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Escape to the glamorous beach town made famous by Brigitte Bardot.
A private day trip to Búzios, the upscale beach town on a scenic peninsula northeast of Rio, known for its many coves, Rua das Pedras boutiques, and laid-back seaside atmosphere.
Búzios rose to international fame after French actress Brigitte Bardot vacationed here in the 1960s, and the small fishing village has been a fashionable beach escape ever since. On this private day trip, your driver-guide takes you along the peninsula's many coves and beaches, with time to browse the boutiques and restaurants of Rua das Pedras.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Round-trip pickup from your Rio de Janeiro hotel.
Browse Búzios's famous cobblestone shopping and restaurant street.
Visit a selection of Búzios's more than 20 coves and beaches, each with its own character.
Walk the seafront promenade named for the actress who put Búzios on the map.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
A private day trip to Búzios, the upscale beach town on a scenic peninsula northeast of Rio, known for its many coves, Rua das Pedras boutiques, and laid-back seaside atmosphere. Búzios rose to international fame after French actress Brigitte Bardot vacationed here in the 1960s, and the small fishing village has been a fashionable beach escape ever since. On this private day trip, your driver-guide takes you along the peninsula's many coves and beaches, with time to browse the boutiques and restaurants of Rua das Pedras.
Búzios owes its entire reputation to one accident of timing. In January 1964, the French actress Brigitte Bardot — then one of the most photographed women in the world — sailed up the coast from Rio with her Brazilian companion Bob Zagury specifically to escape the paparazzi, and the yacht put in at what was then an isolated fishing village with no electricity. Bardot's visit, and her evident delight with the place, is what put this stretch of coastline on the international map almost overnight; wealthier Cariocas soon began following in her footsteps, and the quiet village gradually turned into the fashionable resort town it is today.
The appeal is almost entirely geographic: Búzios sits on a narrow peninsula only about 8 kilometers long, but its irregular, cove-studded coastline packs in 23 named beaches, each with its own character, from the surf breaks at Geribá to the calmer, sheltered waters of João Fernandes. That density of distinct beaches within such a small area is unusual even by Brazilian coastal standards, and it's the reason a single day trip can reasonably sample several very different beach experiences rather than just one long stretch of sand.
The town's waterfront promenade, Orla Bardot, is named directly for the actress, and a bronze statue of her stands along it today — a permanent nod to the visit that started it all. Rua das Pedras, the cobblestone street a short walk inland, grew up around the same tourism boom, evolving from a simple fishing-village lane into the boutique-and-restaurant strip it is now, though the peninsula's fishing-village roots are still visible in the smaller coves away from the main drag.
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