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Bicho Preguiça Recovery Center (Ilhéus-Ba) Photo: Ceplac - Disclosure |
Ecotourism in Ilheus
Engenho SantanaWhen navigating the Engenho River, in a typical chalet (flat-bottomed vessel), you can see Av. Dois de Julho, an old port and commercial area, which now houses bars, restaurants, the old port and the hydroport, besides to pass over the Lomanto Júnior bridge - which connects Ilhéus to the Pontal neighborhood. This path shows the historical beauty of the region up close, such as the Sapetinga cove and the Fundão channel - built by the Jesuits to facilitate access by the canoes that brought the cocoa from the Almada River Basin (former Taipe River) to the port. Mangroves are part of the route to the village of Engenho de Santana, which belonged to the Countess of Linhares, daughter of Mem de Sá. The tourist, there, knows the Chapel of Santana, in the village of the river of Engenho, probably built in 1548, by the Jesuits, in neoclassical style - considered one of the oldest rural chapels in Brazil. The village is a great place to relive the past and be in contact with the region's exuberant nature ....
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