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Alcântara is a town in Maranhão, Brazil. Mostly visited on day trips from São Luís to get an even more colonial feeling.
Get in
[edit]An hour long boat ride from São Luís, two boats in the morning, returning in the afternoon.
Get around
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- Ruins of church and other buildings.
- Museum devoted to rocket launching site located at military base near Alcântara.
- Igreja Matriz de São Matias.
- Pelourinho of Alcântara. The old slave whipping post; it's the oldest extant one in Brazil.
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[edit]Reportedly there is some scattered nightlife here Thursdays through Sundays, then completely dead the next three days.
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