Long beach
On the ocean.
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Ilha Comprida, the «Long Island», is a coastal municipality in the Ribeira Valley of southern São Paulo state, about 209 kilometres from the capital, its land a long, narrow strip of 192 square kilometres facing Iguape and Cananéia. It lies wholly within an environmental protection area, UNESCO declared it part of a biosphere reserve, and it keeps the state's last dunes. Its story is bound up with the origins of Iguape and Cananéia since pre-colonial times; the first signs of European settlement appeared in the late 18th century, and the fishing village of Pedrinhas grew in the early 20th. In 1938 its land was split between Iguape and Cananéia, reached by ferries from the southern and northern Boqueirão districts. Its beach runs open to the ocean for dozens of kilometres, suited to long walks and birdwatching. It is one of the municipalities the state ranks as a seaside resort.
On the ocean.
The state's last.
In the reserve.
Boqueirão, Ilha Comprida, São Paulo state
From Iguape across to the northern Boqueirão district.