One day in Fortaleza, Brazil
A day through Fortaleza’s best-known sights that lie close together: Palácio da Luz, St. Joseph's Cathedral, Fortaleza, Fortress of Our Lady of the Assumption and Ponte dos Ingleses. 4 stops, about 1.6 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Palácio da LuzPalace · On the map
- St. Joseph's Cathedral, FortalezaCathedral · 0.3 km on from Palácio da Luz · On the map
- Fortress of Our Lady of the AssumptionMonument · 0.2 km on from St. Joseph's Cathedral, Fortaleza · On the map
- Ponte dos InglesesMonument · 1.1 km on from Fortress of Our Lady of the Assumption · On the map
4 stops, 2.3 km on foot along the streets: about 29 min of walking.
More for Fortaleza
- Things to do in Fortaleza, Brazil · 11 places to see, led by St. Joseph's Cathedral, Fortaleza and Beach Park
Photo credits
- Palácio da Luz: Joelkaula, CC BY-SA 4.0
- St. Joseph's Cathedral, Fortaleza: Joelkaula, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fortress of Our Lady of the Assumption: Cordeiro Foto e Vídeo e Estúdio Fotográfico, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ponte dos Ingleses: ME/Portal da Copa/Embratur, CC BY 3.0 br
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.