Recife, Brazil

We’ve been to Recife and its sister city Olinda before so didn’t feel the need for an excursion. Our friends had recommended we go to a clay/pottery garden/gallery about 40 minutes by Uber away so that was going to be the centrepiece of our day.

We took the shuttle from the port to the city centre. It dropped us off at a mall that was a prison which we went to before. Took a look around there and then ordered an Uber to take us to Oficina Cerâmica Francisco Brennand. Brennand turned his family’s dilapidated ceramics and tile factory into a wonderland of ceramic sculptures. It was incredible. (You can read more about this interesting man here:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/francisco-b… )

We had lunch in the cafe there and then Ubered it back for a stroll along the waterfront.Read more