City Tour

Departure: Everyday

Duration: 2 hours

In the “City tour”, the tourist is invited to accomplish a historical and touristic recognition of the city of Fortaleza. The Portuguese people were the first non-native settlers of Ceará, that in dispute with dutchmen around the Fort of Schooneborch, originated the small village that would officialy become the city of Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, on April 13th. , 1726. In the City Tour, we visit the ancient and the young Fortaleza, today the fifth Brazilian capital with aprox. 2.200.000 inhab, rescuing and providing contact with the diversity and the beauty of the capital, that keeps its historical buildings, such as: the Metropolitan Cathedral, Central Market, the President Castelo Branco Mausoleum, the Martyrs Square, the Center of Tourism, the Statue of Iracema, the Beach of Meireles with its famous crafts fair, the beach that shelters the Rafts Harbour of Mucuripe and the famous beach “Praia do Futuro”. Other extraordinary monuments can be visited such as: the Museum of Ceará and José de Alencar Theater.