Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Recife, Brazil

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 3 km
Ascend 41 m
Descend 39 m

Explore Recife in Brazil with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in RecifeIndividual Sights in Recife

Sight 1: Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães

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Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães José Paulo Lacerda/CNI / CC BY 3.0 br

The Aloisio Magalhães Museum of Modern Art or MAMAM is a museum located in the city of Recife, capital of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It is considered a reference center for the modern and contemporary production of the visual arts.

Wikipedia: Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães (PT)

670 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição dos Militares

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The Church of Our Lady of the Conception of the Military is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located on Rua Nova in the historic center of Recife and is under the administration of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife. The church was listed as a historic structure by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute in 1941.

Wikipedia: Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição dos Militares (EN)

128 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Palácio da Boa Vista

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Palácio da Boa Vista

The Redoubt of Boa Vista, also called Boa Vista Palace or Schoonzicht in Dutch, was built on the Island of Antônio Vaz, at the mouth of the Cabibaribe River, oriented to the west (west), facing the mainland and next to the primitive Boa Vista Bridge, in the City of Mauritius, currently the neighborhood of Santo Antônio do Recife, on the coast of the state of Pernambuco. in Brazil.

Wikipedia: Reduto da Boa Vista (PT)

143 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Basílica do Carmo

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The Church of Saint Teresa of Jesus of the Venerable Third Order of Mount Carmel is a Roman Catholic church located in the city of Recife, capital of Pernambuco, Brazil.

Wikipedia: Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo (Recife) (PT)

330 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Igreja de São Pedro

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The Co-Cathedral of St. Peter of Clerics Also Recife Co-Cathedral It is a Catholic church located in the city of Recife, state of Pernambuco in the South American country of Brazil.

Wikipedia: Co-Cathedral of Recife (EN)

626 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: Casa da Cultura

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The House of Culture is a center for the commercialization of handicrafts in the city of Recife, capital of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It operates in the building of the former Recife House of Detention, which was the largest prison in Brazil in the nineteenth century and the first panoptic radial prison in South America. It was also, during the Civil-Military Dictatorship, one of the dens of torture and murder, one of its highlights being Amaro Luiz de Carvalho.

Wikipedia: Casa da Cultura (Recife) (PT), Website

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Estação Ferroviária Central (Capibaribe)

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Museu do Trem is a railway museum in the city of Recife, capital of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It is considered the first of its kind in Brazil and the second of its kind in Latin America.

Wikipedia: Museu do Trem (Recife) (PT)

893 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 8: Museu da Cidade do Recife

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The Museum of the City of Recife is a Brazilian museum located in Recife, the capital of Pernambuco.

Wikipedia: Museu da Cidade do Recife (PT), Website

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