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Alcântara is a town in Maranhão, Brazil. Mostly visited on day trips from São Luís to get an even more colonial feeling.

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An hour long boat ride from São Luís, two boats in the morning, returning in the afternoon.

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• Ruins of church and other buildings.

• Museum devoted to rocket launching site located at military base near Alcântara.

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Reportedly there is some scattered nightlife here Thursdays through Sundays, then completely dead the next three days.

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