In a peninsula in the fluminense northern coastline, Búzios attracts many Brazilian and foreign visitors by its natural beauties and a unique climate, that combines simplicity and sophistication. Its official name is Armação de Búzios, inherited from the period it was used in whales hunting, in the XVIII century. After 1964, when the French actress Brigitte Bardott spent her vacations in the city, the fishermen village became famous internationally.
There is a lot of beaches, with diversified formats, from the most visited to the almost desert ones, all of them with from emerald green to sky blue. Beaches with very charming inns and restaurants that serve elaborated Brazilian and international dishes. By night, Rua das Pedras (Pedras' Street), a real walkway in the city center, is very visited by people searching for fun. For maritime sports lovers, there are good conditions for practicing surfing, sailing, windsurfing and diving. You can appreciate other Búzios’ beauties in ship tours or hikes through the Atlantic Forest. The city also offers a special attraction to golfers: a field with 18 holes and 7 hundred yards on Búzios Golfe Club.
It has more than twenty beaches, with different characteristics. Many tourists visit João Fernandes and Ferradura very frequently, where you can rent sports equipments, as jet ski, banana-boat, pedalinho and kayak and windsurf board. In Geribá, the bars at the edge of the beaches are very visited. Iate Clube (Yacht Club) is in the Ossos beach, in the city center, where you can get around in a schooner.
To those people who prefer tranquility, there are isolated and native beaches – in Rasa beach, with calm water and constant winds, it’s possible to practice windsurf. The Brava beach, as its name supposes, has big waves good for surfing. There are also beaches with nature pools or big coasts sought by divers, as Ferradurinha, Azeda and Azedinha beaches. The nudists go to the small beach Olho de Boi, hidden by enormous rocks.
There are several tourist schooners that sail through beaches and islands on the Búzios coast. Another option is going on tours in fishermen ships, the trawlers, and the visitor has the chance of fishing.
Bars that offer drinks, snacks and a great variety of music, restaurants specialized in different dishes and a lot of people walking around are Rua das Pedras’ marks. It’s the meeting point for those who enjoy the nightlife in Búzios. The time of more intense visitation is special: when the midnight is coming, the street gets crowded and the atmosphere is lively. However, in the mornings, it’s almost desert. About 2:00 p.m., commerce is open. There are several shops: craftwork, decoration, plastic artists’ ateliers and boutiques, some famous brands.
Great number of inns mainly marks the hotels on Búzios. Most of them are near to beaches and their characteristics are a charming decoration and architecture. In the city center, are the most sophisticated restaurants, but all over the border there are places for those people who prefer simpler meals, based in seafood. There are diving operators, car rental agencies and branches from the main banks.
Armação de Búzios is 180 km far from the Rio de Janeiro city. The access is by the roads BR-101, RJ-124 and RJ-106. The road terminal receives buses departing from the capital and from São Paulo city.
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