According to O Globo newspaper (Parque: decreto preserva praias mais cobiçadas de Búzios), the governor of Rio de Janeiro has just passed a decree preventing developers from exploring whatever’s left (and it’s not much) of Búzios original vegetation. A new natural park, the Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol (Pecs), will be created encompassing bits and pieces of 27 different cities.

The beaches that should fall under the protection of the law include:

• Azeda, Azedinha, Brava, Olho de Boi, Forno, Tartaruga, Caravelas and José Gonçalves in Búzios.
• Peró (left corner), Conchas, Brava and Ilha do Japonês in Cabo Frio.
• Grande, Massambaba e Prainhas (pontal do Atalaia) in Arraial do Cabo.

This is certainly good news although only time will tell how effective the park will be in preventing the destruction of the environment at the hands of developers.

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To make up for the absence on this blog of a specific destination card devoted to Cabo Frio, I am publishing a blog entry with links to sites of interest. We have blog posts on neighbouring Arraial do Cabo and Búzios.

PORTALS

There are two portals with complete information on Cabo Frio: Cabo Frio.com.br and Cabo Frio Channel. The latter claims to have a version in English but most of its content is in Portuguese.

OTHER LINKS

Cabo Frio international airport has its own web page.

WEATHER

Average rainfall and temperatures for Cabo Frio at weather.msn.com.

MORE INFORMATION

We have published three blog posts on Cabo Frio here at the blog:

• Map of the beaches of Arraial do Cabo, Búzios and Cabo Frio.
• Transportation between Arraial do Cabo, Cabo Frio and Búzios.
• Rua dos biquinis , Cabo Frio.

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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, Cabo Frio, Búzios, Casemiro de Abreu, Rio das Ostras, Macaé, Campos and São João da Barra.

Once you enter the Balneabilidade de Praias section, you need to select your beach of interest to view the data available for it.

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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 destination cards, two entries with photo albums: Brazil in pictures: Arraial do Cabo and Brazil in pictures: Búzios, as well as a third entry decidated to the praia do Forno, in Arraial do Cabo: The most beautiful beach in Brazil?.

We paid a quick visit to Cabo Frio and its Rua dos biquinis.

To understand the region better I prepared three Maps of the beaches of Arraial do Cabo, Búzios and Cabo Frio.

Some help on how to travel from one town to another in Transportation between Arraial do Cabo, Cabo Frio and Búzios.

Finally, an entry on Prices in Búzios.

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No stay in Cabo Frio would be complete without a visit to the rua Gamboa, better known as Rua dos Biquínis (bikini street). It’s a street turned into an open-air shopping center (the Gamboa Shopping). Along the pedestrian street, more than 70 shops selling mainly bikinis, as well as other beach accesories. The street is covered with canvases to protect customers from the rain and the sun.

Shops open from 9 am and during the high season they stayed opened until midnight. You can walk to rua Gamboa, it’s just across the canal – everyone in Cabo Frio knows where it is. The Rua dos Biquinis has its own webpage, quite poor, it has to be said.

And yes, real bargains are to be found at the Rua dos Biquinis!

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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 the other. Ten minutes from Arraial do Cabo to Cabo Frio, and 20 minutes from Cabo Frio to the entrance of the Búzios peninsula.

There is reasonable public transportation as well. The buses linking the three towns belong to the company Salineira .

From Arraial do Cabo to Cabo Frio (and viceversa) there is a bus every 10 minutes during the day.

From Arraial do Cabo to Búzios (and viceversa) there are 6 direct buses per day (a las 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21). If the schedule doesn’t suit you, you can always take the bus to Cabo Frio and from there another bus to Búzios.

From Cabo Frio to Búzios (and viceversa) there is a bus every 20 minutes during the day.

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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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