João Pessoa - Beaches

Beaches

7km/4.5mi east of João Pessoa is the beach of Tambaú, famed for its jangadeiros, the Hotel Tambaú, which resembles a rocket launching ramp, and its craft products. To the north are the Praias de Manaíra (8km/5mi), do Bessa (11km/7mi) and do Poço (10km/6mi). 14km/8.7mi south of the town is Cabo Branco ("White Cape"), with the promontory of Ponta do Seixas, the most easterly point on the American continent. Farther south (18km/11mi) is Penha, with a church of 1854; here the Festa de Nossa Senhora da Penha is celebrated in the second half of December, with folk dance groups and singers.