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The north coast from Santo André up to Belmonte
 SANTO ANTÔNIO
This small town, 9 km (5.5 miles) from Santo André can simply be reached by bicycle. Tiny shops and restaurants invite to ponder.
The place is over toped by the huge statue of the Holy Antonius of the world. The short walk is rewarded by the impressive panoramic view of the coast.
An excursion voyage from Santo Antônio to Mata Medonha with the boat approx.10km long. The Indio-Settlement lies isolated upstream on the Rio Santo Antônio. Further information is available in the section "Excursions / Pataxó".
Beaches:
Santo Antônio's beaches are not frequently visited and only have a limited infrastructure.
The Paria da Ponta de Santo Antônio is a beautiful sand beach at the river mouth of the Rio Santo Antônio, very suitable for swimming, fishing and wandering. It is also starting point for boating trips. During the low tide beautiful sand banks arise at the river mouth.
The Praia das Bobocas and Praia dos Golfinhos are rarely visited broad sand beaches.
GUAJÚ
The town lies 17 km (10,5 miles) north of Santo André. Also here small restaurants and shops are available. A visit to the handicraft shop "Traum Artes" and Maria Nilza's beach restaurant should not be missed.
Beaches:
The Praia de Guaiú, at the lower end of village, is a readily visited beach with warm, quiet water, sheltered by the reefs Receife Angaba and Receife Araripe. The beach is, also during high tide, very suitable for bathing and strolling.
MOGICUIÇABA
In the Indio language, Mogiquiçaba means "The Land on Snake-River", an allusion to the winding flow of the Rio Preto. The fisherman's village lies 24km north of Santo André directly on the BA-001 and already belongs to the municipality of Belmonte.
The coastal stripe at Mogiquiçcaba also belongs to the most beautiful on the Costa do Descobrimento. Natural springs, mangroves and the Mata Atlântica give the scenery its unforgettable charm.
Today the Piaçava is processed in Mogicuiçaba. These palm leaves are still used as roof coverage to the very day.
Dedé's Pasteis in the Bar Lamarão should not be missed.
The Rio Preto or also Sucuruiuba is a winding river, especially suitable for fishing and bathing.
Beaches:
Along with the possibility to bathe, wander, and horseback riding, the Praia de Mogiquiçaba also is good for surfing and wind surfing.
BELMONTE
Belmonte, 50 km (31 miles) north of Santo André was founded in 1764 by the Portuguese. Its name is representative to the residential city of Pedro Álvares Cabral, the discoverer of Brazil.
The unique architecture of the beautiful buildings of the colonial period witness the golden times of the cocoa era at the end of the nineteenth century. In the center of Belmonte you can still admire some of these buildings, some ruins, others beautifully restored.
One of the landmarks of Belmonte is the light house in the city center. It was built by the same company who built the Eiffel tower in Paris. Due to siltation of mouth of the Rio Jequitinonha, today it stands far from the coastal line.
A beautiful excursion from Belmonte is a boat trip over the Rio Jequitinonha, the Rio Passuí and through Mangrove areas to Isle Peso and the City Canavieiras, also a town with beautiful buildings from the cocoa ages.
At the Banco Royal Charlote, an underwater reef of approx. 40 nautical miles into the open sea, blue marlin is fished.
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