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Centro Dragão do Mar de Arte e Cultura
An excellent modern cultural center, the Centro Dragão do Mar de Arte e Cultura includes museums, cinemas, theatres, galleries, a good café and a planetarium in an extensive complex with elevated walkways joining blocks on different streets. It blends well with the surrounding older buildings, many of which have been restored to house bars, restaurants and artisans' workshops. It's a successful social focus for the city, very popular with locals especially on weekends.
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Memorial da Cultura Cearense
The Memorial da Cultura Cearense is a museum dedicated to the popular culture of Ceará, with permanent displays on the cowboys of the interior and the Padre Cícero cult of Juazeiro do Norte, and temporary exhibits focusing on crafts. Free capoeira lessons are given at Tuesday and Friday under the planetarium.
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Museu de Arte e Cultura Popular
The Museu de Arte e Cultura Popular, upstairs from the Centro de Turismo, is a folk art museum with an impressive collection of Ceará crafts from musical instruments and weaving looms to puppets and wooden sculptures.
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Museu do Ceará
There are some good exhibits on the state's history and anthropology at the Museu do Ceará, including a display on the four fishermen who sailed from Praia de Iracema to Rio in 1941 to bring their life of 'misery and suffering' to the attention of the Federal Government.
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Parque Ecológico do Côco
Parque Ecológico do Côco was set up in 1991 after local ecological groups pressed for protection of the mangrove swamps from encroaching highways and the industrial zone. It's Fortaleza's most popular recreational park, and organizes activities to promote environmental awareness in its visitors. A boat tour along the Río Côco will allow you to fully appreciate the park's wildlife and unique flora.
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Praia do Futuro
Fortaleza's best beach, Praia do Futuro is a clean length of sand that stretches 5km (3.1mi) south along Av Dioguinho to the Clube Caça e Pesca (Hunting and Fishing Club). It is easily the city's best beach, though it's a fair way from most hotels. Barracas (kiosks) serving crab and beer line the beach, which gets packed on weekends. It doesn't start getting really nice until you're at least 1km (0.6mi) away from the industrial port.
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Teatro José de Alencar
Dating from 1910, the Teatro José de Alencar is an impressive building - a pastel-colored hybrid of classical and Art Nouveau architecture, which was constructed with cast-iron sections imported from Scotland. It is now used for cultural events and is worth a visit in the evenings, especially Friday and Saturday nights.
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