Brazilian Venice: 1636 Oldest Americas Synagogue, Frevo UNESCO Carnival & Dutch Colonial History
📍 Recife, Brazil📅 3-day itinerary
A Dutch-built canal city on 50+ bridges where Sephardic Jewish refugees built the Western Hemisphere's first synagogue in 1636, Frans Post documented tropical Brazil for Dutch Golden Age collectors, and the frevo dancers of Olinda's UNESCO hill city still spin at 200 BPM with tiny umbrellas at the most colourful carnival in South America.
The 1636 Synagogue Where Jewish Refugees From the Inquisition Became the First Jews in the Americas, the Oldest Cast-Iron Market in Brazil & UNESCO Frevo Dance at 200 BPM
Brazil's Most Complete Colonial Baroque Hill City UNESCO Site & Natural Coral Pools Where Jangada Rafts Carry You to Parrotfish and Seahorses
A Real Medieval European Castle Transplanted to Brazil Containing the World's Largest Frans Post Dutch Colonial Brazil Painting Collection & 2,000 Erotic Ceramic Sculptures in a Former Sugarcane Factory