Location: 105 miles from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Maps)
Postal code: 28925-000
Population: about 20,000.
Clothing: Casual summer clothes in natural fabrics like cotton are most appropriate. Don't forget dress clothes (still casual) for nightlife and fine dining.
Best time to visit: There's no such thing as a bad time to visit Búzios. If you don't care much for partying, the best time to enjoy Búzios is off-season, specially from March to June and from September to November. In this periods, you will find great weather, lower rates and plenty of room for you to relax on the beach. Mid-December through mid-Febraury is the busiest period, with January being the peak month.
Tips: As a general guideline, restaurants and bars include the usual 10% tip in the bill, often labeled as service, It The customary tip to hotel porters is R$ 2 to R$ 5. Prices of goods and services already have taxes included.
Electrical Power in Búzios and Rio de Janeiro: 110 volts, 60 Hz
Exchange: The monetary unit of Brazil is the Real (R$). It can be exchanged at Airports, Banks, travel Agencies and authorized Hotels. International credit cards are accepted at hotels and in most restaurants and stores.
At Banco do Brasil, (Estrada José Bento Ribeiro Dantas, Shopping Praia do Canto, phone #: 55-22-2623-2009 / 2623-2302) and local exchange and tour agencies, usually located in downtown Búzios.
Banco do Brasil, Bradesco, Santander, Itaú, ATM (here called 24 hours bank), Located at Praça Santos Dumont, offers limited services requires a card w/password and does not process foreign currency.
Annual average temperature: 26º C (80 ºF).
Temperature of the water: between 18º and 21º C (64 to 68ºF)
Average number of sunny days in a year: 254
The seasons are exactly opposite to the one of Europe and United States.
For a more detailed forecast please click here.
As in most of the country, Búzios, is three less hours than in Greenwich (England). This relationship changes when it is established the schedule of summer in Brazil, and the clocks are early one hour, decreasing this difference to 2 hours.
Portuguese is the national language, but Portuguese spoken in Brazil is different, in accent and intonation, than the language spoken in Portugal and Portuguese colonies. English and Spanish are also spoken in some hotels, Inns, restaurants and tourist spots. Portuguese speakers usually understand Spanish, though the contrary is not necessarily the case.
Brazil country code: 55
Búzios city code: 22
The public telephones installed at public places work with phone card, allowing local and international calls, as well as collect calls. The telephones that make international calls are identified by the operational instructions of the telephone.
Phone cards: Easily found to buy, there are cards of 20, 50 and 90 units.
Direct connection: 00 + code of the operator + code of the country + code of the city + telephone
Direct connection: 00 + code of the operator + code of the city + telephone
Operator Embratel Cod: 21 / Operadora Intelig Cod: 23 / Operadora Phoneemar Cod: 31
Pórtico de Búzios, s/n - Manguinhos
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-4254 / 0800-024-9999
Business Hours: everyday, from 9 am to 8pm
Travessa dos Pescadores, 111 (near Santos Dumont Square)
Business hours: everyday, from 8 am to 8 pm
Estrada José Bento Ribeiro Dantas, 100 – Rasa
Business hours: everydays, from 9 am to 8 pm
E-mail: [email protected]
Estrada da Usina Velha, 19, Loja F
Phone: 55 (22) 2623 2126
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-6120
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-3260
Contact: Gabriel Gialluisi
R. Armindo Bertoldo, 31 - Centro
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-2106
Rua das Pedras, 141 - Centro
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-4516
Av. José Bento Ribeiro Dantas, 85
Phone: 55 (22) 9259-4485
Mayor: André Granado
Estrada da Usina, 600 - Centro
Phone: 55 (22) 2633-6000 / 6502
Travessa dos Pescadores - Centro
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-4734 / 190
Phone: 55 (22)2633-7000
Phone: 55 (22) 199
Phone: 193
Av. Parque, s/n - Rasa
Phone: 55 (22)2623-9237
Phone: 55 (22)2772-1002
Phone: 0800-702-0195 / 55 (22) 2621-5095
Phone: 0800-280-0120
Phone: 0800-618-080 / 55 (22)2648-0373
Estrada da Usina s/n - Centro
Phone: 55 (22) 2620-8700 / 8751
Rua Dois, s/n - Estrada da Usina - Centro
Phone: (22) 2620-8751
Estrada da Usina Velha, 360 - Centro
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-0309
Phone: 55 (22) 2643-2774 / 5056 / 5074
3 supermarkets (Manguinhos) and some other minimarkets
Several in Manguinhos and downtown
Several options in downtown (Rua das Pedras and Rua Turíbio de Farias)
five ones in several spots in the city.
Banco do Brasil, Bradesco, Santander, Itaú, Rede 24 horas (Praça Santos Dumont e Shopping Número 1 – Rua das Pedras)
Grand Cine Bardot: Travessa dos Arcos - Centro
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-1298
Masses: Every saturdays, at 8pm
Travessa Sant'Ana, s/n - Ladeira da Praia dos Ossos
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-6530
Estrada José Bento Ribeiro Dantas, 3.333 - Geribá
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-6530 / 6771
Everyday, from 9am to 9pm
Masses: every sundays at noon (chapel) / tuesday to fridays at 6:30pm, saturday at 6pm, sundays at 10am and 8pm (church)
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-1422 / 8128-3781
Phone: 192
Dr. Carlos Ernesto Stevenson de Oliveira
Free Service during business hours
Estrada Cabo Frio x Búzios, s/n - São José
Phone:55 (22) 2623-0651 / 7622 / 8263
Free Service 24hours
Av. José Bento Ribeiro Dantas, 2.000 - Manguinhos
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-2419 ou 192
Free Service during business hours
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-2549
Rua Manoel Turíbio de Farias - Centro
Estrada J. B. Ribeiro Dantas, 3000 - Manguinhos
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-2465 / 2623-6000
Mondays to Fridays, from 9am to 6pm
R. César Augusto São Luiz, 100 - Centro
Phone: 55 (22) 2633-0200
Mondays to Saturdays, 8am to 6pm - Sundays 8am to 2pm
Estrada J. B. Ribeiro Dantas, 2333 - Manguinhos
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-1564 / 9961-6685
Rua Maria Joaquina Justiniano de Sousa, 895
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-2500
Bus Station
Estrada da Usina - Centro - Phone: 55 (22) 2623-2050
Phone: 55 (21) 3213-1800
Phone: 55 (22) 2647-2535
Phone: 4004-5001- www.autoviacao1001.com.br
Phone: 0800-886-1000
Praça Santos Dumont
Phone.: 55 (22) 2623-2160
Phone:55 (22) 2623-2703
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-6618
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-5794
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-2509 / 99212-2004 - ID 81*63955 - http://buziostaxi.com.br
Phone: 55 (22) 9861-2499
Phone: 0800-022-9333
Phone: 0800-702-0124
Phone:(21) 21-3601-6263 - Serviço 24h
Phone: 55 (21) 3503-9000
Phone: 55 (21) 2332-5532 (Plantão)
Phone: 55 (22) 2629-1225 / 1229 (*The airport is closed temporarily)
Phone: 55 (22) 2644-5277
Phone: 55 (21) 3814-7070
Phone: 55 (21) 3398-5050 / 4526 / 4527
