Coastal lagoons
Calm water.
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Maricá is a coastal city east of Niterói in Rio de Janeiro state, spread over about 362 square kilometres between the ocean and a wide set of coastal lagoons, and divided into the districts of Maricá, Ponta Negra, Inoã and Itaipuaçu, each with its own beaches. The Tupinambá people, also called the Tamoio, lived here when Europeans arrived in the sixteenth century, and its name has appeared on Portuguese maps ever since. It lived from farming and fishing, once known as the state's largest fish producer thanks to its lagoons. Today its coast, facing the Santos Basin, brings in oil royalties that have made it one of the state's richest municipalities. Visitors come for its long ocean beaches and calm lagoons, and it is close enough for a day trip from Rio or Niterói.
Calm water.
Long and open.
A day trip.
Maricá, eastern Greater Rio de Janeiro
Just to its east, about an hour by car.