Best Hotels with Activities in Recife

Recife is the capital of Pernambuco, built where the Capibaribe meets the Atlantic, and most family hotels line the Boa Viagem beachfront a short walk from Boa Viagem Square. The reef that gives the city its name breaks the surf close to shore, so hotel pools do a lot of the swimming work for families with young kids. Shopping RioMar sits inland from the beach with an air-conditioned food court for a break from the heat, and Recife / Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport is close enough to most Boa Viagem hotels that transfer times rarely eat into a first day.