São Miguel dos Milagres Voyage Tips and guide

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São Miguel dos Milagres is a village at the beach of Alagoas. It is known to be the Brazilian Caribbean.

Nearby airports are in Maceió and Recife.

Take a scheduled van from the rodoviaria in the direction of Porto de Pedras. The fare is around R$18 (April 2021). There are departures at 6:20, 7:45, 9:15, 11:05, 13:10, 14:15, 16:45 and 18:10 (April 2021).
From Ipioca they are the same vans. You can start waiting for the van 30 minutes after the scheduled departure in Maceió.

Take a van from the Terminal rodoviario in the direction of Porto Calvo. They depart every 15min. Go until in Japaratinga for R$5 (April 2021). Take a motortaxi for R$13 (April 2021) to the ferry. Uber also offers this route. The ferry was for free in April 2021 when not having a car or motorbike. From Porto de Pedras there are scheduled vans for R$6 (April 2021) and motortaxis to SMdM. The scheduled vans depart at 5:00, 7:00, 9:30, 10:55, 13:00, 14:50, 16:30 and 17:20 (April 2021)

Directly from Recife and Porto de Galinhas it is not so convenient. You could go to Maragogi or Maceió first and continue from there.

9°14′53″S 35°21′44″W

Map of São Miguel dos Milagres

The village itself can be easily explored on foot.

To the beaches in the north and south you can take a mototaxi. You can recognize them from the yellow reflective west. In Porto da Rua are the -9.238536-35.351981 mototaxis in front of the supermarket Preço Bom. If you want them to pick you up from the beach or your accommodation, you need to get the whatsapp numbers from some of the drivers. The price between São Miguel dos Milagres and Porto da Rua is R$5-6 (April 2021).

The scheduled vans are not so frequent.

In Uber were "no cars available" in April 2021.

Just go to the beach.

There is a viewpoint 40 meters above the village. In Google Maps it's called -9.264232-35.3737341 Lookout Southern Cross. In Portuguese the name is Mirante do Cruzeiro. There you can see the whole area.

In Porto da Rua there is a -9.238725-35.3437481 kayak rental in the Anga Hotel. And there is a -9.243977-35.3482972 kayak rental in an associaton next to the pousada Casa Dona Maria. The latter also rents bikes and the equipment for stand up paddleboarding.

A -9.268727-35.3748911 Bradesco bank with one ATM is available.

• -9.266451-35.3732721 Tapioca Da Elisângela, Praça Nossa Senhora Mãe do Povo. (updated Aug 2022)
• -9.266478-35.3676132 Hamburgueria Milagres, R. Pref. Augusto de Barros Falcao. (updated Aug 2022)
• -9.265744-35.3716823 GG Burger, R. Prof. Adalberto Paiva Vercosa, 45. (updated Aug 2022)
• -9.265867-35.3726644 Miracles Pizzaria e Panificação, R. Vigario Belo, 2-76. (updated Aug 2022)
• -9.266501-35.3732785 Tapioca Da Elisângela, Praça Nossa Senhora Mãe do Povo. (updated Aug 2022)

• -9.239502-35.3494416 Pizzaria e Sandubaria Sol Nascente, R. Eurico Marinho, 60. (updated Aug 2022)
• -9.24002-35.3497497 Luar do Sertão, Tv. Zuza Calu. (updated Dec 2021)

• -9.266123-35.3704958 Restaurante O Beco, R. Pref. Augusto de Barros Falcao, 129. (updated Aug 2022)
• -9.266851-35.36629 Restaurante da Ritinha, Avenida de - Centro. (updated Aug 2022)
• -9.266745-35.36677410 Acqua Gastrobar, R. Pref. Augusto de Barros Falcao. (updated Aug 2022)
• -9.266438-35.36740911 Torres Cervejaria & Petiscaria, Rua Pref. Augusto B. Falcão N• 50, Loja 02. (updated Aug 2022)

• -9.250203-35.35974612 Restaurante No Quintal, R. do Campo, s/n - Praia do Toque. (updated Aug 2022)
• -9.23858-35.35173613 PATRÍCIA BISTRÔ / Com Reserva, R. Eurico Marinho, 37. (updated Aug 2022)

• -9.239564-35.3460691 Beach Hostel. Nice styled hostel with a pool, air conditioning and the option for a good breakfast. It's two minutes walking to the beach. The hostel is in Porto da Rua. The scheduled vans pass that village near São Miguel dos Milagres.

All of these places have hostels and private rooms:

• Maragogi. From there to Porto de Galinhas, neighbouring Maracaípe or Recife

• Ipioca
• Maceió