Canoa Quebrada travel guide

Canoa Quebrada stands on a sand dune 10 km from Aracati backed by crumbling, multi-coloured sandstone cliffs. It remained an isolated fishing village until 1982, when a road was built. It is now a very popular resort, with many package hotels, busy bars and restaurants. But the village is almost entirely devoid of its once legendary laid-back, weed smoking hippy beach feel. The nightlife is good in season (especially over Christmas, New Year and Carnaval, when it can be very difficult to find a room). Canoa is famous for its labirinto lacework, coloured sand sculpture and beaches. Sand skiing is popular on the dunes and there is good windsurfing and kitesurfing on the Jaguaribe estuary, just outside town, with plenty of options for lessons and equipment rental .

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Amil

There numerous reviews of Canoa Quebrada and I've written a few myself. But, sometimes others say it better, like this one:

Canoa Quebrada is long from being the paradise discovered by the hippies in the early 1970s, but the vestiges of that era remain in the crescent moon and star carved into the red/brown cliffs, a sign which is now repeated down the beach and which has become the logo of what is in low season at least, a gentle beach resort.

If people complain about the fact that things have changed over the last 25 years that is not surprising, but Canoa Quebrada has escaped the worst ravages of mass tourism. The main street is traffic free, there are no high rise hotels, and accommodation is predominantly small pousadas run by foreigners who have settled here- particularly Italians and Dutch. Weather is usually extremely good here and by the sea there are a large numbers of beachbars serving snacks and drinks for those who prefer to watch, rather than practice, the favourite sport of kitesurfing. Just down the beach a small fishing village, which really has remained unchanged. Something for everyone, but particularly for those who want a more gentle introduction to the real Brazil.

2009-06-06 / follow Amil / report abuse

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