Olinda Travel Guide

The Museum of Modern Art in Olinda, in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, holds modern and contemporary art. Olinda's old town is known for its colonial architecture and brightly colored houses and is listed as a World Heritage site; the museum sits close to this historic quarter. Its collection covers painting, sculpture and printmaking, with an emphasis on Brazilian artists, and it hosts temporary exhibitions from time to time. Nearby, the old town's churches, monasteries and sloping lanes can be explored on foot.

The Historic Centre of Olinda sits in a hillside colonial town in Pernambuco, Brazil, a UNESCO World Heritage site famed for its well-preserved baroque churches, colonial mansions and winding stone lanes. From the heights you overlook Recife and the Atlantic, where the golden São Bento monastery meets brightly painted homes. A cultural bastion of northeast Brazil, its Carnival is famed for street blocos and traditional drumming, and artists' studios and craft shops fill the old town. From the old town's bell tower you overlook the sea and Recife's skyline, among the northeast's finest urban panoramas.