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    • Sonia Gelman2023 Adventure ATW
      Day 48

      Santos, Brazil

      March 2, 2023 in Brazil ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

      Santos is a municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, founded in 1546 by the Portuguese nobleman Brás Cubas. It is located mostly on the island of São Vicente, which harbors both the city of Santos and the city of São Vicente, and partially on the mainland. The population is around 400 thousands .The city is home to the Coffee Museum, where world coffee prices were once negotiated. There is also a football memorial, dedicated to the city's greatest players, which includes Pelé, who spent the majority of his career with Santos Futebol Clube. Its beachfront garden, over 5km in length, figures in Guinness World Records as the largest beachfront garden in the world.

      We have been in Santos before. Five years ago and hired a driver that took us around, so this time I contacted him again to do a similar tour today.

      The driver (Cesar) came right on time. Our first stop was Monte Serrat. Upon arrival we took a funicular to the top. Another option is to walk 400 steps.
      There is a nice view of the city from the top. There is also an old casino building. The casino was open from 1927 to 1946. As of now it is a party house.
      There is also a church that was build in XIV century.
      Our second stop was beachfront right across beautiful Basilica.
      It was a nice break. Inside was nice and cool.
      We took a stroll along the beachfront garden and spent sometime at a beach cafe drinking cold water.
      Most of high rise buildings along the beach are leaning due to the soft grounds.

      Now it was time for lunch. Cesar took us to what he described one of the best restaurants in Santos. It is a Brazilian barbecue. The food was very good. I think we all had enough meat for few weeks.
      Then we drove to Pele museum, but only went to a gift shop to buy a jersey for our grandson. Hope he likes it.
      The heat and humidity got the best of us and we were ready to go back on the ship.
      The traffic was extremely heavy. Glad to be back on the ship and take a shower.
      No dinner this evening. Too full to eat.      Read more

    • Richard n Sheila Travels2018/19 South America Cruise
      Day 9

      Our Lovely Ship, Marina

      December 18, 2018 in Brazil ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

      What a vessel, so nicely presented and looked after. As a floating hotel she is fantastic...no less than 6 actual restaurants from the deck cafe/grille to the intimate La Reserve where a full 8 course degustation meal is served over 2+ hrs with a paired wine for each course. Plus too many bars to count, a barista coffee bar, a smoothie/juice bar, oh it just goes on and on. There a library several sport activities, a full service spa, gym, pool...
      Most impressive is the grand staircase, decorated for Christmas where we watched the tree lighting ceremony. We are on level 7 of 15 with a nice deck, sun loungers and patio set.      Read more

    • Rund um Südamerika 2017
      Day 50

      Santos, Brasilien

      March 3, 2017 in Brazil ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      Santos ist die bedeutendste Hafenstadt Brasiliens mit dem größten Seehafen Südamerikas, dessen Hafengelände sich über 30 km erstreckt. Santos wurde im 16.Jahrhundert von dem Portugiesen Brás Cubas gegründet und hat heute ca. 150000 Einwohner. Wir sehen nicht viel von der Stadt, heute ist alles in tristem Grau, es nieselt bei 27 Grad. Erst bei der Ausfahrt aus dem Hafen mit wunderbarem Sonnenuntergang bekommen wir noch schöne Eindrücke von dieser Stadt.Read more

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    • Argentina and Italy 2023/2024
      Day 95

      Cruise to Venice, Day 5

      March 10 in Brazil ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

      On Tuesday, we left Buenos Aries, our home for most of the last three months, aboard MSC Cruise Lines' Lirica. The Lirica can accommodate 1560 passengers and half as many crew, and her maiden voyage was in 2003.

      Don't get me wrong, I consider myself privileged to be able to embark on an adventure like this with Brenda, one that will sail us across the Atlantic over twenty-five days. However, there is a BUT: so far, the ports of call have been very uninspiring, and the onboard activities have been, shall we say, lacking.

      Our first two stops, in Paranagua and Itajai, Brazil, had us wondering why they even bothered. The towns were uninteresting with literally nothing of historical, natural, or architectural value to see. Our third stop, in Santos, on Sunday, dropped us off three kms from downtown. We walked into Centro through some pretty sketchy neighborhoods in 34-degree temperatures, only to find everything, except a small tavern on the town square, shut down.

      After enjoying a couple of the local brews, we Ubered back to the ship.

      This cruise has been a bit of a whistle stop ride so far. There were already passengers on board when we embarked, and every port saw some passengers getting off and new passengers embarking. We suspect this will stop when we leave our next port, Rio de Janeiro,

      The entertainment, thus far, has been geared to the Brazilian passengers who make up the majority of the people on board. Once we leave Rio, we're hoping this will change and there will be a few more things of interest to us.

      All that negativity aside, the food has been very good, and there are actually more vegan and vegetarian options on this vessel than on the Celebrity cruise we recently took.

      The staff has been fantastic, and our cabin is more than adequate, although we do kinda miss the balcony we had on Celebrity.

      Twenty days to go, three more stops in Brazil, and we're hopeful things will only improve from here.      Read more

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