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Orientation
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Joao Pessoa's
centre
is just to the west of the Lagoa. To the east
Avenida Getulio Vargas
leads out of town towards the skyscrapers and beachside
bairros
of Cabo Branco and Tambau. At the city's core is
Praca Joao Pessoa
, which contains the state governor's palace and the local parliament; most of the central hotels are clustered around here. The oldest part of the city is just to the north of Praca Joao Pessoa, where
Rua Duque de Caxias
ends in the Baroque splendour of the
Igreja de Sao Francisco
. The steep Ladeira de Sao Francisco, leading down from here to the lower city and the bus and train stations, offers a marvellous view of the rest of the city spread out on the banks of the
Rio Sanhaua
, framed by trees.
The two sweeping bays of
Cabo Branco
and
Tambau
are separated by the futuristic, luxury
Hotel Tambau
- more commonly known as the
Tropical Tambau Center
- and the nearby Centro Turistico Tambau shopping centre. This area is also where the highest concentration of nightspots can be found. The southern boundary of the city is the lighthouse on Ponta de Seixas, the cape at the far end of Cabo Branco. Locals claim it as the most easterly point of Brazil, a title disputed with the city of Natal to the north - though the Pessoenses have geography on their side. Other useful information
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Brazil,
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