Buzios

Buzios Beaches Near Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Buzios is a wonderful playland for travelers who love the beach and beach towns. However, I think of it more as their Key West, Florida with out Duval street and the 24/7 loud music, etc. Buzios is a great place to go for nightlife. There are tons of bars, clubs, and restaurants that stay open [...]

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Best Beaches of Buzios Brazil

In our search for the Best Beaches of Brazil, we found paradise! Many call the beaches of Búzios, Brazil, “undoubtedly, the most charming beach resort town in the country.” Let that soak in for a minute. We are talking a country that has more coastline than continents put together. So, what is Búzios and “where” [...]

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Beaches of Buzios, RJ – Brazil

History of Buzios Were there really pirates in these here parts? ………………………………………………….. Praia dos Tucuns – Tucuns Beach Nice, large beach. Unpopulated. Paragliding, fishing. Beautiful! ………………………………………………….. Praia de Geribá – Geriba Beach Buzios’ most “happening” beach. The party starts here! ………………………………………………….. Praia Ferradurinha – Ferradurinha Beach Smaller sister beach to Ferradura, is a horseshoe as [...]

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Praia Rasa – Flat Beach Buzios

The longest beach of Buzios isn’t on the peninsula. It’s Praia Rasa and sits on the northern shoulder. If you thought Praia de Manguinhos was long, Praia Rasa is even longer, boasting more than two continuous miles of beach. You could do some serious jogging here. Tucked away, off the peninsula of Buzios proper is [...]

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Praia de Manguinhos – Manguinhos Beach Buzios

Imagine a beach two miles long, positioned in such a way that it receives the afternoon trade winds, yet doesn’t experience any of the related high surf. You’ve arrived at Manguinhos Beach, or Praia de Manguinhos. This is one of the most interesting beaches in Buzios, both historically, and topographically. When we visited here, the [...]

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Praia das Virgens – Virgin Beach Buzios

Sounds like something out of a book, but Praia das Virgens is an actual beach, well, a bit of sand between a few rocks, but there’s nothing else like it in Buzios, so locals love to call it one more beach in the many beaches here.  And that’s OK by us because we want to [...]

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Praia dos Amores – Lovers Beach Buzios

Love is in the air! Good reason to take one of the leisurely cruises around the Buzios peninsula and visit all of the beaches. Start early so you can get in a few beaches and some great Brazilian food. You’ll want to start at the center of town and head in either direction as there [...]

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Praia dos Ossos – Bones Beach Buzios

This beach is easy to find if you know where to look for it. Near downtown, you can walk to it after having a refreshing lunch or morning cafe. Trees hang down over this Buzios beach and homes front the road that runs in front of it. A perfect place for a sunset picture as [...]

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Praia de Joao Fernandes – Joao Fernandes Beach Buzios

We heard that you just had to visit Joao Fernandes, so on our final day in Buzios (since we made a point to visit every beach) we jumped in the rental car and made our way to the end of the peninsula. Granted, we were there at low season, but as you can see, the [...]

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Praia de Joao Fernandinho – Joao Fernandinho Beach Buzios

One of the nicest beaches to take the kids in Buzios is Joao Fernandinho. You can get to it easily from the main roads, and it is near one of the largest concentrations of pousadas and hotels in Buzios. You can read that a few ways – most people read it as meaning it’s going [...]

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Praia Brava – Brava Beach Buzios

The name says it all. The beach with the heaviest surf bears the name of “angry” in Portuguese. Brava, like many of the beaches around Buzios, has a history. This can be a good beach to swim and surf depending on the Atlantic. Most of the time you will find this beach in Buzios to [...]

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Olho de Boi – Bullseye Beach Buzios

Some of the best vistas off of the Buzios peninsula are on the eastern shore and there are mainly rocky shorelines with mountains sloping into the sea. There is only a couple of beaches and these are hard to get to. We visited Brava, with the heavy surf; a beach facing northeast and open to [...]

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Praia de Tucuns – Tucuns Beach Buzios

Praia Tucuns, Buzios, Rio - Brazil

If you’re looking to get totally away from all the action in Buzios, Tucuns Beach is the place to be. But be prepared to really be away from it all. Now, there are a few serious developments in here. Someone woke up to the potential of resorts on this beach. There are a few problems [...]

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Praia da Azeda – Azeda Beach Buzios

A small sign pointed right. Praia da Azeda/Azedinha. Two of the most spectacular beaches in South America. To find them in the small fishing village of Búzios, we took the fold-up map, generously offered by another tourist who had a few, and parked the rental car at a plaza a hundred feet from another spectacle, [...]

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Praia da Azedinha – Azedinha Beach Buzios

You don’t just stumble onto something like this, unless you’re in Buzios. We had no idea what “pretty beach” meant until we actually took the trek down the rock trail to this spectacular shore that faces almost due west. These beaches were known in the ’70′s as hangouts for hippies, and Rio is home to [...]

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Praia da Ferradura – Ferradura Beach Buzios

This is the beach we were told had more celebrities than any other in Buzios, but who knows. We considered the source and still had a good time taking in the rays and a few shots of the surrounds of Praia da Ferradura. This is the beach where MTV’s Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel [...]

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Praia Ferradurinha – Ferradurinha Beach Buzios

Sister to much larger Ferradura Beach, the charm of Ferradurinha in Búzios, will catch you by surprise. You can’t see it until you leave a narrow, walled path which discharges you right onto the sand. But little do you care, because paradise reveals itself in wonderful colored rock designs, cliffs, a sandy beach, and mansions [...]

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Praia Tartaruga – Tartaruga Beach Buzios

Imagine yourself on a secluded beach with cliffs surrounding you and crystal clear water out as far as your eye can see. The gentle waves push to shore as they’ve done for thousands of years. As you sit under the shade of a Brazilwood tree, a single turtle makes its way up the sand either [...]

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Praia de Geriba – Geriba Beach Buzios

If someone asked where all the beach action takes place in Búzios, you’d have to tell them “Geribá“. Geribá sits on the south side of the Búzios peninsula as it projects eastward into the Atlantic. Because of its wide-open face to the southeast, Geribá Beach has the best surf in Búzios. But before you pack [...]

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Praia do Canto – Canto Beach Buzios

Located just west of the main part of the town center, Praia do Canto in Búzios is a lovely cove with generally calm seas. Along the west coast there’s a large outcropping of rock which lends to a large forest covered cliff. The green goes on to the point where we’re out to open sea. [...]

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