{"id":32390,"date":"2011-08-08T05:39:11","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T11:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=32390"},"modified":"2015-12-23T21:15:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T04:15:21","slug":"avenue-beira-mar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=32390","title":{"rendered":"Avenue Beira Mar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fortaleza is a city with beaches that stretch along it’s length — some dirty, some busy, some peaceful, and others amazing. In the midst of all of these is Avenue Biera Mar — a stretch of beach that isn’t particularly amazing, but has an interesting nightlife and plenty of good restaurants. It’s also home to the evening Beira Mar Market.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure if this is what locals refer to as the Feirinha Beira-Mar<\/em> or the Feira de Artesanato da Avenida Beira-Mar<\/em> (probably both), however, in the evenings at dusk (approx. 5pm) little shops and booths pop up along the beach. Here you will find many Cear\u00e1 crafts: clothing, woodwork, ceramics, food, and drink. <\/p>\n

If you’re game, you can really test out your haggling chops as you negotiate a price for goods without much pressure. <\/p>\n

People here are also very nice and willing to let you practice Portuguese or speak in Spanish. In retrospect, I probably had more friendly conversation in the Beira Mar than I did in all of Fortaleza.<\/p>\n

Down the street from the art market are two of my favourite restaurants: Coco Bambu and Ancora. Coco Bambu is a well known, high end, seemingly consistent seafood restaurant. All cab drivers and locals that I talked to know how to get there.<\/p>\n

Across the street is Ancora, which is a little less pretentious and focuses more on Brazilian delicacies. It was here that I had my first caipirinha com cacha\u00e7a.<\/p>\n