Capital of the State of Pernambuco, biggest cultural center of services, health and entertainment of the Brazilian Northeast, as well as the third gastronomical site of the country, Recife is one of the entering gates of Brazil. Gifted by history, Recife is a city of contrasts where the old, Portuguese and Dutch legacy from the colonial Brazil, unite to the modern buildings.
The Brazilian Venice, idealized from its geography: An almost-island city or an almost-archipelago one, raised between the sea and the tropical forest, it is understandable that Recife be noted by these values: water, forest, wooden handcraft, ceramics, rafts, bridges, people and food.