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Praia do Forno no longer a paradise

Regular readers of the blog know how fond we are of the praia do Forno in Arraial do Cabo, one of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil (we wrote a blog post on it: The most beautiful beach in Brazil?).
You are also aware of the problem of favelização in Arraial do Cabo, chaotic urban development [...]

Top 10: beaches (seen from above)

You might remember this blog’s entry on our top 10: beaches, published quite a while ago. This new entry is a reworking of the original list, to which we have added satellite images of the beaches. Sweet dreams of crystal water beaches!
1. Praia do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco.
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2. Praia dos Porcos, Fernando de [...]

The most beautiful beach in Brazil?

[see our top 10 Brazilian beaches – 2009 edition]
On the entry I published recently with photographs of Arraial do Cabo (Brazil in pictures: Arraial do Cabo) I mentioned I was keeping the photographs of the Forno beach for a future opportunity. Well, here it is. We visited the beach on a cloudy Sunday morning – [...]

Top 10: beaches

Praia do SANCHO (Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco)
Praia dos PORCOS (Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco)
Praia da ILHA DO CAMPECHE (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina)
Praia do Forno (Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro)
Praia do CACHADAÇO (Trindade, Rio de Janeiro)
Praia da Conceição (Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco)
Praia de Domingas Dias (Ubatuba, São Paulo)
Baía dos Golfinhos (Pipa, Rio Grande do Norte)
Praia de Paraty-Mirim [...]