Recife Antigo

nice but not must

the old city of recifee is not the main reason to come to recifee, but anyway there are some interesting places like the oldest synagogue in america

The historic center of a city is always the best of it

All over the world the best part of a city (at least if you are a tourist) is the historic center of it. This old town, originally founded by Dutch colonizers, contains most of the historic and govern...

Every time our cruise boat stops here it has improved.

Recife Antigo in 2008 when we first visited here was practically an abandoned slum with all black & mouldy decrepit buildings. Since then it has seen "gentrification" to the point where almost all of...

Where it all began

I spent a bit of time in the old town while based in Recife. The cobble narrow streets with colourful houses, many bars and places to eat and street stalls is extremely popular and makes for a pleasan...

Interesting, but not very safe

Old Recife is the colonial part of the city. In this part of the year, it´s prepare for the carnaval, decorated with lots of multicoloured umbrellas, typical from Recife. There are many churchs, museu...