You knew there would have to be a beach in St. Thomas somewhere with the word Secret in the title. And this is it. It’s not really secluded or anything, unless you count the many condos that have found their way to the shore. One nice crescent and a compacted sand beach lined with short trees and open sea. That means this beach can get rough when the weather gets heavy. Just one more reason that you want to sneak in as many of these beauties while the weather is good.

Truely a gem on the Buzios Peninsula is a beach that is actually colored by a certain mineral. The Brazilians call the mineral “granada“, and we found that it contains a great deal of iron - thus the reddish color of the sand here at Praia do Forno, or Oven Beach. We think it is called oven because of the terrain, there isn’t much of a breeze here and it can get quite hot.

This one is a recommended beach.