På gång i Maceió, Brazil under året

Mest folk — Reveillon on Pajucara, Summer holidays i Brazil

• Festival

  Pinto da Madrugada

  7 febKarnevalTrångt

  The pre-carnival bloco that is Maceio's real carnival day: a dawn-to-afternoon parade along the Ponta Verde and Pajucara seafront a week or so before Carnival, drawing crowds in the hundreds of thousands. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Turtle nesting on the city beaches (1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Dry months and calm reef pools (1 sep – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Reveillon on Pajucara (26 dec – 5 jan)

Mest folk — Pinto da Madrugada, Carnival

• Helg

  Carnival

  13–18 febTrångtStängningar

  Maceio's carnival is a modest municipal affair next to Recife's, but the whole north-east travels and the beachfront hotels fill regardless. Many restaurants close for the four days. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pinto da Madrugada (7 feb), Turtle nesting on the city beaches (1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Dry months and calm reef pools (1 sep – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Helg

  Semana Santa long weekend

  3–5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  Good Friday is a national holiday and the Easter weekend is one of the year's busiest for domestic travel: roads and bus stations jam, beach towns and country retreats fill with Brazilian families, and prices rise. Many shops close on Good Friday. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Carnival (13–18 feb), Turtle nesting on the city beaches (1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Semana Santa long weekend

• Säsong

  Rainy season

  1 apr – 15 aug · vanligtvisMonsunRisk

  The rains usually arrive in April and peak through May to July, heaviest in June. Downpours flood low streets and the boat trips to the reef pools are often called off, but hotel rates are at their lowest. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa long weekend (3–5 apr)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Rainy season (1 apr – 15 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Sao Joao Massayo, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Sao Joao Massayo

  22–29 junStor festivalTrångt

  Alagoas keeps the June festivals seriously and the capital runs a week of forro on the seafront around the 24th, in the wettest month of its year. Bring something for the rain. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Rainy season (1 apr – 15 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — July winter break i Brazil, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Rainy season (1 apr – 15 aug (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres

  17–27 augReligiös högtidStängningar

  Ten days of masses for the city's patron saint, ending on 27 August, a municipal holiday, with a procession from the cathedral through the old centre towards Jaragua. Offices and some shops close for the day. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Rainy season (1 apr – 15 aug (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Natur

  Turtle nesting on the city beaches

  1 sep – 31 mar · vanligtvis

  Sea turtles nest along the Alagoas coast from September, with most of the state's nests on Maceio's own sand and the peak around January. Nests are fenced off where they are found.

• Säsong

  Dry months and calm reef pools

  1 sep – 28 feb · vanligtvisTorrsäsong

  The rain thins out from September and the wind drops, which is when the boats out to the natural pools at Pajucara and Gales are worth the trip. Low tide decides the day, not the forecast.

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Turtle nesting on the city beaches (1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Dry months and calm reef pools (1 sep – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Turtle nesting on the city beaches (1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Dry months and calm reef pools (1 sep – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Reveillon on Pajucara, Summer holidays i Brazil

• Helg

  Reveillon on Pajucara

  26 dec – 5 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  The city puts fireworks on four beaches and everyone stands in the water in white; hotel rates on Ponta Verde and Jatiuca are the year's highest and require a minimum stay. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Turtle nesting on the city beaches (1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Dry months and calm reef pools (1 sep – 28 feb (vanligtvis))