Alcobaça - Bahia

Population: 23.400 habitantes
Altitude: A nível do mar
Kina of Tourism: Sea
Nearby Cities: Caravelas, Teixeira de Freitas
Location: Bahia – Region Nordeste

Their beaches are considered those but beautiful and extensive of the State of Bay. Alcobaça has an exuberant coconuts landscape and Atlantic Forest. Their interesting climate provides those so dreamt vacations.

Alcobaça is an entrance door for the Park National Marine of the Abrolhos. Their wide coast has a beauty that calms down and it moves, combined perfectly well with its streets tree-lined with aligned houses, the Main Church of Sao Bernardo, saint of devotion of the city that it loves for its architecture and its archaic houses.

The party nuns is some of the attractiveness but strong of Alcobaça, cultural manifestations, crafts, culinary typical with sea food, ice creams and juices of tropical fruits refreshing to all those that visit this charming city.

The city receives every year a diverse public. For the tourists that look for to rest, Alcobaça is some of the most beautiful oasis that the nature of the coast of Bay has drawn daintily, becoming a nice summer city. If it is looked for some movement the youths accustom to meet in the square Caixa d'agua it stops later to continue to some party that arises with enough frequency in summer.
Alcobaça always stays in the memory of the visitors it is in summer or in any time of the year.

TOURISM

Beaches

Praia da Barra - In this beach he/she meets the sea with the River Itanhem, formation of the extensive swamp (manguezal). Ideal local for the practice of aquatic sports and the sport fishing. The Place has beach kiosks and restoring Deck the gives Bar.

Praia do Centro - Extensive coast of golden sand with good infrastructure, with restaurants, inns, and hotels. This beach is the favorite of the tourist of any age.

Praia do Farol - Local extremely calm and to be but far away it is the place chosen by young tourists for the realization of Lual, meetings around bonfires, generally with live music. This place is also the point chosen by the marine turtles to deposit its eggs and in certain times of the year one can see a show wonderful where several breedings they run going to the sea. The show is indescribable.

Rio Itanhem, Barra do Itanhem e Mangue - Ideal place to practice of marine sports and for the fishing, with good infrastructure, with bars and restaurants in the local. Tourist walks, rent and garage of ships. kayak rent and other attractiveness.

HOW TO GET

In the end south of Bay with access for BR101 coming from the north for Alcobaça arriving in Itamaraju, to continue for BR 489 to Grassland (52km), then for the highway BA 001 of Grassland for Alcobaça (26km). For who comes from the south, arriving in Teixeira of Freitas, to continue for BA 290 until Alcobaça (60km).
DISTANCES
Caravelas: 29 km
Teixeira de Freitas: 59 km
Teófilo Otoni: 324 km
Vitória: 416
Salvador: 828 km

WHERE STAY

Hotel Brisa dos Abrolhos: http://www.brasilcontact.com/brazil_hotel-brisa-dos-abrolhos.html