Interesting things to learn in Recife

In Recife you are going to meet several museums, cultural centre and institutions that promote artistical and cultural actions like the centenary Academia Pernambucana de Letras, Academia de Artes e Letras de Pernambuco and the Instituto Ricardo Brennand (mentioned before).

The Academia Pernambucana de Letras was founded on 26 January 1901 by Carneiro Vilela. It's one of first brazilian academy of letters, it was preceded only to Academia Cearense de Letras and to Academia Brasileira de Letras.

The Academia de Artes e Letras de Pernambuco was criated on 17 June 1976 by teacher Ferreyra dos Santos. Nowadays, it is instaled in the building of Memorial da Medicina de Pernambuco.

Recreation

Recife attracts tourists of all world. Among the reasons of this attraction is cultural manifestation like Carnaval and São João. The Carnaval happens in February and it is considered the major carnival group of the world, Galo da Madrugada. Nearly two millions of people visit Recife because of this cultural party, where they dance frevo, main musical rhythm of Recife's carnival. In June, northeastern of Brazil, where is located Recife, many cities commemorate the day of São João with typical dance, quadrilha, and abundance of food. It's a good opportunity to take a taste of brazilian food.

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Irene Galindo's Podcast

Sightseeing of Recife

If you don’t go to Recife in February or you don’t like Carnaval, you can visit stunning places like: Instituto Ricardo Brennand, housing estate of district “Recife Antigo”, beach of Boa Viagem, Casa da Cultura, Theater of Santa Isabel and others places.

Beach of Boa Viagem

For some people, it’s considered the best place to visit in Recife, where you can spend your time diving in lukewarm water and know famous “arrecifes”. Morever, you can drink delicious coconut water.

District of "Recife Antigo"

In this district you are going to learn about the history and culture of Recife. Besides, there are many restaurants and pubs.

Institute Ricardo Brennand

Institute Ricardo Brennand was criated by pernambucano collector Ricardo Brennand that during fifty years he was acquiring works of art of different origins and periods between medieval Europe of XV century, colonial Brazil, XVII century and Brazil of XIX century. In this cultural institute there are museum, library, pinacoteca and other places.

Pernambuco

I am going to talk about Pernanbuco, especially, the capital of this state, Recife. I don’t know this city yet. My mother was born in the country inside of Pernambuco and she says that it is a good place. I intend to visit several cities in this state one day, because I love Pernambuco's culture like: “frevo”, workmanship, old houses, museums and other things that I will learn about Recife. I also enjoy the accent of the people. It’s so beautiful!