Porto Belo Brazil
23
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Azamara Club Cruises (14 Cruises)
Azamara Quest
14 Cruises
Ponant (4 Cruises)
Frequently Asked Questions
The ship anchors off the bay and tenders bring passengers into the heart of the village. There is no grand terminal here: a jetty, fishing boats and the smell of the sea set the tone.
In the state of Santa Catarina, about sixty kilometres south of Florianópolis. The bay opens as a notch between hills covered in Atlantic forest.
A free shuttle usually links the landing point to the centre, and a guided bus service tours the surroundings. The village itself is entirely walkable.
The crossing to João da Cunha island, right opposite, fits into half a day and leaves time for a swim. A stroll along the seafront avenue, past the church, the shops and the fishermen's stalls, rounds out the day.
A calm beach, an interpretive trail through the vegetation, rock inscriptions attributed to pre-colonial peoples and a snorkelling route along the rocks. Short boat crossings run there from the shore.
Yes, by taxi or excursion, about twenty minutes. The Bombas and Bombinhas coves offer pale sand facing translucent water, among the most highly rated on the Brazilian coast for snorkelling. In high season traffic slows the round trip: leave early and keep a margin before the last tender.
Yes. The clarity comes from the nearby Arvoredo marine biological reserve, where tropical fish, turtles and silver shoals work the rocky bottoms. Even without tanks, a simple mask reveals plenty along the rocky points, especially in the morning before the afternoon wind stirs the sea.
Yes, particularly so. The village is human-scaled, the town beach is calm and the island is a few minutes away by boat. Everything happens without long transfers, which simplifies the day with young children.
Brazilian reais and Portuguese. Keep cash for the boats, juice kiosks and craft shops, where you will find wood carvings, jewellery and ceramics by local artisans.
The mark of families who came from the Azores to settle this coast in the eighteenth century. You see it in the devotion of the chapels, in the nets mended on the quays and in the fishing boats drawn up on the shore.
