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Macapa Map, Brazil

If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Macapa Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Macapa with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Macapa useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Macapa!

Macapa Travel Guide

Macapa grew rather slowly since its foundation in 1688, when some military men settled here next to a fortress that protected the mouth of the river Amazon. The fortress is now a museum in the city centre and another highly particular aspect in the modern city is its stadium (the Zerao), the only football field in the world which stands with each half in a different hemisphere. The official language in Macapa is... read more

Macapa History

In 1544 Francisco de Orellana of Spain took the control of this land and the city was called Adelantado de Nueva Andalucia. The presence of Spanish armies and people in this city can still be felt in various historical monuments built during the Spanish Rule. read more

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