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Maceió
Alagoas State
- Brazil
Maçai-ok (Automatic translation, under review)
I am not used to traveling by agencies, nevertheless to go to Maceió I had the terrible idea to contract the service of ATI (www.ativiajes.com).
The company is of fourth in all sense, I do not rescue absolutely anything of the experience of to have made the trip contracting its services.
In order to begin, my trip was programmed for the 3 of January of 1998, I contracted to the trip and the hotel.
Three days before the trip inform me that the departure day for the 5 is modified of January to 22 hs. Yes, as well as they listen to it, the ATI boys decided that it was better than my vacations begin the 5 instead of the 3. Perhaps they consulted my astral letter and was better for me, the truth that I do not know it because the explanations were quite little.
As if this outside little when retirement the passages communicate to me that the flight would not be made the 5, but the 6 of January!
In synthesis, if they really hate to somebody regálenle a trip by ATI that surely is not going them to never forget.
By this and other things I more decided nonsingle never to travel more by ATI, but by no other agency of tourism, in general I believe that it is far better to contract everything in direct form (more now with the existence of Internet).
In Maceió I lodged in the Enseada hotel, where I found very interesting a design architectonic, but in main lines the hotel is not very good, mainly by the attention of the employees that really could be but careful.
By the way, when I arrived at the hotel the friends from ATI had not made my reserve.
The hotel is in front of the beach of Pajuçara, where to a pair of km of the coast there are natural swimming pools at which it is possible to be arrived with the typical "rafts" of Maceió.
Near the hotel there is an artisan fair called "feirinha Pajuçara" where the same things are sold that in all artisan fair... The hygiene of this zone of the city leaves enough that to wish by the way.
On the city:
Maceió was founded on 1609 where a sugar talent worked. The city was growing around a chapel that is where today the Matrizm Church works in the seat Don Pedro II.
In the century XIX Maceió development thanks to the exports and their port. 1839 one soon became the capital of the province of Alagoas been of Alagoas.
To be in Alagoas in certain way is to travel in the time, nonsingle by its architecture, but also because the grotesco political clientelism has effect there, is as if they lived feudalism in the heat of, where feudal Mr. this represented by the family Collor de Mello.
To really be the capital of a state the infrastructure he is pobrísima, when doing kilometers of the center is possible to be seen this in very noticeable form.
Nevertheless there are places of an absolutely indescriptible natural beauty.
Particularitity of people of place is that they are slow, but extremely slow, since the account in a restaurant is requested until they give it, can spend 20 minutes as if nothing.
During almost all the year long ago heat, less in the winter where in addition it is time of rains.
Where to go: Green Ponta
It is the beach where they are the best hotels of Maceió. There are coconut palms and natural swimming pools by reefs form.
To the night it is the place where there is movement, with ten of restaurants and bars.
Praia do Gunga
This beach is very pretty. According to some, one is one of ten prettier beaches of Brazil, although always it is difficult to make that type of rankings with as subjective things as the beauty of a beach.
One is a place filled with coconut palms and with white sand.
There are some bars where it is possible to be eaten and the day that I was in addition to the typical nautical activities like kayak or jet ski, there was a ultralight type hydroplane to be able to land in the water.
In general the reposeras of the beach it has to rent them to be able to use them.
In addition there are boats going and coming, since he is not habitual to arrive in car until the place.
Praia do Francês
One is to 20 km to the south of Maceió.
Of the left side there are reefs and therefore there are no waves because a natural swimming pool forms.
In the opposite end there are strong waves and they are where one is to the surfistas. Even there are championships of surf that become in this beach
In addition to the nauticas activities it is a beach with several bars where to eat.
Marechal Deodoro
Near Praia do Francês is this historical city that was old capital of Alagoas.
Bar of São Miguel
It is a beach with reefs which causes that the waves are smoothed and generating great swimming pool natural. Do Francês is after praia.
It is a place with enough bars in the beach and I recommend the lobsters that offer that they are very fresh.
Perhaps the bad thing is that sometimes there is too much people.
Salt mines of Maragogi
I spent a day in the beach of this resort that is to 125 km of Maceió. I was specially for making Snorkel in the natural swimming pools.
The transfer from the beach becomes in a small catamaran and after minutes and to cross a pair of kilometers from the coast is arrived at the swimming pools.
The experience is absolutely unforgettable. The reef of chorales is preserved enough and it is possible to be seen tens of fish of colors and it is even possible to be fed with the hand.
They can find more information in www.salinas.com.br.
Bar of Santo Antônio
This place is spectacular, really very pretty. One is to 40km to the north of Maceió and is a much but calm beach that the others.
One is a place with little quite rustic but extremely pleasant infrastructure and.
Towards the south is praia of Broken Car, that is of possible naturismo (nonofficial).
The Best: There are places of a indescriptible beauty as for example Bar of Santo Antônio.
Definitively to make snorkel in the reef is the best memory than I have of my trip.
Traveler's nightmare: What less I liked is the lack of infrastructure after making kilometers of Maceió and coverall the lack of hygiene of the city. To be the capital of a state, this point leaves much to be desired.
The people of the place are so, but so slow that sometimes she is irritating.
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