Araruama is a coastal town in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the Southeast of Brazil. It is a popular tourist destination with both ocean beaches and lagoon beaches.
Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Alto do Ver-a-vista. Hilltop observation platform with a panoramic view of the area.
- Araruama Archelogical Museum (Museu Arqueológico de Araruama).
- Praça da Bíblia.
Lagoon beaches
[edit]- Bananeiras Beach (Praia de Bananeiras).
- Barbudo Beach (Praia do Barbudo).
- Central Beach (Praia do Centro).
- Lovers Beach (Praia dos Amores).
- Tire Beach (Praia do Pneu).
Ocean beaches
[edit]- Dentinho Beach (Praia do Dentinho).
- Pernambuca Beach (Praia de Pernambuca).
- Vargas Beach (Praia do Vargas).
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]- Crafts Fair, Parque Menino João Hélio.
Eat
[edit]- Casa do Macarrão, Amaral Peixoto Hwy.. Pasta.
- Casa da Pizza, Amaral Peixoto Hwy. (near Centro Comercial Pinho). Pizza and pasta.
- La Gondola (just after the end of Central Beach). Mediterranean cuisine.
- Parada 1, Amaral Peixoto Hwy.. Pizzeria.
- Quasar, Amaral Peixoto Hwy.. Ice cream and milkshakes.
- Restaurante Orla (at the beginning of Central Beach).
- Restaurante Picanha do Gugu (inside Parque Menino João Hélio). Churrasco and seafood.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- Hotel Ver a Vista.
- Hotel Orla de Araruama (On Central Beach).
- Pousada Praia dos Amores.
- Sitío Ilha do Lazer Miguel Jeovani, Pontinha (On Praia dos Amores).