To experience Recife, a few hours’ walk is not enough, but a real collusion between the visitor and the nature to be beheld.

The Boa Viagem district is located in the southern part of the city of Recife. It is a neighborhood with an area of 753 hectares and inhabited by 122,922 residents, according to the 2010 demographic census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

The birth of Recife, the oldest neighborhood in the city, dates back to the 16th century. At that time, it was called Freguesia de São Frei Pedro Gonçalves

The name Sancho was inherited from the former owner of a beautiful farm, João Ribeiro Sanches.

The São José neighborhood, one of the oldest and most traditional neighborhoods of Recife, has an area of 178 hectares and a population of 8,653 inhabitants (2000 Census, IBGE - Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics).