Recife Brazil
Brazil

44 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Azamara Club Cruises (7 Cruises)

Costa Cruises (7 Cruises)

Crystal Cruises (3 Cruises)

Holland America Line (3 Cruises)

Norwegian Cruise Line (2 Cruises)

Regent Seven Seas Cruises (5 Cruises)

Seabourn Cruise Line (11 Cruises)

Viking Ocean Cruises (6 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

In the commercial port, on the edge of the Recife Antigo historic district. Pedestrian traffic is prohibited inside the port, so a shuttle takes passengers to the gates of the old quarter, only a few minutes away.
No. Pedestrian movement is prohibited in the port area, so you must take the shuttle. Once dropped at the gates of Recife Antigo, the whole old quarter is easily walkable.
Recife Antigo is plenty on foot: the Marco Zero square, Rua do Bom Jesus, the Malakoff tower and the Paço do Frevo. The Olinda excursion takes twenty to thirty minutes each way and replaces this visit rather than adding to it.
The square marking the city's kilometre zero and the symbolic heart of Pernambuco. On the ground, a vast compass rose designed by painter Cicero Dias; facing the sea, the open-air sculpture park visible out on the reef.
Its name comes from the sandstone reef running along the shore and breaking the Atlantic swell. The Pernambuco capital was built on water, among rivers, channels and countless bridges.
The first synagogue in the Americas, founded in the seventeenth century under Dutch rule on Rua do Bom Jesus. Now a museum, it tells a little-known story: when the Portuguese retook the city, part of the community went into exile to a northern town called New Amsterdam, the future New York.
Yes. The UNESCO-listed town lies about seven kilometres away, twenty to thirty minutes by road. Its cobbled lanes climb a hill facing the ocean, with baroque churches, convents and brightly coloured houses. From the Alto da Sé, the view takes in Olinda's rooftops and the Recife skyline beyond.
The lightning-fast dance of the local carnival, recognized as intangible heritage. The Paço do Frevo, in the old quarter, devotes its floors to it: multicoloured umbrellas, sequined costumes and step lessons for anyone willing to try.
At the table, tapioca filled with coalho cheese, black bean caldinho and shrimp moqueca in coconut milk and dendê oil. For souvenirs, Pernambuco crafts rank among Brazil's richest: lace, illustrated cordel booklets and clay figurines, notably at the São José market, a nineteenth-century iron hall.
Those of any large Brazilian city: few valuables on display and travel by vehicle rather than on foot outside tourist areas. The Brazilian real is the local currency and cards work in most old-quarter restaurants.