Hotel - Pousada Oceania
Restaurant la Provence
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Practical information’s to be known before leaving PDF Print E-mail
Formalities:     Passport available 6 months after the date of return, as well as a return ticket.
Visa:    For three months, French, Belgian and Swiss do not need.
Canadians, will have to get some before their departure.
But it’s better to check with your embassy before departure

Health:         No vaccine required:
     Lotion or cream against mosquitoes and protection solar cream.
                     Your medicines if you take usually a treatment
There are 2 drugstores in the town.

Climate:     Tropical with regime of trade winds.    
Warm temperature all year long: 26 / 28°c in Brazilian winter
32 / 35°c in Brazilian summer
Pleasant evenings but sensation of coolness, a typical garment sweatshirt and a light pants are recommended.
Take cap or hat and sunglasses.

Electricity:     220 volts: Plug accepts only the former (ancient) small index cards (forms) thus recommended adapter.


Jet lag:         There is 5 hours less in summer time, and 4 hours during winter

National language:    Portuguese of Brazil

Currency (Change):    Exchange money or cash machine at your arrival in the terminal of Fortaleza.
We can change small amounts in the Hotel, there is no cash machine in Taiba, the closer one, is at 20 kms..

Hotel  situation:    At 65 km in the North of Fortaleza

Transfer:      If you wish that we organize your transfer, please get in touch with us.

Airport:     Pinto Martins International Airport:  (+55-85) 3477-1667
Fortaleza Terminal: (+55-85) 3256-1025
Tourists Informations : (+55-85) 0800 99 1516 / 3488-7411 / 3256-4080



By bus:     The Brésileiro company makes every day the transport from the center of Fortaleza  to Taiba.
    Daily:
7:00h - 10:00h - 12:00h - 14:00h - 16:00h - 18:00h
Sundays:
7:00h - 14:00h - 17:00h - 18:30h
Av. Imperador with Senador Alencar
Or Av. Bezerra de Menezes


Accommodation:    Individual “Chalets” from 1 to 4 people  

Gastronomy:     The Restaurant la Provence in the Hotel can offer you, the possibility of half board or American plan
or: in small restaurants in the village  (moderate prices - spot advice)

Spoken in the Hotel: French, English, Portuguese, and Serbian-Croatian
Small post office in the village of Taiba treating only the letter!
If you want to reach us, it will be better by e – mail than letter.



Kitesurf     In Taiba the conditions are exceptional for the practice of Kite surf all year round. From June till January winds are more hardly and we can navigate every day with Kite BOW between 7m and 9m..
The rest of the year winds weaken and lose a little of intensity, but it is possible to navigate with kite of 12 m..

The famous lagoon of Taiba, is ideal for the learning and the freestyle navigation.

From part its situation and, its environment (dunes) ,you will find all year round  constant winds. Do not forget to carry Lycra and to use solar protection cream, the sun is very strong because of the proximity of the equator line.

Winds between 17 and 25 Kt.


Surf – Bodybaord - windsurf

Considered as one of the best spotlights of waves of Ceará,  and probably Brazil.
Taiba is world over known for its winds, steady and strong all year round. The wind becomes intensified between August and December.
The biggest waves appear between December and January. Competitions of surfing are regularly organized (Brazilian Championship of surfing)
In March,  2008 organization of the championship of the North east Brazilian, 1st stage.  

Whatever if you are an apprentice in waves or expert, Taiba offers you perfect conditions of navigation, with good waves, due to trade winds  which blow since the African continent and sun all year long, for the practice of your sport or your leisure.
 
 

Hotel - Pousada Oceania and Restaurant la Provence

Rua Inácio Prata s\nº - CEP: 62677-000 - Praia da Taíba, Município de São Gonçalo do Amarante - Ceará - Brasil

Tel \ Fax: +55 (85) 3315.6195 or Vanessa (cel) +55 (85) 8726.1147

Email: van.taiba@hotmail.com

Trezy Empreendimentos Turísticos e Imobiliários LTDA - CNPJ 08.913.828/0001-42