Bairro do Recife (Recife's Quarter )
It's the place where the city originated, near the harbor, Recife's center. It has centenarian buildings which after being recovered, have been utilized as bars and restaurants that put their tables on the sidewalk, theaters and stores. In some streets vehicles are not allowed. The access by car on some streets is prohibited. The quarter is one of main meeting points of the recifense night. On the city blocks which form the Recife Antigo (Ancient Recife), as it is also known, there are some important buildings such as Torre de Matakoff (Matakoff Tower), in the XIX century which was an astronomic observatory and the first synagogue of the Americas, that was risen up in the XVII century and which keeps some original walls and houses a small museum. The Forte do Brum (Brum Fort), in 1630, was built by Portugueses and Dutches and of which you can visit the Museu Militar (Military Museum).

Churches
Capela Dourada, one of the most beautiful of the country, was constructed between the XVIII and XIX centuries and has a rich altar in covered with gold cut and wonderful roof pictures. It's linked to a suite of buildings lifted up by a Franciscan, and also has the Convento (Convent) which shows off glazed tile panels with religious aspects, and the Museu Franciscano de Arte Sacra (Sacred Art Franciscan Museum), with a wonderful images and religious objects heap. It also should be detached Matriz de Santo Antônio (Santo Antônio Matrix), the Basílica de N.S. do Carmo (N.S. do Carmo Basilica) and the N.S. do Rosário dos Pretos, all of that from the XVIII century, among many other Recife's churches, that exhibits baroque style architecture and decoration.

Museums
The Museu do Homem do Nordeste (Northeastern Man Museum) rooms exposes a big heap with pieces which shows the pernambucana culture from the three main themes: sugar plantation circle, northeast lifestyle and religious and folkloric manifestations. The Oficina de Cerâmica Francisco Brennand (Francisco Brennand Ceramic Shop) exhibits expositions of one of the most important names of the Pernambuco contemporary sculpture. The Ricardo Brennand Institute, settled on a building of medieval style, has a heap which includes pieces of the Dutches command period in Recife, besides of white weapons and armors. You can also can visit the house where the sociologist Gilberto Freyre lived, which is now the base of Foundation with his name. The Forte das Cinco Pontas (Five Edges Fort), which really has only four edges, keeps the Museu da Cidade (City's Museum).

Regional cookery
There are many options of specialized restaurants. Almost all are simple and offer an authentic food from the local people on Pernambuco. The fishes, the stewed shrimps and thin shell crab are some of the preferred dishes. But there's other specialties from the interior of the state, which are preferred on the coastline too. Among the delicacies, are the haggis (goat or lamb's little pieces strongly flavored and stewed by a long time inside a "bag" made with the animal entrails), mão-de-vaca (stewed ox's claw without the cask) and salted meat (sun dehydrated meat, which is after baked or fried).

Craftsmanship
The XIX century building, which has a cross format and where was a prison, was changed into Casa da Cultura (Culture's House) and each cell houses a crafts store of the region. There's a diversity of stone, tissue, ceramic pieces and other materials.