Armação dos Búzios
Situation and Characteristics
The resort of Armação dos Búzios, situated on a peninsula with an area of 96sq.km/37sq.mi 191km/119mi east of Rio de Janeiro, has been an independent commune since September 1991. It has grown out of a fishing village which was
"discovered" in the 1960s by Brigitte Bardot and other representatives of the international jet set and is now one of the most fashionable and most expensive bathing resorts in the country (the "St-Tropez of Brazil"), with elegant shops and a well developed tourist infrastructure. Its 23 beaches and 18 islands attract visitors from all over the world.
Armação dos Búzios can be reached by way of RJ 106, which runs from Rio de Janeiro via São Pedro da Aldeia to Tamoios, where a road branches off for Búzios.
Bus station
Praça Santos Dumont