Holiday In Beach

The Ipanema beach is one of the best beaches of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, and one of the most famous of the world. Immortalized in worldwide well-known song of Tom Jobim, “Garota de Ipanema”, that in fact was based on the beauty of the beach and the grace and the sexuality of the Brazilian women, Ipanema is one of these beaches that not only stand out for his beauty, but also for the adrenaline that surrounds it: many persons, bars, restaurants, movement . exactly the opposite from a beach to find peace and calmness, but the ideal beach to know the Brazilian culture and to make friends.

Also, Ipanema is located in an expensive quarter of Rio de Janeiro, reason for being considered to be the beach more “chic” of the “wonderful city”. Ipanema divides his approximately 2 kilometers long, in different sectors like the familiar, the one for lonely girls, the homosexuals part, the sports one, etc.

WHERE TO STAY AND HOW TO GO – HOTELS AND FLIGHTS
In Ipanema you can find great variety of hotels as it happens almost everywhere in Rio de Janeiro. In particular, Ipanema is an excellent zone of the city due to the safety levels that the government had developed in recent years.

Obviously, in order to come to Ipanema it is necessary to come first to Rio de Janeiro. This is very simple, since the principal cities of the world have several airlines connecting this Brazilian city.

ACTIVITIES
Ipanema offers many activities inside the beach environment, like aquatic sports, beach soccer, beach volley and others. Out of the beach, in Ipanema you can find many bars, restaurants and centers of spectacles that invite to enjoy the night of Rio de Janeiro.

WHEN TO GO
Ipanema is a destination for the whole year, since his warm temperature invites to visit it at all the seasons. Nevertheless, in the Brazilian summer, December to March, the temperature can be very high and although the Carnival is during this season, the city is saturated often of visitors and the prices of hotels and flights it can be high.

This beach is located in the southern end of the coast of Rio Grande do Norte, and is just 90 KM from Natal and has 10 km of beaches where you can swim, take a romantic walk, contemplate nature surrounded by golden sands, natural pools of warm waters, coconut palms and spectacular cliffs. Besides, this beach is usually visited by turtles and dolphins, so you can take a look at them from the different viewpoints or even play with the animals while taking a bath in the ocean. The beach is known as Pipa because of the stones that you can find in it, that seemed to be barrels of wine or, at nights, spirits. This fact increase the mystery that evolve the beach and help to create a lot of legend related to the pirates that in the past came here to steal the most famous Brazilian wood (Pau Brazil).

A lot of activities can be done in this beach: for surfing, Pipa has excellent waves; for canoeing this beach also count with calm waters surrounded by lovely sceneries; for horse riding you can explore trails through the Atlantic forest. In this beach the concept of luxurious villa has taken another step and you can find villas even better that some hotels in Brazil.

WHERE TO STAY AND HOW TO GO – HOTELS AND FLIGHTS
Pipa’s beach is definitely an excellent beach to stay in one of its wonderful villas. Usually the room of the villas in Pipa’s beach have spectacular views to the ocean and keeps a high level of comfort.

The beach is located 164 Kms from Fortaleza. The nearest airport is Pinto Martins in Fortaleza, capital of Ceara State. To this airport there are local flights coming daily, mainly of the following airlines: Gol, Tam and Varig. If you are coming from Europe you can check Tap Air Portugal and if you are coming from United States or Canada, you should check United Airlines for flights to Rio de Janeiro and combinations. But the best thing to do is to check the web for cheap flights to Brazil.

WHEN TO GO
In Praia da Pipa the temperature is about 25° the whole year, so you can go whenever you want to.

OTHER BEACHES NEAR PIPA
In the nearby of Pipa, you could find some other beautiful beaches. Here are some of them:

- Baia dos Golfinhos (Dolphin’s Bay), is obviously, the dolphins´ favorite bay where you can see them play, move and dance.

Praia do Amor (Love Beach), is famous for the good conditions for surfing, and also is the beach for the young and cool people that find the place ideal for romance.