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If you are looking for clean water, beautiful beaches, casualness, sun all over the year, nice people, hot nightlife, the place is Cabo Frio. The city is 500 years old. It gathers all this with its charm of a peaceful resort. During summer, the beaches, streets and restaurants are crowded of tourists in searching for entertainment and rest. It’s difficult to find a gap on the sand to enjoy the beach. The city has about one hundred forty thousand inhabitants. During the high season, it reaches six hundred thousand people. The city is perfect for the tourist who enjoys nature, nice landscapes and like swings. Both slopes makes Cabo Frio the right aim for a trip that pleases the entire family.In the morning, beaches, at night famous restaurants bars and discos make the city a true party. There are also several shopping centers, especially the famous Rua dos Biquinis, with more than 70 stores on beachwear. The city offers a wide range of hotels and inns. Cabo Frio is all this: sun, sea, beaches, historical buildings, culture and a lot of entertainment. Pack your bags and come to know this place of rare beauty..

The most famous beach of Cabo Frio takes the name of a tourist and historical point, Forte São Mateus, raised in the place to defend the incursions pirates’ area. Located in the downtown, it is the easiest to find, all you need is catch any street of the center and arise in direction to the north. The beach is enormous, there are 7,5 km of fine and white sands, and crystalline waters, that, when admired from a distance, are so blue to the point of making a mistake with the sky. Recently, the whole border was more cheerful with the placement of colored Portuguese stones. One of the spaces won a wood deck for the visitor to appreciate the beauties of the beach in a better way. Due to its extension, it ends up for giving access to five neighborhoods of the area. One of the advantages of being so extensive is that, along the beach, it’s possibleto find all kinds of places to all different tastes.

Forte and Lido

- it is where the Forte São Mateus is located. Built on the top of the stones, it stands out for being one from the few positions of the beach that allows the vision of Ilha od Japonês (Japanese’s Island). On the other side of the Fort, there is a small spot that, for being hidden of the waves of the sea by the hill and for the stones, it possesses the hottest water and of the beach. It is there where the children have a good time, therefore the mothers don’t need to worry with the danger of the waves. The seniors find a place to relax far away from the noise. There are also several huts that offer the most several types of ribbon-tastes exist. On the side there is the space called by the inhabitants of Praia do Lido (Beach of the Reads) , also a point of calm sea. But the main attraction is due to the immense dune of sand, where a lot of people go up running and they go down slipping. Behind the sand, the stairways that will give at the beach arising, there are two bars that serve varied meals.

A Praia do Malibu

Malibu - it is the most interesting place for the young public. It is in front of the Hotel Malibu, where the agitation leaves the sands and finds the street and the kiosks of the border. The electric trios and live shows of music always happen there, in the Avenida do Contorno. Without forgetting the sporting activities as volleyball, futvôlei and capoeira presentations that always shake the place. The kiosks have several types of meals and the more sought are the prepared plates with seafood. The best thing to do is eat while you enjoy the live music at the kiosks.

Dunas

- The Praia das Dunas (beach of the dunes), as the own name says, is shaped by great mountains of sand and the access to that part it can be done by the neighborhood of the Panty, or always going straight ahead, for the Praia do Forte (beach of the Fort). The water is more crystalline in this point, but the waves have larger force. That space is well taken advantage of by the surfers, that find the best waves there. However, it’s alwaysnecessaryto be careful with the sea. In that place are formed currents and whirls. The amount of kiosks is smaller, but who wants to savor a meal with fried fish and a good shrimp sauce won’t be sorry. Right behind that there is the Praia do Foguete (beach of the Rocket).

Foguete

- it is in the km 4, in the highway of the Arraial do Cabo, but it can also be reached on foot, walking through the Praia do Forte. A construction with the format of a rocket ended up denominating the space of the beach. The waters are deep, dangerous (due to the currents) and colder than in the rest of the beach. But it is also an invitation to the peace and the serenity. The Praia do Foguete hardly has kiosks. De São Bento. The São Bento’s beach is not very well-known, but unforgettable for its beauty. It is located in downtown, in the end of the Channel of Itajuru. The beach is formed by embankment and it is just 400 meters tall. The attraction is due to the vision of the neighborhoods of Gamboa and Ogiva and of the ships of fishermen anchored in the channel. At night, the boyfriend and girlfriend couples one takes refuge there, dazzled with thevisual.

Brava

The beach is also small and it is in Japanese’s Island. To get there take the bridge Feliciano Sodré , to pass for the neighborhood of Gamboa and to proceed straight until the indication of the Island. The access is made by trail through Japanese’s Island. The place was already a nudist beach and today fight to continue existing. Its extension is only 400 meters. The waves in this beach are high, ideals for the surfing practice.

Das Conchas

The access to the beach is made by the highway of Peró, crossing the bridge Feliciano Sodré. Arriving there, it is easy to notice the meaning of the name of the beach. There are 600 extension meters in shell format. Located among theMorro do Vigia (Hill of the Watches) and the Ponta do Arpoador, the illustrious neighbor of the beach of Peró also enchants the tourists. The blue and crystalline sea is very explored by yachts that are attracted by the peacefulness of the waters. The kiosks are in the right side of the beach, in the highest part. In the water there are walk schooners and Banana Boat, an invitation to the most radical amusement. It is of the high of the Ponta do Arpoador that you canhave the most beautiful view of the place.

Do Peró

With an incredibly crystalline sea, it is considered the unique Brazilian beach with index of pollution zero. It divides the fame and the recognition with the Praia do Forte. It is located among the Morro do Vigia and the Ponta das Caravelas,staying 7 km from the center of Cabo Frio. Along the beach, beauties that go from its crystalline waters to the charming group of dunes. The traditional kiosks of Peró now are gathered in two feeding squares, giving to the beach an aspect even more beautiful. The neighborhood of Peró, as well as the city of Cabo Frio, has been developing each year more and more, and they already offer good hostelry and restaurant services, an option for who prefers a more distant place from downtown. The access is for the neighborhood of Gamboa, crossing the bridge Feliciano Sodré and proceeding for Ogiva.

Do Sudoeste

Proceeding until the Trevo de Arraial do Cabo and turning to the right in direction to the airport of Cabo Frio, you will find the Praia do Sudoeste (beach of the Southwest). Ideal to take children and to do picnics. The water is so shallow that can be walked until the deep part and the level of the water won’t pass of the knee. There are not huts nor kiosks, so taking a snack with you would be a nice idea. The beach possesses a lot of trees, but even so, it is necessary to take care with the exhibition in the sun. Due to the high salinity of the water, the suntan will come with larger easiness.

Das Palmeiras

Located in the neighborhood Palmeiras, right behind the bus station of Cabo Frio. As the name suggests, the special touch in the visual of that beach is due to the trees that give its name. It is not very frequented for being a residential neighborhood. The waters are very shallow and the place is plenty reserved and bucolic.

Do Siqueira

Actually, the beach is a pond imbeded at Siqueira’s neighborhood Beach. The waters possess high salinity concentration and because of that they are not suitable for the bathing. The placehas become even more pleasant after the urbanization works and illumination. There you’ll be able to see anchored many boats of fisherman, and what is better: you can buy shrimps to cost price. The neighborhood is in the entrance of the city, going down through the highway that comes from São Pedro D’Aldeia, turning to the right.