Brazil Travel Blog

Arraial do Cabo is, along with Búzios and Cabo Frio, the beach trilogy of the região dos Lagos. Three different beach settings in a smallish region of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Arraial do Cabo provokes mixed feelings. On the one hand, it has some of the most beautiful beaches of the entire Brazil, [...]

I have recently published a series of posts on my Blog de São Paulo (in Spanish) on the Costa dos Alcatrazes, a stretch of coast on the state of São Paulo that contains some really wonderful beaches (see map next). Show larger map The Costa dos Alcatrazes is a couple of hours away from São [...]