> Beaches

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Natal, RN

Let's do the tour of Natal beaches!

Below, quick information about Natal beaches. Choose one to spend a cheerful day.

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1. Via Costeira: formerly known is Barreira d'Agua; in Via Costeira visitors find Natal's best hotels with direct access to the beach. Best of Natal.
2. Praia de Ponta Negra: very nice beach situated in a bay. In the south of this bay lays the beautiful Morro do Careca - a 120 m high dune. Ponta Negra is Natal's fashionable beach - the actual point - and together with the Morro do Careca, one of the City Postcards. Surf

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3. Genipabu: Praia de Genipabu is a very nice beach - situated in Extremoz, in Greater Natal - dunes, buggy tours. City Postcard.
4. Praia do Forte: quiet beach, windsurf, near the Reis Magos fort
5. Praia do Meio is the nearest beach of downtown
6. Praia dos Artistas: nice beach and former point of Natal
7. Praia de Areia Preta: good beach, stones and grey sand; surf
8. Praia de Mãe Luiza: beach near a poor quarter of the city; Mãe Luiza Lighthouse. Natal's wonderful view from the lighthouse
9. The Praia da Redinha (or Ridinha): situated in niehgbouring Extremoz. Mouth of Rio Potengi, where the river waters meet the ocean. Boat and jangada tours.

Some Natal's Major Attractions

- nice beaches
- its people's hospitality
- its sunny weather during almost all the year
- its Carnival
- its charming tropical night
- June feasts (Saint John's and Saint Peter's)
- nautical sports (surf, diving, kitesurf, windsurf, fishing, saling)
- good hotels and restaurants
- delicious cooking

Practical Information

Telephone Area Code (DDD): 84
Zip Code (CEP): 59.000-000
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