Welcome to another Brazilian paradise, 176 km north east of Rio: the legendary Búzios

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(…) “it is known today for its famous and extremely wealthy summertime guests. It has been dubbed the 'playground to jetsetters, fashion models, and millionaires', and it is most-enduringly known as the place the iconic Brigitte Bardot "discovered"(…)

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These are some words that describe Saint-Tropez, by Wikipedia, but it can describe Buzios as well, known as the Brazilian Saint-Tropez. However these two destinations are very different. The Armação de Búzios is more rustic, loved by young international jetsetters, but available for many kinds of visitors and has unique and paramount reasons to visit it.

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Búzios, that means “shell”, offers regional and international cuisine with daily caught local fish sea in both ocean currents: from Equator and from the South Pole, which means it has both beaches with warm water as cold water. The peninsula has calm beaches such as big waves in some other beaches, perfect swell for surf, windsurf, kite-surf and many radical sports.

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The Armação de Búzios, worldwide best know as Búzios, has 300 days of sunshine per year and annual average of 26ºC (77º Fahrenheit), 8 kilometres (5 mi) of coastline and 23 beaches, the famous boutiques which are open until dawn, night life, nautical activities, diving, golf course, hundreds of restaurants, hotels and posadas.

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In the 16th century was home to Tupinambás Indians; in the 17th century became base for French and English pirates; 19-20th centuries, Portuguese fishermen began the Whale Hunt, banned many years ago. The charm of the old and picturesque fishing village has attracted Brigitte Bardot in the 60’s and her fame released Búzios as an important World tourism destination. Today, the city has 2 Environmental Protection Areas and the Environmental Protection Area Reef Marine.

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