Why visit Alcobaça
Townapedia lists 5 museums and landmarks, 6 parks and trails, 12 places to eat, 10 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Casa de Izidro Nascimento, Sobrado da Família Medeiros and Praça Padre José Porfírio.
Weather in Alcobaça
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About Alcobaça
The municipality contains part of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, a 100,768-hectare (249,000-acre) sustainable use conservation unit that protects an area of mangroves, river and sea where shellfish are harvested.
From the Wikipedia article Alcobaça, Bahia (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks5
Parks, trails and playgrounds6
Restaurants and cafes12
Where to stay10
Churches and places of worship3
Igreja Adventista do Sétimo Dia em Alcobaça
Church
536 Rua Elias da Conceição Santos, Alcobaça
Shopping5
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries2
Healthcare4
Centro de Especialidades Odontológicas
Clinic and pharmacy · 2.4 km
Rua Deolisano Rodrigues, Alcobaça
Map of Alcobaça
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Getting there and nearby towns
Caravelas Airport (CRQ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 16 km away.
- Prado 20 km north, about 20 min by car
- Caravelas 22 km south, about 22 min by car
- Nova Viçosa 45 km southwest, about 45 min by car
- Teixeira de Freitas 58 km west, about 58 min by car
- Itamaraju 64 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Mucuri 73 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Posto da Mata 81 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Igrejadealcobaca, andrevruas, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Igreja Matriz de S. Bernardo - Alcobaça-BA - panoramio, Vilamir Azevedo, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Praia de Alcobaça, Prado - BA, Luiz Souza, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Igreja São Bernardo - Alcobaça 06, GLandovsky, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Igreja São Bernardo - Alcobaça 01, GLandovsky, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Igreja São Bernardo - Alcobaça 03, GLandovsky, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Igreja São Bernardo - Alcobaça 02, GLandovsky, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Igreja São Bernardo - Alcobaça 07, GLandovsky, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Igreja São Bernardo - Alcobaça 05, GLandovsky, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Igreja São Bernardo - Alcobaça 04, GLandovsky, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Praça da Matriz - Alcobaça, GLandovsky, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Capela de São José em Alcobaça, Túllio F, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Alcobaça-BA - panoramio, Vilamir Azevedo, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Alcobaça Point - Sea reclaiming seaside home, Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Detail of colonial architecture, Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ISS064-E-44457 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Jubarte dives, Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Farol de Alcobaça, Túllio F, CC BY-SA 4.0
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