Coast of Rio de Janeiro: Búzios - The Brazilian Coast
1964 “discovered” by Brigitte Bardot and Jaques Cousteau, Búzios changed from a lonely fisher´s village to an internacional known place for vacations at the Costa do Sol (Sun Coast) of Brazil. Búzios is about 170 km (110 miles) east of Rio, very close to the always known town of Cabo Frio.
Northern coast of São Paulo - The Brazilian Coast
The Brazilian coast between Rio de Janeiro and Santos (São Paulo) is one of the most interesting and beautiful regions in the world: many bays with wonderful beaches and islands, mountains with the Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Rain Forest), historic towns and indigenious villages, still not known to international tourism yet.
The State of Bahia, Brazil - The Brazilian Coast
State of Bahia. Bahia is the fourth most populous state of Brazil and the most southern of the Northeast of Brazil, a bit larger than France and the state with the longest coast (1.183 kms/740 mls). The capitol of Bahia is the city of Salvador. South of Salvador is the „Costa do Cacau” (cacao coast) which remembers of the cacao plantations ...
Bahia: The City of Salvador - The Brazilian Coast
Salvador has about 35 kms (22 mls) of beach along its coast, beginning in Barra and ending in Flamengo. Along the promenade there also is a main street, so that you will need quite some time to get to the further beaches at the weekend or during the rush hour.
Southern coast of São Paulo: Iguape and Ilha Comprida
An interesting place to go are Iguape and the island Ilha Comprida (Long Island) at the southern coast of the state of São Paulo. You need about two hours from PETAR and three from São Paulo to get there.
State of Santa Catarina: Florianópolis - The Brazilian Coast
The island offers hikes through the protected national forest, as well through a landscape of dunes in the area of the lake. On the east coast (Atlantic side) is also a worthwhile destination, the Projeto TAMAR, a hatchery for sea turtles.
Southern coast of São Paulo: Cananéia and Ilha Comprida
Cananeia is the oldest settlement of Brazil, the first settlers arrived in 1502 – before the foundation of the officially oldest city in Brazil, São Vicente. You approach the city by ferry or over a bridge as the it is on the island Bom Abrigo.
The City of São Paulo - brazilian-coast.com
The City of São Paulo, also called Sampa, is with its nearly 20 million inhabitants one of the largest cities in the world, the largest in the southern hemisphere and the capitol of the State of São Paulo (the most populous state of Brazil).
The South of São Paulo: PETAR - The Brazilian Coast
In the south of the state São Paulo the national park PETAR was founded in the year 1958, which is nowadays part of UNESCO – world heritage.
The Brazilian Coast
The Brazilian coast with its 8000 kms (5000 mls) reaches from north of the equator to the far south, the border to Argentina. A big part is in the tropic regions, the southeast is sub-tropical (with Rio and Sao Paulo) and further in the south the climate is about as in the mediterrean.