Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Th ough Recife o
cially dates its foundation to 1537, it was the Dutch that really
developed the city following their conquest of Olinda in 1630 (see p.637). Th e Dutch
made Recife the capital of their Brazilian colony, as there was a fi ne natural harbour
that Olinda lacked. Th e Dutch drained and reclaimed the low-lying swampy land,
and the main evidence of their presence today is not so much their few surviving
churches and forts dotted up and down the coast (the Portuguese destroyed virtually
everything when they recaptured the area in 1654), as the very land on which the core
of Recife is built.
Avenida Dantas Barreto and the Praça da República
h e broad
Avenida Dantas Barreto
forms the spine of the central island of
Santo
Antônio
, lined with street markets almost its entire length, and criss-crossed with a web
of crowded, narrow lanes lined with stalls and shops. It ends in the much quieter
Praça
da República
, fi lled with majestic palms and surrounded by Recife's grandest public
Olinda
Museu do Homem do Nordeste, Instituto Ricardo Brennand, Estação Rodoviária, Oficina Brennand, Casa-Museu e Gilberto Freyre &
RECIFE
0
200
metres
Parque 13
de Maio
Assembleia
Legislativa
4
Law
Faculty (Universidade
Federal de
Pernambuco)
Ponte
Santa
Isabel
BAIRRO DE RECIFE
Palácio do Campo das Princesas
Centro
Cultural
Judaico
Cais do Sertão
Luiz Gonzaga
Teatro de
Santa Isabel
Embaixada dos
Bonecos Gigantes
Associação
Comercial
PRAÇA DA
REPÚBLICA
Centro do
Artesanato
Buses to
Olinda
Ponte
Buarque
de Macedo
Convento de
Santo
Antônio
Museu de
Arte Moderna
Palácio
Justiça
Ponte
Duarte
Coelho
Capela
Dourada
& Museu De
Arte Sacra
2nd Book
Market
PRAÇA MACIEL
PINHEIRO
Caixa Cultural
Farmácia
Guararapes
Santander
Bank
Ponte
Boa Vista
Ponte
Mauricio
de Nassau
Marco Zero
Igreja Matiz
Bao Vista
Santander
Cultural
Parque de
Esculturas de
Francisco
Brennand
PRAÇA JOAQUIM
NABUCO PARKAREA
BOA VISTA
Igreja da
Madre de Deus
Santissimo
Sacramento
Paço
Alfândega
Monaco Agency
Pier
Igreja N. S. do
Rosário dos
Homens Pretos
Nossa Senhora
do Carmo
Casa de Cultura
de Pernambuco
N
Ponte
Velha
Nossa Senhora
do Livramento
Santa Teresa
de Jesus
PÁTIO DE
SÃO PEDRO
Catedral
São Pedro
Memorial
Chico
Science
Nossa Senhora da Penha
Museu do Trem
Estação
Central
Ponte 12 de
Setembro
Bus Station
PRAÇA DOM VITAL
Mercado de
São José
Recife
Igreja do Terço
SHOPS
Centro do Artesanato
Mercado de São José
Shopping Paço Alfândega
1
3
2
ACCOMMODATION
Hotel Central
Mercure Recife Metropolis
Hotel
Villa Boa Vista
O
Farmácia
dos Pobres
2
3
1
Forte de São Tiago
das Cinco Pontas/
Museu da Cidade
do Recife
Igreja Interditada
CLUBS AND LIVE MUSIC
VENUES
Baile Perfumado
Burburinho
Downtown Pub
Sala de Reboco
CAFÉS AND RESTAURANTS
Bistrô e Boteco
Brotfabrik
La Douane Bistrot
Leite
Parraxaxá
SANTO ANTÔNIO
2
3
5
4
1
5
3
2
6
BARS
Arsenal do Chopp
Buraco do Sargento
Casa da Moeda
1
7
4
Boa Viagem & Imbiribeira
