| os | | | | after many years to vacation there. |
| Hit the beach resort town of Buzios, Brazil, with travel | | | | Since the sixties, the beachtown has transformed into |
| advice from a Brazil travel expert at Brazil For Less. | | | | an exclusive, high-end resort town. Perhaps due to the |
| The resort town of Buzios is just two hours north of | | | | posh celebrity influence of Bardot, Buzios is now the |
| Rio de Janeiro on some of Brazil’s most | | | | summer home of many celebrities, both of Brazilians |
| premier coastline. Buzios is a peninsula that juts out into | | | | and those outside the country. It is not uncommon to |
| the Atlantic, and forms many beaches, some of which | | | | see famous Brazilian soccer stars enjoying a casual |
| have terrific surfing, while others have calm and | | | | game of futbol on the wide, sandy beaches. Fancy |
| sheltered waters. Some of the beaches are busy | | | | resorts, mansions, and villas line the foothills. |
| nearly all year-round, while others are seldom ever | | | | There are lots of bikini boutiques, French and seafood |
| visited. | | | | restaurants, bars that are open late into the night, and |
| Buzios was a whaling and fishing town until the 1960s, | | | | other trendy spots that locals and travelers both enjoy. |
| when the French actress Brigitte Bardot visited it and | | | | Because of the exclusive nature of the town, and also |
| propelled it to worldwide fame. Bardot had been | | | | because of its location outside of Rio, the town is |
| staying with her boyfriend in Rio de Janeiro, but could | | | | often well-attended during the high season, but is never |
| not go outside of her hotel because she was been | | | | very crowded, at least not like on the beaches of Rio. |
| stalked by the paparazzi. She decided to make a deal | | | | Several of the 25 or so beaches of Buzios are quiet |
| with the press, allowing one journalist to interview and | | | | and secluded. Canto, Ferradura, and Tucuns are the |
| photograph her during her stay in Brazil. She and her | | | | best for those who really want to get away from it all. |
| boyfriend snuck out of their hotel and headed for | | | | It is also possible to take a catamaran or schooner |
| Buzios, where they spend the rest of their holiday in | | | | tour around the peninsula, stopping at various island, |
| relative seclusion. Bardot enjoyed the little town so | | | | beaches, and coral reefs to dive, snorkel, or fish. |
| much that she stayed for months after, and returned | | | | |