Nísia Floresta city and its neighborhood possess real treasures: exuberant vegetation, numerous lakes, pleasant population and delicious food.
When you approach Nísia Floresta you are already delighted by the magnificent landscape, a mix of vegetation, coconut palms on blue bottom of lakes used for the production of shrimp.
Villages crossed before Nísia are charming with their smiling population and their colored houses.
The real attraction of the city is a majestic Baobab, with its origin on África, has a perimeter of 15 meters, planted in 1877 and classified national historic heritage in 1965.
The city possesses a beautiful train station of neo-classic style, reconverted in restaurant : 'Estação Ferroviaria of papary'. It was built by the british in 1881 and was classified National Historic heritage in 1984. (See restaurants).
Another curiosit is the meeting point of the locals, the church 'Igreja Matriz' guard of the city colonial history.
The name of the city comes from its illustrious daughter, the writer and poetess Nísia Floresta, who dedicated her life and work to defend the women’s rights. Born on 1810 at Papari, the ancient name of the village, she asserted herself by her exceptional behavior and brought innovative ideas not very well accepted on that time. She lived in Rio de Janeiro, Paris and died in Rouen in France.
Her mausoleum is on the district of 'Floresta', place where she spent her childhood.
Municipality : Nisia Floresta Distance from Natal : km
How to come : Rota do sol (RN 063), inTabatinga take the direction of Nísia Floresta.
The lake of Carcará, one of the biggest of the region, is located between the Tabatinga beach and the Nisia Floresta city. Unknown some years ago, it is very frequented the weekend by the local population and by numerous tourists discovering this young paradises brought by the local guides.
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