Alcântara

Alcântara is a town in Maranhão, Brazil. Mostly visited on day trips from São Luís to get an even more colonial feeling.

Get in
An hour long boat ride from São Luís, two boats in the morning, returning in the afternoon.

See



 * Ruins of church and other buildings.
 * Museum devoted to rocket launching site located at military base near Alcântara.

Drink
Reportedly there is some scattered nightlife here Thursdays through Sundays, then completely dead the next three days.