Brazil Tours & Travel

Few countries can boast an amazing coastline of tropical beaches, with one beach better than the next. Brazil can. Brazil’s coastline is over 4500 miles long and studded with great many beaches in scores of popular tourist resort areas but that’s just scratching the surface, as there are still countless many other, secluded and pure paradise beaches left and craving to be discovered.

No way can one cover the entire length of Brazil’s beaches in one sitting, best take it in strides. Let’s start with Rio de Janeiro. Of course what comes to mind are the city beaches. Names like Copacabana and Ipanema have definite ring to it, and many beaches there are within city limits indeed. But let’s leave Rio to its own chapter and head out of Rio de Janeiro.

Going north of Rio, though geographically it is east on Sun Coast first, the first area of splendid beaches is the Cabo Frio – Buzios area, with some three dozen fantastic beaches within twenty miles of coastline, many in secluded coves.

Buzios is the focal point beach area of the young and restless, with great beaches and great nightlife. Put on the map by Brigitte Bardot in late 60s Buzios is hopping day and night. Beaches of note are Forno, Tartaruga, Brava, Azeda and Azedinha.

There are nice beaches around Cabo Frio and Arraial do Cabo, another small town nearby, but Ilha do Farol, a fine island close to Arrial, with clear water and underwater grotto, attract more divers and surfers than swimmers looking for comb seas.

Before Cabo Frio there are several lagoons separated from open ocean by sandbars with couple nice beaches, though Saquarema is prime surfers’ beach resort.
If you seek fine beaches and need sumptuous nightlife, don’t mind spending some money and want to play, head to Buzios, but be prepared Buzios is not a budget playground. There are some quality pousadas to stay in and you will eat well though not cheaply.

If you want cheaper and more choices in lodging opt for Cabo Frio, the biggest town in this part of the coastline east and north of Rio de Janeiro.

With all the publicity regarding the importance of your personal safety in Rio de Janiero, the last thing you’d want to face is becoming a victim of a mugging right after you first arrive.
There have been reports of tourists being targeted by thieves and criminals as they exist from the Galeao airport arrival hall right out of the Brazilian Customs. Getting to your hotel safely is a key to starting your tour of Brazil on a happy note. So what are your options?

First of all, if you can avoid booking a flight that arrives late in the evening, not to mention in the middle of the night, do that. Arrive during daylight hours!
There are basically only two sensible choices how to get to your hotel from the Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport of Rio:

1. Certainly by taxi but not all taxis to be had at the Rio airport are recommended. It is best not to use the ordinary taxis. They are yellow with a blue stripe. There are many of them waiting outside the airport but you could best be overcharged if you do not know the route and the driver will take you the long way to your hotel.

2. Under no circumstances you should accept an offer from a professed driver scouting right by the exit door from the Customs. These people may be drivers with a car indeed but not a taxi and you could very well end up being taken for more than just your possessions.

3. The best though not the cheapest taxi service is that offered through the taxi booths still within the airport. The names of the three well-know radio taxi companies you will come across are Coopacarioca, Centro de Taxis and Coopatur. Their charges will be at least 30% more than the yellow taxi rate, probably at least 60 to 70 Brazilian Real to Copacabana or Ipanema but they are safe. They are radio-dispatched taxis, their vehicles are white with red and yellow stripe. When you buy the ticket at the airport booth they will not use a meter but if you should happen to get into one outside, insist that the driver does turn the meter on.

4. Your last choice and also one that will save you money is the “Executivo Bus” by a company named Empresa Real. Their buses leave from right outside the arrival hall every half hour and charge is only R$6 to Zona Sul where all the beaches are. When asked they will stop at any point along the beach beachfront boulevard. The only problem is that if you still have to walk a few blocks down the street where your hotel is and have lots of luggage, their service may not be as convenient or safe, as carrying all your luggage you will stick out like a sore thumb and may possibly attract attention of an alert thief scanning the street for his next victim.

All in all, do not sweat the decision, think safety first when first arriving in Rio, or the rest of your trip may not be as happy.

Combine two of Rio’s most popular tours on a full-day excursion. Take a by cog train through the Tijuca Rain Forest to the statue of Christ the Redeemer on top of Corcovado Mountain, then later, ride a cable car to the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain. This tour is an excellent option if your time in Rio de Janeiro is limited, giving you the best of Rio in one great day.

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