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Beaches of Rio de Janeiro: quality index

The Rio de Janeiro’s governmental body Fundação Estadual de Engenharia do Meio Ambiente mantains a webpage where Internet users can check out the water conditions for a number of beaches on the state of Rio: Balneabilidade de Praias. there is data for Rio city, Magé, São Gonçalo, Niterói, Saquarema, Araruama, Iguaba Grande, Arraial do Cabo, [...]

Golf in Brazil

Golf in Brazil is the subject of a site run by the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism. A site that includes a version in English: Golf – Brazilian Tourism Portal.

The site is beautifully designed, and it contains quite a lot of detailed information on the main golf courses in Brazil:
- in the state of Bahía: Comandatuba [...]

Região dos Lagos: a summary

This is a summary of the entries posted along the last couple of months on the Região dos Lagos, an area that includes the tourist destinations of Arraial do Cabo, Búzios and Cabo Frío, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
I published two destination cards, Destination: Arraial do Cabo and Destination: Búzios. Along with the [...]

Transportation between Arraial do Cabo, Cabo Frio and Búzios

The three towns mentioned on the title of this entry are quite close to each other, and everyone should make sure that on their trip to the Região dos Lagos they get to visit them all.
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On a private car, and outside the high season, it’s simple and quick to get from one town to [...]

Map of the beaches of Arraial do Cabo, Búzios and Cabo Frio

I’ve just finished three new maps on the GoogleMaps platform. They contain the location of the beaches of Arraial do Cabo, Búzios and Cabo Frio. Click on the symbols to see the names of the beaches.
BEACHES ARRAIAL DO CABO:

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BEACHES OF BÚZIOS:

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BEACHES OF CABO FRÍO:

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