Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
with hot a
nd co
ld showers, parking space and wi-fi
throughout.
R$40
/person
Pedra do Sino
Av Perimetral Norte 3872 (4km north of
Vila Ilhabela)
T
12 3896 1266,
W
campingpedradosino
.com.br.
A well-shaded campsite with lots of trees, good
views, a pool and TV room. You can also rent a room or a
trailer. The beach is across the main r
oad, bu
t relatively
empt
y and not far away. Doubles
R$180
; camping
R$40
/person
EATING AND DRINKING
Cheiro Verde
Rua da Padroeira 109, Vila Ilhabela
T
12
3896 3245,
W
cheiroverdeilhabela.com.br.
There's a
choice of good-value specials here, changing daily, from
spaghetti with seafood to prawn
bobó
or chicken breast
alla parmigiana
, all at R$28.60.
Daily 11.30am-11pm.
Paulinho
Rua Pedro de Freitas 201
T
12 3896 2755.
Simple but good home-style cooking, off the beach road
north of Perequê. The
feijoada
(R$51) is excellent.
Noon-
11pm; closed Tues.
Resto do Cura
Av Princesa Isabel 337
T
12 3896 1341.
A good
comida por quilo
joint (R$40.90/kg) on the beach
road between Vila Ilhabela and Perequê.
Mon-Fri
11.30am-4pm, Sat & Sun 11.30am-6pm.
Viana
Av Leonardo Reale 1560, Viana
T
12 3896 1089,
W
viana.com.br.
The island's top restaurant, which is
rather formal and specializes (unsurprisingly) in seafood.
Starters include a seafood bisque for R$42.50, which you
can follow with
peixe no caico
(prawns rolled in a fish fillet
and baked in sauce) for R$56.50. The more informal hut on
the beach opposite has the same menu.
Restaurant
April-Nov Fri-Sun 1-11pm, Dec-March same hours;
beach hut daily 10am-6pm.
Ubatuba and around
UBATUBA
is a friendly little town on the Tropic of Capricorn, 50km northeast of
São Sebastião. The main draw is the local beaches, 72 in all, on islands and curling
around inlets, and reckoned by some to be among the state's best. Ubatuba is centred
on Praça 13 de Maio, a couple of blocks from the rodoviária on Rua Conceição.
Although there's nothing wrong with the town's own
Praia de Iperoig
, Ubatuba is
best used as a base from which to visit some of the numerous other beaches accessible
by bus or private boat.
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Projeto Tamar
Rua Antônio Athanásio 273 • Mon-Tues & Thurs 10am-6pm, Fri, Sat & school holidays 10am-8pm • R$13 •
T
12 3832 6202
Worth a visit is the local branch of the environmental organization Projeto Tamar,
which has display panels (in English and Portuguese) on their work protecting
sea
turtles
(mainly loggerheads) that graze offshore, and live turtles on view in pools.
Beaches northeast of Ubatuba
The least developed - and the most attractive - beaches are to the
northeast
of town,
with the furthest, Camburi, 46km away on the border with Rio state. To get to these
beaches, take the
local bus
marked “Prumirim” from the rodoviária and ask the driver
to stop at whichever stretch takes your fancy. One possible point to make for is the
Bairro do Picinguaba, a fishing village with a couple of bars and simple restaurants set
alongside a very pretty beach and connected to the main road by a 3km-long narrow
winding road.
Beaches and islands south of Ubatuba
The more popular beaches are to the south of Ubatuba and also easily reached by
bus from the town centre, although almost all of them are fringed with hastily built
condominiums as well as shopping and entertainment complexes.
Enseada
, 9km from
Ubatuba, is lined with expensive beachfront hotels; nestled in a bay protected from the
lively surf, its beach is popular with families, and in the summer it's always
uncomfortably crowded.
Across the bay is a series of beautiful isolated beaches that draw fewer people. Walk
out of Enseada on the main road for about 2km until you reach Ribeira, a yachting
centre and colourful fishing port. From here, you can get boats (around R$30/person)
