Guarapari is a popular beach resort town in Espirito Santo, counting about 100.000 people, a figure that quickly multiplies in high season.
Guarapari is a very popular holiday escape for people from landlocked Minas Gerais state and for people from Vitória and Vila Velha. The place is fervent between Christmas and Carnaval, with smaller peaks on school holidays throughout the year.
- Lounge about on the beach at Praia do Morro. At its northern end there is a small nature reserve with a 1.5-km trail that leads to a small deserted beach.
- There is a kind of an amusement park in the closed down part of a quarry, not far from Praia do Morro: Pedreira Adventures. During high season parties are hosted here, -an amazing setting!
- There is rental of windsurfing equipment and small sailboats near Quisque 55 at Praia do Morro. Lessons are also given. Kayak rental nearby.
Lounge about on the beach at Praia do Morro. At its northern end there is a small nature reserve with a 1.5-km trail that leads to a small deserted beach.
- Plenty of cheap T-shirts along Praia do Morro, where most shops are open evenings only
- Restaurante Cantinho do Curuca, capixaba moqueca. Av. Beira Mar de Meaípe.
- Restaurante Gaeta, capixaba moqueca. Av. Beira Mar de Meaípe.
Restaurante Cantinho do Curuca, capixaba moqueca. Av. Beira Mar de Meaípe.
Restaurante Gaeta, capixaba moqueca. Av. Beira Mar de Meaípe.
- Kiosks line the beaches and always have plenty of beer, caipirinhas, and coconut water.
- Quiosque 16 at Parai do Morro has live acts most every night until 10 PM, -R$ 1-2 cover charge.
- Restaurante Janaina by Quiosque 40 at Praia do Morro has live pagode every friday and sunday.
- Bar-come-club Tonteria is in the city center High season nightlife concentrates in Meaípe:
- Multiplace MAIS. Stiffly priced, huge.
- Casa Marracini, Rua Fernando de Abreu, 121 - Guarapari - ES, 29200-685, +55 27 3261-1616. Restaurant specializes in Italian pasta, grilled meats and seafood
Kiosks line the beaches and always have plenty of beer, caipirinhas, and coconut water.
Multiplace MAIS. Stiffly priced, huge.
Casa Marracini, Rua Fernando de Abreu, 121 - Guarapari - ES, 29200-685, +55 27 3261-1616. Restaurant specializes in Italian pasta, grilled meats and seafood
The telephone area code for Guarapari is 27 (as well as in central and northern parts of Espírito Santo).
- Vitória - The capital of the state of Espírito Santo, famous for its bay, beaches and nightlife.
- Vila Velha - Famous for Convento da Penha (a 16th-century hilltop Franciscan convent), and the beaches of Praia da Costa, Itapuã, and Coqueiral de Itaparica.
- Domingos Martins - To get a taste of a town colonized by German immigrants, and the famous Pedra Azul (Blue Rock).
- Santa Teresa - To get a taste of a town colonized by Italian immigrants.
- Itaúnas - Famous for its dunes and forró, a Northeastern Brazilian dance.
- Rio de Janeiro - World-known city famous for its breathtaking landscape and annual carnival.