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Canavieiras historic town

                           More then 10 miles fantastic beach with palm trees
                           A romantic colonial city with a historic cacao harbour
                           Nice, clean and safe, an unique town in Brazil
                           Big rivers, chanels, islands, great protected environment
                           Atlantic rain forest, mangroves and farms all around
                           Wonderful moderate tropical climate, always summertime
                           No hurricans, no earthsquakes, no tsunamis, no terrorism,
                           Real good Big Game Fishing: Blue Marlins all year around

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here the skyline of the Canavieiras historic town and cacao harbour

We give you some information about the enchanting South Bahia, former territory of the Pataxo indians and the almost virgen
tropical paradise of Canavieiras.

With its never ending, untouched beaches and coconut palms melting with the horizon. Its huge mangrove landscape,
its pure rivers, rich of all kinds of fish. Navigated by the locals with their hand-made canoas.

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Island Atalaia - closest beach to Canavieiras - a 10 minutes walk from towntown

But we don't want to keep this paradise for ourselves.

This is why we do a little publicity, telling people how cheap you can spend incredible vacations here or even
rent and buy some property.

This place is especially suited for people who want to be
here during the winter (which does not exist here) or for retired to spend a really long or permanent vacation.

There are already some american and european 'pioneers', for example our friendShawn from Australia
( Expert in Big Game Fishing )
also some nice people from America, Switzerland, Neatherlands, Germany (like me), and other countries.

Pleasant newcomers are always welcome!

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left: Atalaia Island and the atlantic ocean, middle: River Rio Patipe, in the background the town of Canavieiras

Canavieiras (Canes)
is a really clean and safe small town with abou 40.000 inhabitants, situated at the south of
Bahia`s Atlantic Cacao Coast coast between two big rivers and virgin mangroves.
A bridge connects Canavieiras with the isle of Atalaia,
about 10 mls. large and with endless sand beaches framed by coconut palms.
The nearest beach is at an easy walking distance at less than 10 minutes from the city center.

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Sitio Historico nightlife

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Atalaia Island, South Cape

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Historic City, Bars, Restaurants

Most of the "pousadas" (simple little hotels) are here, as well as the beach bars and holiday houses of Brazilians
and people from abroad, who like to spend the winter months under the warm, tropical sun.
Canavieiras had its time of glory in the 30ies, when the cocoa and the sugarcane were booming and the big farmers -
the "Coronels" - were incredibly rich.
There was a never ending movement in the harbour, even water airplanes were used here. And the entertainment -
just use your imagination! Now this is history.

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historic townhall in Canavieiras

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catholic church in Canavieiras

Townhall in October 2007 a german RTL - TV team shooting for the VOX TV emigrant soap docu "Goodbye Deutschland"

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When the cocao miracle came to its end, the mansions of the "Coronels" were abandoned and started to deterioriate. Nothing happened for many years.
In 1998, the harbour and its neighbourhood were declared "Sitio Historico" and the restauration of those picturesque mansions began. What is worth a visit are also the Town Hall ( Prefeitura ), Casario do Centro, the churches and the library.
Also some private investors, mostly foreigners and brazilians of the big citys, aquired old houses and halls and recycled them pretty well. Restaurants, boutiques and two little shopping centers were built, bringing back life to Canavieiras.
Canavieiras is like a village, everybody knows each other, no chance for delinquents. At night you can walk around without being bothered, and the administration keeps an eye on order and cleansiness.

Recently the brazilian TV Giant Red Globo filmed a well known "Telenovela" (TV soap opera) in Canavieiras - "The Harbour of Miracles" ("Porto dos Milagros") which made the place kind of 'famous' all over Brazil.

Restaurants in front of the harbour Native Biker on the wide Beach of Atalaia Colonial Houses near the port

Then came Big Game Fishers from the United States. they brought some international touch to Canavieiras. Those guys,
specializing in Big Game Fishing, installed here their only Brazilian base, attracting sport anglers from all over the
world with the kick of catching a Blue Marlin.
Their organization is perfect, the team highly professional, the equipment, security and comfort are state of the art.
About 40 miles off the coast of Canavieiras is the Royal Charlotte Bank, the richest and best fishing ground of all
South America. Here the ocean drops from 130 to 6550 ft. - and this is the place where the Marlins and other
big ones hang out. There we get our fresh Sashimi Tuna and our Dorado.

In march and april 2002, the anglers broke twice the north-east brazilian record that had not been beaten in 12 years:
On march 6, a 957 lbs Blue Marlin was cought. A new record was set in 2003 with 975 lbs.
The captured fish - if not released - are donated to churches for the needy.

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Canavieiras Cacao Harbour Fishing Blue Marlin 42 feet boat, ready for bill fish

The local people are a friendly mixture of indians and europeans. They make a living from fishing, cultivating cocoa, coconuts,
agriculture, cattle breeding and some domestic tourism.
In the interior of Bahia, with its mountains, deep green valleys and rivers, you find enormous plantations, fertile soil and
a fantastic vegetation. Also, big parts of the Atlantic Rain Forest remain.

Nearest airports:
Canavieiras itself, but only during the day and for small planes and helicopters
Commandatuba - UNA ( Hotel Transamerica ), approx. 20 miles

Ilheus, approx. 72 miles
Porto Seguro, approx. 120 miles, by air or water 38 mls

Salvador de Bahia, approx. 360 miles

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almost in front of my door,the piers of the big game fishers and the locals skiffs and schooners, used for trips and excursions

The five star hotel "Transamerica" is considered to be one of the best hotels of South America. It is also situated on an island
between river and sea and has a wonderful 18 hole golf course. The Schuhmacher brothers, the ones from the Formula 1 ,
have been coming here for years. The Hotel Transamerica forms part of "The Leading Hotels of the World".

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