Praia de Iracema
Praia de Iracema is a beach and a neighborhood located in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza in the state of Ceará.
Praia de Iracema is a beach and a neighborhood located in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza in the state of Ceará. Its name comes from the character Iracema that gives name to a famous novel by the cearense writer José de Alencar.
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Worth seeing in and around Praia de Iracema
6 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.
- 01Estádio Presidente Vargas
The Estádio Presidente Vargas, nicknamed PV, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for association football matches and also sometimes for American football matches.
3.9 km · football stadium located in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil · Wikipedia - 02Universidade Federal do Ceará
The Federal University of Ceará is a federal university with campuses in the cities of Fortaleza, Sobral, Russas, Quixadá, Crateús and Itapajé, in the state of Ceará, Brazil. UFC is a public and tuition-free university, with several academic programs in most areas of knowledge.
3.9 km · federal university with campuses in the cities of Fortaleza, Sobral, Barbalha, Russas, Quixadá and Crateús, in the state of Ceará, Brazil · Wikipedia - 03St. Joseph's Cathedral, Fortaleza
The St. Joseph's Cathedral also called Metropolitan Cathedral of St.
1.3 km · church in Fortaleza, Brazil · Wikipedia - 04Teatro José de Alencar
The Theatro José de Alencar is a Brazilian theater located in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará.
2.1 km · theatre in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil · Wikipedia - 05Fortress of Our Lady of the Assumption
Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção is a fort located in Fortaleza, Ceará in Brazil.
1.2 km · fort in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil · Wikipedia - 06Ginásio Paulo Sarasate
Ginásio Paulo Sarasate is an indoor sporting arena located in Fortaleza, Brazil. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 spectators and opened in 1971.
2.2 km · Arena in Brazil · Wikipedia
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Getting to Praia de Iracema
- Airports
- Pinto Martins (FOR), 7 km
- Natal → Praia de Iracema432 km · quickest by air, 4h 36m · R$340–530
- João Pessoa → Praia de Iracema553 km · quickest by air, 4h 17m · R$350–550
- Recife → Praia de Iracema627 km · quickest by air, 4h 23m · R$370–570
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Praia de Iracema
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Praia de Iracema. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe city is best covered by bus and cab, but a car can make many day trips to outlying beaches.
- Go nextAny tour agency, and a number of pushers along Beira Mar, can offer you daytrips, and longer packages, to outlying beaches.
- Go nextCan be done as a day trip (R$ 40, many agencies), but is worth a longer stay, particularly for its weekend nightlife.
- Go nextTour agencies in Fortaleza arrange day trips at about R$ 25.
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Next door to Praia de Iracema
Praia de Iracema is 3 km from Fortaleza, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Fortalezamunicipality of Ceará state, Brazil1.7 km