Tips: Beach Park Fortaleza, Ceara

The Beach Park is an attraction almost obligatory for anyone visiting Fortaleza. It is the largest water park seaside Latin America.

The Beach Park is located in the city of Aquiraz, on the beach of Porto das Dunas, Ceará, 16 km from Fortaleza (20min). The park is open from 11h to 17h. The days of operation of the park can be checked here . Besides the self-service restaurant Beach Grill, there are snack bars, as the Wave Bar, Sarcoffee, the Tsunami Bar and the Beach Burger.

The park also offers lockers to store bags and backpacks ($ 12 and $ 20 more that will be returned in the delivery of key cabinet). The park is good that you do not have to worry about not wetting the money: at the entrance you will receive a credit card where you can put to use in the cafeterias and restaurants.

Sphinxes

Sarcophagus

Sector snacks

Insane

Toys most radical of the park are: Insane, Kalafrio, Sarcophagus and Sphinxes. The Crazy has a fall of 41 meters and can reach 105km / h (4 to 5 seconds of falling)! Wow ... it's scary! But we were! Yaeah! We face the Insane!

There is also a part of the park dedicated to the children;) 

Children under 1m accompanied by a paying adult are free.

by Clarissa on November 4, 2010   |

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Tips: The best of Canoa Quebrada

Located 12 km from Aracati, since the 70 Canoa Quebrada is one of the liveliest and most popular beaches of Ceara. Setting for movies like 'Bella Dona' Fabio Barreto (1997), the village is located on cliffs up to 30 meters of sea level.

With a look of reddish sand, Canoe was born from the small town of Esteves and currently has the tourism its main source of income.


The site also hosts the APACQ - Environmental Protection Area of ​​Canoa Quebrada, about 70 000 hectares.

Addition of magic that even those who can not translate Canoe know, the beach offers buggy rides, rafts, mountain biking, sandboarding, nature walks, fishing ponds and quads.

Known for lively nights - with people from all over the world and the most diverse musical styles, Canoe has gastronomic infrastructure and inns to suit all tastes and pockets. It's on Broadway, the main street of Canoa, which focuses on what is best in bars, restaurants, shops and local culture.

Canoa Quebrada is famous for being the destination of the hippies, most European countries, in the '60s and '70s - a time when the site was inhabited by an Indian tribe and a few fishermen. Some hippies were married with the natives, had children and lived in Canoe. You can find many descendants of Swiss, French and other Europeans from the natives.

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"Be sure to check the indescribable evening of Canoa on the famous Sunset Dune, where you get a panoramic view of the entire region.

"Forget the rest of the world and do relaxing walks on the beach - the sun is still high, do not forget to pass the sunscreen.

»Hire a buggy and from the ride to Ponta Grossa or until the dunes. In walking through the dunes you can see the scene from the movie 'Bella Dona', shrimp farms, the dune sunset and practice skibunda (down the dunes with a piece of wood falling on a pond).

"The ride to Ponta Grossa by the sea is a must: lasts about three hours and the path you pass by beautiful beaches, and as Quixaba Retirinho. In Ponta Grossa you discover that almost all the inhabitants belong to the family Crispin and hear the stories of residents on the discovery of Brazil.

»Search for buggy drivers that are part of the Association of buggy Canoa Quebrada (ABCQ), registered at the Secretariat of Tourism. The guides that are not part of the association are a cheaper option, but do not offer the same security.

"If you rent a buggy, not providing the service of a guide or a professional buggy.Besides the risk of jamming in the dunes, it is necessary to know very well the way and timing of the tides not to hit the rocks, or is likely to return until the next day because of high tide.

"Have fun on the nights on Broadway, where there are people, music and fun for everyone.

"If you have the opportunity, meet the traditional carnival of Canoa. But do not forget: this party is for those seeking peace and not stir.

»Try a raft at sea canoe. Find out if there are life jackets.

"To do tours of the region or trasfers, we suggest the following companies:

www.tripdaareia.com.br and www.canoaviagens.com.br

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Source: http://roteiroceara.uol.com.br/roteiro/praias/canoa-quebrada/

Ceará should receive 69,000 tourists on extended holiday

Come rain or shine, from today until next Monday (25), must go through a total of Ceará 69 000 tourists (an increase of 15% compared to 58 000 visitors who came to the State in last year's Holy Week) .

The long weekend should make for a chain of Ceara tourism income of $ 191.5 million (up 19.1% from the $ 160.8 million for the same period of 2010).

For the state economy, the income generated by visitors - mostly coming from Sao Paulo and Brasilia - should reach U.S. $ 109.4 million (increase of 19.1% compared to £ 91.9 million on Easter of last year) . The outlook released on Tuesday afternoon has been prepared by the Research Department of the Secretariat of Tourism of the State of Ceará (Setur / EC).

"It is concrete fact. The reserves are all paid. Fortaleza alone is no longer the anchor of tourism in Ceará. With the roads being duplicated, the interior is going on. At least 30,000 tourists go to the seaside towns and Juazeiro. Both can have the sun as rain, I think it will be a good holiday, "said Secretary of Tourism, Bismarck Maia.

According to Setur, the hotel occupancy rate in Fortaleza, is expected to reach 94.5% (increase of 16.6% compared to the same holiday 2010). Finally, the mean for the hotels and lodges located on the shores of the Interior is 89.7%.

In all regions

On the coast, the destinations should be Praia das Fontes and Jericoacoara. The establishments in the first predicted to reach an occupancy rate of 94.9% and the second beach to reach an index of 94.5%. To the minister of Tourism, today, no more off-season in Ceara.

"Many years have made promotion only through Fortaleza. But, the state would only be a tourist destination cool if we have eyes to all its regions", said Bismarck. The hotel demand in Ceara is expected to reach 38,296 beds over the next five days (between 20 and 25 April).

Events Center

The secretary said yesterday that the works of the Events Center of Ceará (CEC) received a financial boost federal. "Let's take a very large accelerated from May. The Ministry of Tourism has released $ 30 million, which were features that were to be disconnected before. The money will go to the electrical, air conditioning and living area. These works ended up giving a delayed because of the delay in release of funds, "said Bismarck Maia.

In total, the equipment will cost $ 363 million and was funded with resources from the State Treasury, the Ministry of Tourism and BNDES. As he is currently undertaking the civil works are already 80% done.

In August, will take place on an experimental basis, the first event in SCC. Is Maquintex textile fair. Is the block east, which has an area of ​​27 000 m². "We want to open in December. It will be a Christmas present for Ceará," says the secretary.

Source: Diário do Nordeste