Seven thousand miles of white sand beaches for all tastes: on an island on the edge of a crescent-shaped bay at the foot of some sand dunes in the midst of fishing villages or beside a row of skyscrapers. Some are quiet and intimate, bustling with activity and other musical groups and towers livescore loudspeakers. “Falar do not love …”, Itapuá Veloso sings on a beach of Bahia,” Olha que coisa mais linda Vinicius …”, wrote about a carioca who walked on the sands of Ipanema and became the collective imagination, forever, “the all garotas garota. It is Brazil at its best, a terra da felicidade, and from there go around one million per year in Argentina for the shock of happiness that is promised to anyone who sets foot in its burning sands. Then, once very different beach destinations throughout Brazil, with the information to choose the taste of each reader.
FERNANDO DE NORONHA Without the frills but with all amenities, the beaches of the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha are, for many, the most beautiful in Brazil. Located in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, the island is part of a National Marine Park with lush vegetation and diverse fauna, which allows entry of only 420 tourists at the same time to preserve the habitat. This ensures a level of tranquility that contrasts with the traditionally noisy Brazilian beach.
From the plane window, the island of Fernando de Noronha is alone in the middle of the ocean, as a point of emerald surrounded by a ring of sand and a sea azulísimo to 545 miles off the coast of Recife. There, no one will find anything even resembling a mall, but breathe a bohemian atmosphere, intimate and without great lights. The cobbled streets of the town, deserted most of the day, gently down a slope and die at sea. Nor is there any large hotels but small inns, many fishermen’s houses that have transformed themselves to provide hospitality. There are a total of sixteen beaches and major gifts are almost transparent Caribbean waters and extreme quietness.