Armação dos Búzios

was discovered for the first time at the beginning of the 16th century by the Portuguese.

The second discovery happened in 1964 – so predicate the inhabitants – as Brigitte Bardot, the actress, visited a friend at Búzios and the whole crowd of paparazzi travelled after her, to take some pictures of her in bikini. This is how the small place got famous over night.The tourism got entrance in the fishermen's village and so it developed to the most expensive tourist place on the coast. The town has today 9000 inhabitants, to whose come 150000 guest on holidays and carnival (December to February).
But Búzios still kept its exotic charm. So it is forbidden, for example, to construct more than two-floor houses. The peninsula counts 23 beaches and numerable little islands that enrich the picture.a large selection of boutiques, stores, banks (24 hs open), hotels, restaurants,
clubs and a lot of possibilities to participate in excursions makes the place for young and young remained people very attractive.

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