How walkable is Boa Viagem?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Boa Viagem has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 1.5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Recife, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,137 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Boa Viagem. The nearest grocery is Extrabom Supermercados, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks and schools.
- Supermercado Soberano2 min
- Petit Mercado Infantil4 min
- Padaria Rio Tejo1 min
- Boteco Premium1 min
- iBoot iPhone1 min
- Racco Recife1 min
- Ferreiro Café7 min
- Café conceito7 min
- Bradesco7 min
- Santander Brasil8 min
- Praça Imperial Suítes9 min
- Shopping Center Recife11 min
- Escola Meu Caminhar4 min
- Escola Domingos Sávio4 min
- Papic Papelaria16 min
- Grafia Tem19 min
- UCI Cinemas Brazil9 min
- UCI Kinoplex DeLux e IMAX10 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Boa Viagem at -8.1235, -34.9034. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 127 street intersections per km², and blocks average 84 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Boa Viagem
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.5 km around the centre of Boa Viagem. Rings mark 750 m and 1.5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Recife
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bairro do Recife | 7.5 km | 86 |
| Santo Amaro | 8.4 km | 88 |
| Poço da Panela | 10.1 km | 93 |
| Caxangá | 11.5 km | 62 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Recife page.
Questions about walking in Boa Viagem
Is Boa Viagem walkable?
Yes. Boa Viagem in Recife has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 1.5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Boa Viagem more walkable than the rest of Recife?
Boa Viagem is more walkable than Recife as a whole: it scores 89, against 82 for the 5 km around Recife's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Recife neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Recife?
Of the 5 Recife neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Poço da Panela (93), Boa Viagem (89) and Santo Amaro (88).
How is the walkability score of Boa Viagem calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Boa Viagem it is the average of 51 points spread evenly across the 1.5 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.