Triunfo is a green oasis in the otherwise arid Sertao region in Northeastern Brazil. Situated between mountains and at a lakefront, the city has a cool climate. The maximum temperature is 28ºC in the summer and 5ºC on winter evenings.
Get in
[edit]Triunfo is 449 km away from Recife.
By air
[edit]Fly to Recife Gilberto Freyre - Guararapes International Airport. A closer, but much smaller airport, can be found in Caruaru.
By car
[edit]From Recife, take interstate highway BR-232 until the city of Serra Talhada. Then take state highway PE-365 all the way to Triunfo.
By bus
[edit]From Recife's Bus Terminal (TIP), Auto-Viação Progresso [1] [dead link] operates the line Recife-Triunfo (tel.: +55 81 3452-3079).
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Cine-Teatro Guarany. (1919), beautiful theater from the early 1900s. Set by the lake. It is the town's unofficial trademark.
- Açude Público (1850), man-made lake at the city-front.
- Nossa Senhora das Dores Church.
- Historic homes (city center) and sugar plantations (rural areas).
- Museu do Cangaço (1975), museum dedicated to the history of "Cangaço" and its leader Lampião. At Av. José Veríssimo dos Santos, 365. Tel.: (87) 3846.1124
- Pico do Papagaio, the highest point in the state of Pernambuco (1,260 meters above sea level).
- Lookout points - Belvedere and Cruzeiro do Alto da Boa Vista.
- Several waterfalls - Cachoeira do Grito, Cachoeira do Brocotó, Cachoeira de Canaã and Cachoeira do Pinga.
- Furna dos Holandeses rock.
- Panela crater.
Do
[edit]- Festa do Estudante (Student Festival), the city's main annual festivity.
- Carnaval de Caretas, traditional carnaval celebrations
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]Local specialties include Bode (goat meat), Carne de Sol, Galinha de Cabidela, Alfenim de Rapadura, Angu Salgado and Licor de Rosas.
Triunfo is also famous for Rapadura, a traditional sugar candy.
Restaurants
- Restaurante Baixa Verde, Av. Manoel Paiva dos Santos, 114, Centro, Fone: +55 81 3846-1103
- Restaurante Bela Vista, Av. Manoel Paiva dos Santos, 56, Centro, Fone: +55 81 3846-1300
- Restaurante Hotel Fazenda Calugi, Sítio Calugi, estrada de Santa Tereza, Fone: +55 81 3846-1183
- Churrascarria do Gaúcho, Av. José Veríssimo dos Santos, Centro, Fone: +55 81 3846-1339
- Restaurante E Bar Rei do Caldo, Av. Jorn. Sigismundo Pinto, 334, Centro, Fone: +55 81 3846-1510
- Café do Brejo - Inn and restaurant, Rodovia PE 365, Triunfo, Fone: +55 81 3846-1623 / +55 81 3846-1621
Drink
[edit]- Beto's Bar, Av. Jornalista Sigismundo pinto, 340, Guanabara, Fone: +55 81 3846-1413
- Restaurante e Bar Rei do Caldo, Av. Jorn. Sigismundo Pinto, 334, Centro, Fone: +55 81 3846-1510
Sleep
[edit]- Café do Brejo - Inn and restaurant, Rodovia PE 365, Triunfo, Fone: +55 81 3846-1623 / +55 81 3846-1621
- Hotel Fazenda Calugi, Sítio Calugi, estrada de Santa Tereza, Fone: +55 81 3846-1183
- Pousada Santa Elizabeth, Av. Frei Fernando, 175, Centro, Fone: +55 81 3846-1236
- Alpes de Triunfo, R. Galdino Diniz, 250, Calugi, Fone: +55 81 3846-1371
- Pousada Baixa Verde, Av. Manoel Paiva dos Santos, 114, Centro, Fone: +55 81 3846-1103
- Pousada Bela Vista, Av. Manoel Paiva dos Santos, 56, Centro, Fone: +55 81 3846-1300
- Pousada Recanto, Av. Manoel Paiva dos Santos, 6, Centro, Fone: +55 81 3846-1140
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