Cananeia, Brazil Tourism

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and at 210km/130mi turn into the road to Pariquera-Aáu, which comes in 56km/35mi to Cananéia. There are regular ferries and boat services between Cananéia, the mainland and neighboring islands.

Bus station

Rua Silvino de Araújo 130

History

Cananéia dates back to the earliest wave of Portuguese settlement in Brazil. The expedition led by Martim Afonso de Sousa which founded São Vicente, the first official Portuguese settlement, in 1532 had landed in 1531 on the island of Cananéia and found a village of half-castes which was said to have been occupied by Portuguese outlaws and deserters from as early as 1502. Most of the buildings in the town are now protected as national monuments, though unfortunately many of them are no more than ruins. The native population lives mainly from fishing (bass, sardines, prawns) and oyster culture.