The spectra of Poincare recurrences for two classes of dynamical systems ar
e obtained in the framework of the Caratheodory construction. One class con
tains systems which are topologically conjugate to subshifts with the speci
fication property, the other consists of minimal multipermutative symbolic
systems. The spectra are shown to be solutions of a non-homogeneous Bowen e
quation, and their relationship with multifractal spectra of Lyapunov expon
ents is exposed.