BRAZIL FORTALEZA: flights,
ENTERTAINMENT AND NIGHtLIFE
FLIGHTS TO
FORTALEZA, BRAZIL
The brazilian city of
Fortaleza is the capital of Ceara State, in the northeast (land distances: 1700 miles/2800 Kms from Rio de Janeiro, 1900 miles/3100 Kms from São Paulo, 500 miles/800 Km from Recife, 1000 miles/1600 Kms from Belem,
at the mouth of the Amazon)
Fortaleza is the big brazilian northeastern hub to visit the mouth of the Amazon
and some of the best tropical brazilian beaches: Fortaleza own beaches (see
Fortaleza map above) and some legendary beaches as Jericoacoara, Prainha, etc. Tropical north-northeast beach destination, gateway to several beach resorts of Ceara, or even to Recife and other northeastern beach destinations.
See, for more details: Recife, Fortaleza, Maceio, Fernando Noronha and around
Brazil Fortaleza Airports
Pinto Martins Airport (FOR); Location: 4 miles/7 km from the city.
Transfers to/from Fortaleza and its airport:
Taxi, bus every 30 minutes to the bus station and onto city beaches: Praia Iracema and Meireles.
For Fortaleza hotels, see:
Hotels in Fortaleza
NIGHTLIFE AND FUN IN FORTALEZA
Nightlife in Fortaleza is near the beaches. There are always lots of people at the avenues and streets near the most central beaches: Meireles, Iracema and the pier streets. Iracema beach zone attracts younger people. Praia do Meireles attracts a wider range of people and the tourists.
Most of the bars, restaurants, dance halls and discos are in those squares, or at a smaller scale in other beaches outside the town, as Futuro beach.
Danceterias (dance halls) and discos are open long before midnight, but the peak time of nightlife is always at the early hours of the morning.
For more information, about Recife and nearby places:
Brazil beaches: Fortaleza
Beaches around Fortaleza (Ceara beaches)
Maps of the Tropical Beaches of Brazil
Hotels in Brazil Fortaleza
Flights to Fortaleza
BRAZIL FORTALEZA CUISINE
Seafood is the speciality of Fortaleza zone (Ceará). Fortaleza is a big lobster export center, and local dishes based on lobster are great. The skewered lobster is an obligatory dish.
Try also Peixada< (a local seafood stew, and a true speciality), Peixe à delícia, and paçoca (a typical local dish), and the many local seafood dishes involving crab and shrimp.
Fortaleza also has a fantastic variety of tropical juices. Try them.
Note:
The best restaurants are in beaches. Tabajaras street, near Praia dos Meireles (Meireles beach), is especially reputed as a restaurant center.
SHOPPING IN FORTALEZA
The best place for souvenirs and local products is the main city meeting-place and handicraft market: the Avenue President Kennedy (popularly known as Beira-Mar Avenue), surrounding Meireles beach, particularly active at night.
There is a huge offer of local products in the Beira Mar avenue market: hammocks, lace and embroidery clothes (very typical of Ceará zone, of which Fortaleza is the capital), ceramics, leather goods, bottles with coloured sand, saint images, turtle-shell bracelets, percussion instruments, wood carvings, saddles, bridles...
For a large shopping centre, you can try the Iguatimi Shopping Center, the biggest in Fortaleza.
For more information, about Recife and nearby places:
Brazil beaches: Fortaleza
Beaches around Fortaleza (Ceara beaches)
Maps of the tropical beaches of Brazil
Hotels in Fortaleza
Flights to Fortaleza
Books about Portuguese Language
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