Two words define the capital of Ceará State: sun and party. Sun is absolute on 25 kilometers of beaches. Party is the permanent state of spirit of the people and the city. Forró, typical musical style on the region of northeast, is on the people’s blood, on the beaches, on the bars, on the restaurants, on the hotels, in the dance clubs... on the streets of Fortaleza.
             If people’s happiness and hospitality and the cultural animation are characteristics that make people love Fortaleza at the first sight, other elements also contribute to include the city on the required route of the visitor on Brazil’s northeast. Modern capital, it has become one of the preferred beach of Brazilian and Latin-American visitors due to the combination of a privileged nature with an excellent infrastructure, sophisticated tourist equipments, good reception and services.
            Place of lobsters, Fortaleza has luxury hotels, resorts, excellent restaurants and bars, diversified commerce and an intense nightlife ensuring the best time to the visitors. Because of all these factors, each day more and more tourists are walking by the sidewalks on Meireles beach with shorts, slippers and colorful shirts, appreciating the poetic movement of the raftings (typical fishermen ships).

INFRASTRUCTURE

            Fortaleza has excellent hotels and resorts with international patterns, as well as apart-hotels and inns to all preferences and budgets. With excellent auditoriums and exposition rooms, it’s one of the preferred places for conventions and events carrying out. Several tourism agencies take the visitors to strolls on the city and on the State. There are car rental agencies and branches from the main banks.

HOW TO GET THERE

            Fortaleza is on the Northeastern region, 2060 km far from Brasilia, 3100 km far from São Paulo and 2800 km far from Rio de Janeiro. It has a modern airport that receives regular flights from all Brazilian capitals and a lot of charter flights, especially from Europe and from North America. There are buses from the main States’ capitals departing to the city.