city. In June, it is time to celebrate Saint John with music (Forró and Quadrilha) and regional foods: June 13, Santo Antônio; June 24, São João; and June 29, São Pedro and São Paulo. On New Year’s eve, gather at Boa Viagem and Piedade beaches to watch a spectacle of fire works.
* Recife, the gastronomic capital of the Northeast, has a multicultural gastronomy with African and indigenous influences. Try the traditional and delicious cakes Bolo de Rolo and Bolo Sousa Leão and the Caldinho, a small soup in a variety of flavors from black bean to shrimp served all over the place (restaurants, dedicated carts and people with flasks selling it on the beach).
* Do not miss Olinda, a UNESCO World Heritage site, founded by the Portuguese in 1530; the Catamaran rides in the Capibaribe River; and Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in the New World found in the old quarters of Recife Antigo. |
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