Banana da Terra

Ilha Grande & Vila do Abraão


Proprietress Dona Celina, born and raised on Ilha Grande, has been delighting local palates for 35 years with her delicious home cooking. Grab a red plastic chair under the streamers on her shady patio and settle in for a prato feito (set meal) of fried fish, chicken or beef accompanied by rice, beans, thin-cut fries and salad. Sundays feature occasional live forró (popular music of the Northeast).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Ilha Grande & Vila do Abraão attractions

1. Assembléia de Deus

0.13 MILES

This church makes a convenient landmark when navigating Abraão's backstreets.

2. Igreja de São Sebastião

0.15 MILES

Just in from the boat docks and picturesquely framed by the parrot-shaped form of Pico do Papagaio, Abraão's village church is an Ilha Grande icon, right…

3. Dois Rios

2.9 MILES

From Abraão, a signposted 6km dirt road leads to this picturesque beach where two separate rivers flow into the open Atlantic. Dois Rios served as the…

4. Praia Lopes Mendes

3.09 MILES

Facing the Atlantic, this seemingly endless beach with good surfing waves (shortboard/longboard rentals available on-site) is considered by some the most…

5. Museu do Cárcere

3.23 MILES

Dois Rios served as the site of the Colônia Penal Cândido Mendes, Ilha Grande’s last functioning prison, which held political prisoners during the…