Boa Viagem Beach
Boa Viagem Beach
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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CAM
Curitiba, PR107 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
The beach is crowded on weekends when it accumulates tourists and locals. It has several fixed kiosks and beach huts, as well as numerous street vendors. During the week the flow of people decreases but maintains the beach rhythm. I stayed on the beach close to kiosk 20 where there is also the Margarida beach tent and was attended to by Pedro, a great attendant by the way. The water on the beach is dark due to the sand released in the surf and the sea is very rough.
Written 11 October 2023
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Gutemberg Aleixo
Recife, PE5,557 contributions
Oct 2023 • Solo
Recife's postcard, Boa Viagem beach, for tourists visiting the capital of Pernambuco, is good to see from far from the sea. It is not suitable for bathing, due to the advance of the sea. I've bathed on this beach several times, in the 80s and 90s at that time there was a strip of sand. This beach was the most popular among bathers in the entire state of Pernambuco. with the advancement
From the sea, the beach has lost the glamor it had before. but today the strip is made of stone that occupied the strip of sand. In fact, you will find few tracks
of very narrow sand, the strip of sand you will find is on the neighboring beach, on the left side is Pina beach and on the right side is Piedade beach (which is prohibited for swimming) the best way is to take some photos, walk in short: do activities.
From the sea, the beach has lost the glamor it had before. but today the strip is made of stone that occupied the strip of sand. In fact, you will find few tracks
of very narrow sand, the strip of sand you will find is on the neighboring beach, on the left side is Pina beach and on the right side is Piedade beach (which is prohibited for swimming) the best way is to take some photos, walk in short: do activities.
Written 9 October 2023
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joselia m
Ohio3 contributions
Nov 2024 • Solo
Good beach, warm water.. The climate helps a lot.. Lots of kiosks that make it a lot easier. Sellers of all types. Now at night, don't fool around or stay out late...
You may be at risk of being robbed. It's dangerous.
You may be at risk of being robbed. It's dangerous.
Written 26 November 2024
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Ká Pereira
Sao Paulo, SP5,729 contributions
Oct 2024 • Friends
The edge of the beach is very beautiful and the beach tbem. Public bathrooms are found at several points. And they're good and clean.
There are tents with chairs and sunbeds to rent or use for a minimum consumption value.
The biggest problem we encountered was the number of walkers who approached us almost every 5 minutes and insisted that we refused the presented product.... We couldn't talk or enjoy the beautiful landscape in peace....
There are tents with chairs and sunbeds to rent or use for a minimum consumption value.
The biggest problem we encountered was the number of walkers who approached us almost every 5 minutes and insisted that we refused the presented product.... We couldn't talk or enjoy the beautiful landscape in peace....
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Written 31 October 2024
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Viajante L
Marilia, SP56 contributions
Dec 2023 • Family
The Beach of Good Travel is ideal for a quiet walk, with its long shore and views of the sea. Although we haven't swam, the place offers a pleasant environment for seaside walks, with many kiosks options and good infrastructure. An excellent choice for those who want to relax and enjoy the view.
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Written 13 November 2024
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julianabskw
Porto Alegre, RS5 contributions
Feb 2024 • Couples
Maybe I expected more or the area we stayed in wasn't very good. We didn't find the animal on the shore. Good for hiking, you can't take a shower because there is a risk of shark attack. I didn't find the beach huts very welcoming either. It's worth the trip. Go to the beach in Porto de Galinhas or Calhetas.
Written 14 February 2024
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SadhanaRakesh
Recife, PE1,309 contributions
Jul 2011 • Couples
A fantastic beach to enjoy round the year with cost effective vacation rental houses available on the beach. One can enjoy the Brazilian Grill in restaurants till almost midtnight. Enjoy the Brazilian Drinks made from liquor out of Sugar Cane and lemon juice. The way this drink is prepared is worth watching.
Boa Viagem beach in Recife is one of the most famous urban beaches in Brazil. Visitors get enchanted by the sandy beache with warm green waters and also by the complete infrastructure of hotels, restaurants and services which surrounds it.
Walk with safety precautions in the inner roads.
Do not keep much valuables in possission while walking in inner roads.
Go to enjoy nearby beaches and Olinda - the old village construction and culture.
A cost effective & joyful vacation trip to Brazil - a must choice of all ages.
Boa Viagem beach in Recife is one of the most famous urban beaches in Brazil. Visitors get enchanted by the sandy beache with warm green waters and also by the complete infrastructure of hotels, restaurants and services which surrounds it.
Walk with safety precautions in the inner roads.
Do not keep much valuables in possission while walking in inner roads.
Go to enjoy nearby beaches and Olinda - the old village construction and culture.
A cost effective & joyful vacation trip to Brazil - a must choice of all ages.
Written 4 August 2011
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Vanessa P
Calgary, Canada1,461 contributions
Oct 2013 • Family
This is a well know place for shark attacks. I would never swing or let one of my families swing in this beach (Praia de Boa Viagem). The local story is that Fishermen working at a local docks used to clean fish and dump its insides in the ocean. The offal were food for sharks once while swimming there. However, the number of sharks started to grown as food was easy and abundant. The sharks then started to reproduced and make that place their house. Nowadays, you find warnings all over the shore. Also, the many buildings that were built along the shore are cutting the natural wave of wind disturbing and changing the environment. Still a beautiful place. But it is sad that we were at a hotel in front of the beach and we could not swim.
Written 2 September 2014
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Michael880
Recife, PE8 contributions
Sept 2012 • Business
Boa viagem is a nice place for a holiday and has many tourist maps to help us tourists but I found one called "FREEMAPS". It was free and seems to be in quite a few hotels, its interesting as you can see it online and all the shops and restaurants advertising can be seen in 360º, which is great for us to see whats in store for us the other end.
Hope that helps
Hope that helps
Written 5 October 2012
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Vincent M
New Orleans, LA2,256 contributions
Jun 2015 • Solo
Praia Boa Viagem is a beautiful 7-mile stretch of white sand beach, protected from strong surf and rip tides by offshore reefs: recifes in Portuguese, hence the name of the city. This is an interesting beach, one that definitely changes its character. So, with deference, here's a primer on the dynamics of Boa Viagem and how they will affect what you see and do here.
The beach runs North-South and the SE trade winds blow in from the tropical waters of the South Atlantic. The beach is signigicantly narrower in some parts than others. Immediately W of the beach is a rip-rap barrier to prevent shore erosion and scouring. Immediately W of that is a wide boardwalk, a bike path, Av. Boa Viagem (4 lanes all Northbound), and a solid phalanx of high-rise hotels, condos and apartment houses. All of the above facts strongly affect the character of this beach. So do the tides, which act like the wild card in the deck. They're variable you see. Contrary to what some TA reviewers have complained about, high tide at Boa Viagem is NOT always at noon. Or any other time, either here or anywhere else on Earth. Higher high tide on Bia Viagem today, 10-06-15, was at 10:22 am; tomorrow it will be at 11:36; a week from today it will be at 4:26pm, almost sunset; that's the way tides work. If you want to spend time here, I strongly recommend you check the tide tables for Recife (you can google them online) because tides at this beach are VERY important.
I rate this beach Excellent. The beach community might be better in Miami or Phuket or Kuta-Bali. I'm just rating beach itself. Different folks go to beaches for different reasons. Hopefully these observations will help you get the most out of your time here.
1. Every day the sun rises in the east, the direction of the ocean, and head west, the direction of that very close solid row of high-rises that I mentioned above. You get a break In summer because of DST, but invariably, by early afternoon some
stretches of the beach will be in shade. By mid-afternoon, most will be; by late afternoon, all will be. So, if you want to work in your tan, don't come here at 3 in the afternoon! Get here in the morning, the earlier the better. Plus which, it's cooler.
2. What if you don't care about a tan, but you would like to check out beautiful Brasileiras in floss bikinis. Guess what? For the same reason I told you that to get a tan you have to come in the morning, so do they! They won't be there in the late afternoon, perhaps singly, but not en masse. Or their tee shirts and shorts will be back on.
3. When it's high tide, because of the narrowness of the beach, in some stretches of Boa Viagem there will be very little beach between sea and rip-rap. In a few stretches, the waves will go all the way to the rocks--zero sandy beach. At such times, beach goers are forced to cluster together. So if there's a high tide at noon, finding the stretch of beach where the locals are all clustered will pinpoint where you want to work on you tan or check out other beach goers. Assuming you're an attractive young lady from Calgary, Canberra or Copenhagen, eager to get a Brazilian bikini and make new friends, the same dynamics hold.
4. As the sun is setting , the beach is in shade, but the sky to the west, on a clear day will become more dramatic as the clouds are hit with sunlight from the west, and the lower the sun, the more spectacular the clouds to the east. Further, the waters of the Atlantic will reflect the softer, more pastel colors of the clouds, so not only is the skyscape more beautiful, but so is the seascape. And, a bonus, the high-rises jutting east at the north and south ends of the beach will be more dramatic, for the same reason the Grand Canyon is at sunset. So if your interest is the sheer beauty of the beach, or getting great photos of natural beauty (as opposed to Brasileiras), late afternoon is the best time to go.
5. At low tide, the reefs are exposed. Is the sea more dramatic when they are? I think so, but it all depends. For sure though, you should check out the beach both at high tide and low, because the difference is remarkable. Most of the great beaches I've been to don't have exposed reefs. You won't find them at Malibu, DaNang, or Bondi.
6. So low tide - high tide: which is better for swimming? Should you swim at Boa Viagem at all? You'll likely hear a lot people talking bull about it. The bad bit is that invariably the very next word they say after "bull" is "shark". Where I come from, when locals want to go to the beach, we drive over to the Florida Panhandle. Even though the Panhandle does have shark attacks, lots of people swim there. Hundreds of thousands of people will be flocking to the Jersey Shore this year; but the Shore was the scene of one of the worst multiple shark attack episodes in history, and the villains were bull sharks. The locals agree that you are much safer swimming inside the reef than outside it, which might make sense. I've also heard that you're safer at low tide than high. I question that. Bull sharks, unlike tiger or great white, are quite comfortable in shallow water, and even fresh water. The reefs don't appear to be an unbroken barrier. Do folks go in the water? Yes. Did I go in the water? Yes, where others were also in it. Did I stay long? No. Should you go in the water? I've spent a lot of years around the sea, and I certainly wouldn't criticize anyone who preferred not to. One thing is absolutely certain: you're a lot less likely to get attacked by a bull shark 20 feet from the water than 20 feet into the water.
Some of the most beautiful beaches in the world have sharks. Others have deadly jellies, barracuda, or other nasties. It's not a pity about the sharks. The Atlantic is the sea after all. It's a pity the government doesn't put up shark nets a la Hong Kong. Where those nets are in place, Hong Kong hasn't had a shark fatality in 20 years. Giving Brazilians an absolutely safe place to swim on Boa Viagem would be worth the investment. The technology is there.
The beach runs North-South and the SE trade winds blow in from the tropical waters of the South Atlantic. The beach is signigicantly narrower in some parts than others. Immediately W of the beach is a rip-rap barrier to prevent shore erosion and scouring. Immediately W of that is a wide boardwalk, a bike path, Av. Boa Viagem (4 lanes all Northbound), and a solid phalanx of high-rise hotels, condos and apartment houses. All of the above facts strongly affect the character of this beach. So do the tides, which act like the wild card in the deck. They're variable you see. Contrary to what some TA reviewers have complained about, high tide at Boa Viagem is NOT always at noon. Or any other time, either here or anywhere else on Earth. Higher high tide on Bia Viagem today, 10-06-15, was at 10:22 am; tomorrow it will be at 11:36; a week from today it will be at 4:26pm, almost sunset; that's the way tides work. If you want to spend time here, I strongly recommend you check the tide tables for Recife (you can google them online) because tides at this beach are VERY important.
I rate this beach Excellent. The beach community might be better in Miami or Phuket or Kuta-Bali. I'm just rating beach itself. Different folks go to beaches for different reasons. Hopefully these observations will help you get the most out of your time here.
1. Every day the sun rises in the east, the direction of the ocean, and head west, the direction of that very close solid row of high-rises that I mentioned above. You get a break In summer because of DST, but invariably, by early afternoon some
stretches of the beach will be in shade. By mid-afternoon, most will be; by late afternoon, all will be. So, if you want to work in your tan, don't come here at 3 in the afternoon! Get here in the morning, the earlier the better. Plus which, it's cooler.
2. What if you don't care about a tan, but you would like to check out beautiful Brasileiras in floss bikinis. Guess what? For the same reason I told you that to get a tan you have to come in the morning, so do they! They won't be there in the late afternoon, perhaps singly, but not en masse. Or their tee shirts and shorts will be back on.
3. When it's high tide, because of the narrowness of the beach, in some stretches of Boa Viagem there will be very little beach between sea and rip-rap. In a few stretches, the waves will go all the way to the rocks--zero sandy beach. At such times, beach goers are forced to cluster together. So if there's a high tide at noon, finding the stretch of beach where the locals are all clustered will pinpoint where you want to work on you tan or check out other beach goers. Assuming you're an attractive young lady from Calgary, Canberra or Copenhagen, eager to get a Brazilian bikini and make new friends, the same dynamics hold.
4. As the sun is setting , the beach is in shade, but the sky to the west, on a clear day will become more dramatic as the clouds are hit with sunlight from the west, and the lower the sun, the more spectacular the clouds to the east. Further, the waters of the Atlantic will reflect the softer, more pastel colors of the clouds, so not only is the skyscape more beautiful, but so is the seascape. And, a bonus, the high-rises jutting east at the north and south ends of the beach will be more dramatic, for the same reason the Grand Canyon is at sunset. So if your interest is the sheer beauty of the beach, or getting great photos of natural beauty (as opposed to Brasileiras), late afternoon is the best time to go.
5. At low tide, the reefs are exposed. Is the sea more dramatic when they are? I think so, but it all depends. For sure though, you should check out the beach both at high tide and low, because the difference is remarkable. Most of the great beaches I've been to don't have exposed reefs. You won't find them at Malibu, DaNang, or Bondi.
6. So low tide - high tide: which is better for swimming? Should you swim at Boa Viagem at all? You'll likely hear a lot people talking bull about it. The bad bit is that invariably the very next word they say after "bull" is "shark". Where I come from, when locals want to go to the beach, we drive over to the Florida Panhandle. Even though the Panhandle does have shark attacks, lots of people swim there. Hundreds of thousands of people will be flocking to the Jersey Shore this year; but the Shore was the scene of one of the worst multiple shark attack episodes in history, and the villains were bull sharks. The locals agree that you are much safer swimming inside the reef than outside it, which might make sense. I've also heard that you're safer at low tide than high. I question that. Bull sharks, unlike tiger or great white, are quite comfortable in shallow water, and even fresh water. The reefs don't appear to be an unbroken barrier. Do folks go in the water? Yes. Did I go in the water? Yes, where others were also in it. Did I stay long? No. Should you go in the water? I've spent a lot of years around the sea, and I certainly wouldn't criticize anyone who preferred not to. One thing is absolutely certain: you're a lot less likely to get attacked by a bull shark 20 feet from the water than 20 feet into the water.
Some of the most beautiful beaches in the world have sharks. Others have deadly jellies, barracuda, or other nasties. It's not a pity about the sharks. The Atlantic is the sea after all. It's a pity the government doesn't put up shark nets a la Hong Kong. Where those nets are in place, Hong Kong hasn't had a shark fatality in 20 years. Giving Brazilians an absolutely safe place to swim on Boa Viagem would be worth the investment. The technology is there.
Written 10 June 2015
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Qual o melhor ponto da praia de Boa Viagem? Ou toda a extensão da orla é bacana para se hospedar? E em relação a bares e atividades?
Written 19 August 2024
Tudo depende da preferência de cada um, mas entre o Ed. Acaiaca e a Padaria Boa Viagem fica um dos pontos mas agradáveis. Por ser preferido de muitos, é difícil achar estacionamento.
Written 20 August 2024
Pamella A
Sao Paulo, SP
Olá, Irei para Recife semana q vem (25/08) e gostaria de saber como o anda o clima durante o dia?
Está chovendo mto?A chuva dura o dia todo?Será q dá praia?rs
Obrigada
Written 20 August 2021
Olá Pamela está chovendo, mas em alguns momentos, até agora não atrapalhou a nossa viagem pq os dias ficam bem ensolarados após a chuva.
Written 21 August 2021
Sabrina V
Brasilia, DF
Entre ir para Fortaleza e Pernambuco, qual desses destinos vocês escolheriam?
Considerando as cidades vizinhas, como porto de galinhas e maragogi...
me ajudemm
Written 2 January 2021
Acredito que a ida seja válida, mesmo em abril. Nordeste normalmente “dá praia” o ano inteiro. Confirme na previsão do tempo...
Written 2 December 2020
a praia já está despoluida do petróleo?
Written 4 February 2020
Nao esteve contaminada não afetou a praia de boa viagem
Written 4 February 2020
Igor P
Cacoal, RO
Estou planejando passar um dias em Recife, e incluí a praia de Boa Viagem no meu roteiro. Mas queria saber uma coisa: É perigoso fazer caminhada na orla da praia? Li que nos últimos anos, o índice de violência urbana aumento muito em Recife, e que a praia de Boa Viagem está mais perigosa do que era antes. Quanto a isso, queria saber se há policiamento na orla, se realmente caminhar aí é perigoso, enfim, alguém poderia me ajudar?
Written 4 January 2020
Não vi nada de violento por lá, pelo contrário, as pessoas fazem suas caminhadas de dia e a noite, a orla fica repleta de gente realizando várias atividades. Só ter aquele cuidado básico de toda grande cidade e aproveite.
Written 8 January 2020
To com planejamento de ir para Recife nas minhas Ferias! As praias pode tomar banho? Tem perigo de tubarão?
Written 25 November 2019
Recife sempre teve tubarões, o problema é o mesmo que dirigir embriagado. Seguindo as recomendações, tome seu banho e curta a praia com sua família tranquilamente.. O Perigo está em águas turvas e marés altas, mar aberto( águas mais profundas. Fique sempre onde há mais pessoas, e não se aventura para dentro do mar, longe da praia. Fiquei uma semana curtindo aquelas águas deliciosas- Espero ter ajudado, Boas férias.
Written 26 November 2019
Alguém indica Restaurante para almoçar na Praia de Boa Viagem? Para após o almoço curtir uma prainha rs
Written 28 September 2019
A Avenida Boa Viagem (beira mar) diferente de outras orlas possui poucos restaurantes e não indico nenhum. Mas, nas ruas transversais e na Avenida Conselheiro Aguiar (paralela a avenida da praia0 possui dezenas de restaurantes e aí os preços variam bastante. Vou sugerir os restaurantes que acho bem interessantes em termos de preço, confecção da alimentação e principalmente um atendimento atencioso mesmo estando em trajes de banho:
- Galletus;
- Ilha dos Navegantes;
- Ilha da Kosta.
Observação:
Se quiser comida regional de qualidade, selv serf a quilo, mas o preço não é barato: CHICA PITANGA E A SERTANEJA.
Fuja rápido de quem indicar comer no Mercado Municipal de Boa Viagem.
Boa viagem.
Written 28 September 2019
O banho de mar é ´permitido sem restrições em toda a orla da Praia de Boa Viagem mas há bastante placas indicativas do que o banhista não deve fazer devido aos possíveis ataques de tubarão que normalmente acontecem por desrespeito aos avisos existentes. Além do mais existe trechos da praia que são protegidos por arrecifes naturais fazendo verdadeiras piscinas propícias ao banho infantil.
Written 11 August 2019
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