There is considerable historic heritage in
Alcobaça and it is not just the plunder from the first
Portuguese expeditions that the French pirates buried there. The
São Bernardo Church, the "Cacimba do Conselho" and the
houses at Pedro Muniz and Senador Melgaço streets are all worth a
visit. The city is very calm and pleasant with colonial houses
built on streets full of trees. Besides offering sun and
wonderful beaches, it is also the gate to Abrolhos National
Marine Park. . The park consists of an archipelago of five
islands lying 52km offshore. Among the clear waters and coral
reefs you can see all kinds of rare fish, sea turtles and birds,
and between July and early November the waters are home to
whales taking refuge from the Antarctic winter.
The sea, the mangrove and the rivers provide a large variety of
seafood, which are the basis of the local cuisine. Thanks to the
tropical climate, Alcobaça offers plenty of different fruits, such
as cashew, mango, pitanga, star fruit, passion fruit, pineapple,
acerola, papaya, cajá and coconut, which are used as ingredients
for juices, ice creams and sweets.
• Coqueiro - surfing to the North with rough
waves, rest mostly deserted, fronted by coconut plantations
• Farol at Alcobaça - swimming, sunning,
lighthouse, fronts village
• Alcobaça - swimming, calm waters, turbid
waters, fronts village
• Barra at Alcobaça - fishing, swimming, coconut
trees, fronts summer homes, near mouth of Itanhém River
• Zeloris - swimming, coconut plantations and
mangrove to north, clear beach to south
GETTING THERE: Empresa Expresso Brasileiro has a bus route from Caravelas/Alcobaça/Prado/Itamarajú
and vice versa. The Água Branca bus company runs the line to
Salvador and Victoria, and the São Geraldo bus company links São
Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, with a connection in
Teixeira de Freitas.
A regular bus line of Expresso Brasileiro, connects Itamarajú,
Prado, Alcobaça and Caravelas with five schedules per day.
by car
The cities of Prado, Alcobaça and Caravelas
are connected by BA 001 in excellent condition. Following highway BR 101 to the
city of Teixeira de Freitas, turn onto highway BA 290. The city is
connected with the municipalities of Prado, Caravelas through BA
001.
By plane.
The Conchas Airport in Caravelas, 22 kilometers far from Alcobaça,
receives charter flights from São Paulo, flown by Linhas Aéreas
Pantanal. |