Caruaru
Caruaru is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco, located in the Northeast region of the country.
Caruaru is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco, located in the Northeast region of the country. It is part of the Caruaru Intermediate Geographic Region. According to the 2025 census, its population is 405,408 inhabitants, making it the second most populous municipality in the interior of Pernambuco and the fourth most populous in the Northeast countryside, surpassed only by Feira de Santana, Campina Grande, and Petrolina. The municipality is situated to the west of the state capital, Recife, approximately 130 kilometres (81 mi) away. It covers an area of 923.150 square kilometres (356.430 sq mi), of which 59.51 square kilometres (22.98 sq mi) is urban.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Alto do Moura, recognized by UNESCO as the largest center for figurative arts in the Americas. Home to famous ceramist Mestre Vitalino and other artists Casa-Museu Mestre Vitalino (Mestre Vitalino's House), open Monday through Saturday, 08:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00; Sunday, 08:00-12:00.
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Things to do
June Festivals (primarily St. John's) St. Gonçalvo - First Saturday in June St. Anthony - June
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Where to eat
Local gastronomy includes several goat and bovine meat dishes, such as "buchada", "carne de sol", "chambarril" and "sarapatel". Green beans and melted butter are also typical. Restaurants (typical Northeastern food): Bode Assado do Luciano, R. Mestre Vitalino, 511, Alto do Moura La Carne, Av. Cícero José Dutra, s/n, Petrópolis Mestre Vitalino, Rua Leão Dourado, 13, São Francisco Mandacaru, R.
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Getting to Caruaru
- Airports
- Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre (REC), 117 km · Zumbi dos Palmares (MCZ), 138 km · Presidente Castro Pinto (JPA), 169 km
- Stations
- Caruaru Airport, 3.9 km
- Recife → Caruaru123 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · R$36–48
- Maceió → Caruaru156 km · quickest by road, 3h 55m · R$55–75
- João Pessoa → Caruaru179 km · quickest by road, 4h 6m · R$65–90
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No local-transport research exists yet for Caruaru
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Caruaru. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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