Juazeiro do Norte
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.
Getting to Juazeiro do Norte
The bus station is 3 km from the centre. Guanabara has most departures. Taxi to the centre is R$ 10. To Fortaleza, 6 hours To Crateús by TransCeará/Pernambucana, 3 daily, 7-8 hours, R$ 35. To João Pessoa(11 hours), via Sousa (3 hours), Patos and Campina Grande(9 hours) by Guanabara Daily flights to Fortaleza, Petrolina, Recife, Brasília and São Paulo by Gol.
Worth seeing
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.
Things to do
The last few days of October has 500 000 people coming to town, in a religious festival known as the Romaria.
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.
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Aristides Tavares de Figueiredo (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.