Alcântara
Good to know
- Best time to go
- July to December
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A colonial town across the bay from São Luís, filled with the ruins of grand 18th-century mansions built on cotton and sugar wealth. Its ochre churches and pillory recall a prosperity that faded when the plantations declined.
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