# Gravatá

Gravatá is a city in Pernambuco Interior, Brazil.

## Get in

Gravatá is in the Agreste Region of Pernambuco. Fly to Recife's Guararapes International Airport. The city is only 86 kilometers west of Recife on interstate highway BR-232. The same BR-232 leads to Caruaru (an addition 54-km drive).

## See

* Alto do Cruzeiro lookout point, with a statue of Christ the Redeemer. Access through the Escadaria da Felicidade (Stairs of Happiness).
* Artisan Station (Estação do Artesão), handicraft and arts center located in the old train station.
* Recife-Gravatá Railway.
* City Memorial (Memorial da Cidade), cultural center and museum located in the old prison building (1911).
* Beautiful historical buildings include:
** Prefeitura (City Hall) (1909)
** Matriz de Sant'Anna Church (1810)
** Cruzeiro Chapel
** Guimarães House, at Rua Rui Barbosa, 126
** Antonio Farias House, at Rua João Pessoa, 12
** Cabral House, at Avenida Governador Agamenon Magalhães, 14
** Chalets in Avenida Joaquim Didier (Chalet Vallois, Chalet Farias, Chalet Amadeu Battar)
** Caranguejo Sugar Plantation, in the district of Uruçu-Mirim (16 km from city center)
* Pernambuco Orchids Center (Centro de Orquídeas de Pernambuco), located at Recanto Baraúna
* Mountains and hills: Serra das Ruças, Serra das Cãibras, Serra da Estrela, Serra do Maroto
* Balneário de Dona Nadir, natural pools
* Cachoeira da Palmeira waterfalls
* Tao wateralls
* Flower, strawberry and pineapple farms

## Do
### Festivities

* Frei Damião Festivities, every May. Walk from the Matriz Nossa Senhora de Santa'Ana Church to the Riacho do Mel Chapel, where Frei Damião celebrate his first mass in Brazil.
* São João Festivities, in late June.

### Trekking

Several exciting trails are available:
* Estrada de Chã-Grande Trail
* Flores Trail (at Fazenda Pedra do Tao, in Camocim district)
* Fonte de Água Mineral Trail (at Fazenda Pedra do Tao, in Camocim district)
* Karawatá Trail (at Serra do Maroto)
* Palmeira Trail (at Sitio da Palmeira)
* Pedra do Tao Trail (at Fazenda Pedra do Tao, Camocim district)
* Três Vendas Trail (at Sítio Três Vendas)
* Trilhos Trail (at Fazenda Canaã)
* Mocó Stone Park (Parque de Pedras do Mocó)
Train Tunnels: 14 train tunnels are located in the Serra das Ruças mountains. Russinhas village is a pineapple-producing community.

### Adventure Sports

* Cascavel Train Bridge (19th century), built by the British. Extreme sports. Rappel.
* Pedra Branca (75 meters). Alpinism, rappel, free flight.
* Pedra Dourada
* Pedra do Tao. Rappel, climbing, orchids.

## Buy

* Furniture.
* Handicrafts.
* Fresh flowers, strawberries and pineapple.
* Desserts: Doce de Leite and Garra Sertaneja.

## Eat

* Local traditional dishes include buchada, sarapatel and galinha cabidela.
* Gravatá is also famous for its fondue restaurants.
* Desserts: Doce de Leite and Garra Sertaneja.

## Sleep

* Casa Grande Gravatá , BR-232, Km 82, tel.: +55 81 3533-0920 and +55 81 3465-3011
* Fazenda Céu Aberto $^{[deadlink]}$, Estrada Velha de Chã Grande, km 3, tel.: +55 81 9126-9600
* Highlander [http://www.hotelhighlander.com.br%5Bdead+link%5D]], Estrada de Chã Grande, tel.: +55 81 3515-1517 and +55 81 3424-3838
* Portal de Gravatá , BR-232, km 82, tel.: +55 81 3533-0288 and +55 81 3227-0345
* Spa Oásis , Fazenda Sampaio, R. Duarte Coelho, tel.: +55 81 3533-0380 and +55 81 9972-0990
* Sempre Verde/Evergreen Experiences & Horse Trekking $^{[deadlink]}$, ecotourism, birdwatching, 12 km from central Gravatá, 800 metres above sea level, tel.: +55 81 3533-7524 / +55 81 9958-3861.