Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro

Federal State

Guaratiba is a place and a municipality in the State of Rio de Janeiro of Brazil; to the site include the districts of Pedra de Guaratiba, Ilha de Guaratiba and Barra de Guaratiba.

Guaratiba is on the coast ( Baia de Sepetiba, as well as open sea ) and is with its beaches as a recreational area of the city of Rio de Janeiro. The town's name comes from the indigenous Tupi language and means that here maned - birds. The place has a number of tourist attractions and the surrounding vegetation is tropical. So you meet on banana plantations and in the area of ​​Baia de Sepetiba you meet mangrove swamps.

Barra de Guaratiba

This district is located to the south on the edge of the Serra da Grota Funda. Due to its location on the outskirts of Baia de Sepetiba you can find here mainly mangrove swamps. Various waterways connecting the open sea with the Bay and there is a transition to the long peninsula Restinga de Marambaia to which however the access is blocked, since the army Centro de Avaliação do Exército ( CAEX ) has its location. The name comes from the indigenous Tupi Marambaia language and means fencing of the war.

In the 1960s and 1970s, rich in the Barra de Guaratiba families from Rio had settled, but these estates have now been sold because of the greater population. From this period date back several Landhausbauten.

Pedra de Guaratiba

This place is mostly visited today and in demand as a place of residence or weekend retreat of the Cariocas of Rio. The population has increased dramatically here in the last few years. Fishing here still has a certain importance. The tourist development of Praia da Brisa has led to a large increase of weekend visitors. Various fish restaurants here were very well known and attract people from the big city.

Ilha de Guaratiba

This area is still affected some rural and has his identification in a large rock, the Pedra Branca. Also there are many nurseries that offer ornamental flowers for visitors from the big city to purchase. A tourist attraction is the State Park of Pedra Branca. Here you can walk on trails through the tropical nature.

Due to a great speculation in the ground in this region, which are due to the plans of a tunnel in the direction of Rio de Janeiro (under the Serra da Grota Funda through ), here new land is opened up. It will not prevent after tunneling in the long run that the negative elements of the city ( expansion of the favelas and strengthening of the crime) continue to spread on Guaratiba.