Canoa Quebrada - Brazil - Travel Guide

Born another beautiful day of sunshine, but this is no news in Canoa Quebrada...

...Just below the equatorial line, this stretch of the Brazilian coast has no winter, nor cold or bad weather. It has some rainy months when arriving, bless the beautiful coconut palms, cliffs, and lagoons surprisingly nestled between enormous sand dunes. During the rest of the year, the brilliant blue sky magnificently appears and the native inhabitants smile with the satisfaction of those who posses a small piece of paradise.

...Canoa Quebrada: this old fishing village in Aracati was discovered for tourism in the mid 70´s by a group of hippies that enjoyed the hospitality and were received by the natives of this cinemagraphic location, just 175km from Fortaleza. Today, besides the eternal overwhelming landscape, the greatest attractions to enjoy the strong sun are the dune buggy tours through the sand dunes along the beach and the red cliffs, and the refreshing dives in the calm blue-green ocean. Reserve a day to sail on the (native fishing boats) jangadas, another for a horseback ride along the beach and forget the clock; just let the wind guide you through the deserted sand dunes. For the more adventurous souls, how about kite surfing, cliff gliding, capoeira, or adventure through the fishing villages during long walks as well as discovering ecological trails that cut through Canoa Quebrada. When the sun begins to decline, run to the top of the dunes and you will witness one of the most spectacular sites in the northeast. They say that this sunset seen by lovers results in marriage! After this entire energetic SPA, rest a bit because the nightlife, the hottest event in Canoa Quebrada is about to begin.

Bed and Breakfast - Canoa Quebrada - BRazil

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Food in Canoa Quebrada: If during the day the main course is lobster, fish, sting rays, shrimp, oysters and crabs, at night all (the cats turn into (pardos)?? Besides all this seafood, many other delicious foods are simmering in the pots, and shortly will be served for your delight. For this, Broadway Street will almost always be the place to go. Hold on, we are not talking about NY City´s Broadway, but the only street in Canoa Quebrada that at the same time is the main street for bars and nightclubs and the village restaurants. Enjoy the delicious regional cuisine and the roasted meat that melts in your mouth with every serving. Try the famous house trio: a serving of lobster, shrimp and fish which is enough for three people to eat well.
Broadway of the northeast: If you have eaten well and are really crazy to catch the action, don’t run away from Broadway. the action starts around 10 pm and lasts until sunrise the next morning. Here, Bob Marley is God and hot drinks are the delights of the Gods. Tired of calmness. It´s time to enter in the rhythm. Forró, dance, rock, and axé are heard in the clubs, open until 5am. From here, the only thing left to do is watch the sunrise on the beach and then fall into bed in your Inn, because later on, it starts all over again.
The artistic focus in Canoa Quebrada: This Mecca for backpackers creates an atmosphere that all the visitors enjoy during vacation all year round. This flavor, presented world wide by French and Brazilian filmmakers from Rio de Janeiro in the film, Le Gabruges, filmed several decades ago, resulted in racial intermixing and brought to Canoa Quebrada much attention, thus attracting people from the world over. Many of these same people live here today, and partake the night life of Broadway. They live very well with the native artists who produce beautiful Canoa Quebrada landscapes with colored sand in bottles. The laberinth, a typical weaving of geometric designs,has been carried on from generation to generation by the women of the region. Don´t forget to buy this artwork and take a memory of of the village home with you.


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The IV "CurtaCanoa" Short Film Canoa

A Latin American film festival in Canoa Quebrada, which is truly a watercolor of nature, cosmopolitan, exhuberant, hospitable, and undoubtably one of the pearls of Brazil. This old fishing village, discovered and made popular by the hippies in the 60´s and 70´s and also by tourists from other regions, Canoa Quebrada is today the scene of the most beautiful film festival in Brazil. In it´s fourth presentation, Shorts Films Canoa comes to mark it´s place on the beach and presents with it´s perspective and technical revelation, language and mainly it´s originality, the power of our Latin American identity on the big screen. Film shorts are considered a cinemagraphic pill where small doses of cinema are offered as the most simple and direct form to show this (seventh)?? Art form. In this way, Film Shorts Canoa exhibits during an entire week film shorts in vídeo and film, entirely free to the general public. The IV Short Film Canoa is produced by J.A. Lima, SEBRAE- CEARA, The Aracati City Council, SETUR, with support of the Rouanet Law and the State Law of Culture. The Short Film Canoa 2008 will take place from Nobember 15 until Nobember 20.

Ceara will open up an airport en the area of Canoa Quebrada

Ceara will begin to open procedures to enlarge an airport in Aracati, one of the most important cities of the Canoa Quebrada region. According to Bismarck Maia, secretary of tourism in Ceara, 600 meteres of runway will be added. The existing 1200 meteres will become 1800.“We want more and more to contribute to the possibility that this region can have a new option of arrival for tourists and also decongest the flow of tourists from Fortaleza”, states Maia. The proposal will be signed at the close of the year. The sum of 14 million has been invested for the enlargement of the airport.

New Control in the Fortaleza airport

It is very important for the tourist, when arriving to Brazil, to show that their objective is for a vacation. At this moment, it is very helpful to present an address and telephone number of where one is planning to stay.

Translation: Richard Warner

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