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Olinda

Olinda
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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Olinda

9 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.

  1. 01
    Estádio do Arruda

    Football stadium

    4.4 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Estádio dos Aflitos

    Football stadium in Recife, Brazil

    5.8 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Basilica and Monastery of St. Benedict, Olinda

    Church in Olinda

    1.3 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Monument Tortura Nunca Mais

    Monument in Padre Henrique plaza in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    5.8 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Forte de São João Batista do Brum

    Brazilian fort

    5.2 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Mirabilandia

    Amusement park in Olinda, Brazil

    3.4 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    University of Pernambuco

    Public state university located in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    5.2 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Cemitério dos Ingleses

    Cemetery in Recife, Brazil

    4.9 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Limoeiro Bridge

    Bridge located in the city of Recife

    5 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Olinda

Airports
Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre (REC), 15 km · Presidente Castro Pinto (JPA), 96 km · Zumbi dos Palmares (MCZ), 196 km
Stations
Recife port, 5.2 km
  • João Pessoa → Olinda
    99 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · R$30–41
    GuideToday
  • Maceió → Olinda
    208 km · quickest by road, 4h 44m · R$70–95
    GuideToday
  • Natal → Olinda
    249 km · quickest by road, 4h 56m · R$75–100
    GuideToday
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Olinda

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 Olinda. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFrom there you can take an intercity bus or shared ride with Blablacar to Recife.
  • Get inHourly from João Pessoa From Maceió from R$80 (April 2021) Especially from Maceió and Natal you can get a better price from the frequent shared rides.

From Wikivoyage: Recife, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Morro de São Paulo and Ilha de TinharéBR

    9 ways of moving, 31 sources

    744 km
  2. 02
    Ilha GrandeBR

    10 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,955 km
  3. 03
    ParamariboSR

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    2,733 km
  4. 04
    Santo AntãoCV

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,985 km
  5. 05
    GeorgetownGY

    12 ways of moving, 39 sources

    3,064 km

If you know how people move in Olinda – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Olinda

Olinda is 6 km from Recife, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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