Juazeiro do Norte
Juazeiro do Norte is a city in the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil.
Juazeiro do Norte is a city in the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil. It is located 491 km south of the state capital Fortaleza in the semiarid sertão. The municipality has a population of 305.531 and covers 248 km2.
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Worth seeing in and around Juazeiro do Norte
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Federal University of Cariri
The Federal University of Cariri is a Brazilian federal public higher education institution, created in 2013 and based in the city of Juazeiro do Norte, in the state of Ceará. It has campus in the cities of Crato, Barbalha, Brejo Santo and Icó.
3.7 km · Brazilian federal university · Wikipedia - 02Statue of Father Cícero
The Statue of Priest Cícero on the Colina do Horto is a monument built in homage to Priest Cícero, located in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil. The total height of the statue plus the pedestal is 27m.
5.3 km · statue in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Most of the sights revolve around the religious character Padre Cicero: On Horto, a hill some 7 km nortwest of the centre, stands the statue of Padre Cicero, together with other dedications. Take bus Horto from Praça Padre Cicero, every hour on the hour. Memorial Padre Cicero. 08:00-17:00. Mostly pictures explaining life and work. Free.
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Things to do
The last few days of October has 500 000 people coming to town, in a religious festival known as the Romaria.
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Where to eat
Lanchonete Vitória, Avenida Padre Cicero 438 (Half a block from the square). Late afternoon and evening. Burgers R$ 2-5, juices R$ 2-3.
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Getting to Juazeiro do Norte
- Stations
- Juazeiro do Norte Airport, 4.8 km
- Fortaleza → Juazeiro do Norte398 km · quickest by road, 9h 31m · R$135–180
- Maceió → Juazeiro do Norte479 km · quickest by road, 10h 40m · R$160–215
- Natal → Juazeiro do Norte480 km · quickest by road, 10h 20m · R$165–220
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No local-transport research exists yet for Juazeiro do Norte
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 Juazeiro do Norte. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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