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In São Vicente

Near covers 3 places in São Vicente so far. That's an early read, not a full one — but every one of them is here because someone thought it was worth the walk.

3 places · 3 checked in the last 90 days · newest 23 days ago

City & Culture
Prefeitura de São Vicente — official tourism page, "Casa do Barão"+8
Casa do Barão

Where São Vicente Keeps Its History

An 1890s mansion holding Brazil's oldest town's museum, archive and garden.

Casa do Barão sits at Rua Frei Gaspar, 280, four blocks from the beach in downtown São Vicente — the town Martim Afonso de Sousa founded in 1532, Brazil's oldest permanent settlement. Everywhere else Near has covered here sits on the water: AMUSE Beach Club, Quiosque da Cris, the Parada LGBTQIAPN+ — all Ilha Porchat…

PLINIOSão Vicente
Food & Drink
Rev.Santa Portal — "Orgulho: Cris do Quiosque e seus 35 anos de luta pela causa LGBTQIA+"+7
Quiosque da Cris

The Kiosk That Raised the Flag First

Itararé Beach's oldest LGBTQIA+ kiosk — Cris raised its flag first.

Every scene has an address where it actually started, and on this stretch of coast it's a beach kiosk, not a club. Quiosque da Cris sits on Praia do Itararé in São Vicente, and before it was a kiosk it was a cart selling pastéis, and before that it was nothing at all — just a woman named Cris who came down from the…

PLINIOSão Vicente

More will land as the sources Near watches turn up things worth adding here.