Composed of several beaches, the south coast attracts visitors with the diversity of its landscape. Starting with Boa Viagem beach, in Recife, that offers numerous leisure options for the tourist and for pernambucanos. This beach is internationally famous for its rare beauty. There summer is a permanent season, with its natural warm water pools, fine and white sand, coconut trees and jangadas. Boa Viagem offers a variety of services that, together with the comfort of the neighborhood, guarantee an excellent and modern urban infrastructure. One should also point out the Mar Hotel Recife and Atlante Plaza Hotel, both located at Boa Viagem, they receive hundreds of national and international tourists.

At night the tourist can enjoy the night life at Boa Viagem, at the numerous bars, restaurants and nightclubs, as well as at the regional market that happens every Sunday at Boa Viagem Square. Further on you will find Piedade, Candeias and Barra de Jangada beaches, all in Jaboatão dos Guararapes. At these beaches the tourist can enjoy a cold beer or coconut water in bars and restaurants by the beach. At Piedade, also by the ocean is the small church of Nossa Senhora de Piedade, one of the town’s post card attractions.

Located in Cabo county is Gaibu beach, also included in the routs of surfers. During the early 1970´s, the beach sheltered “hippies” from all over the country and to this day it keeps a delightful environment of freedom. The warm and clear water is an irresistible invitation for a good swim. Walking 3.5 kilometers from Gaibu, alongside the beautiful landscape and the sea breeze, one arrives at Calhetas beach. It is a small, almost deserted bay with 1 kilometer of extension. At Calhetas waves are week and the water is blue-green with an average temperature of 28 degrees and transparent up to 1 meter down. In the exuberant landscape, the rocks coming from the continent into the ocean stand out. The scenery is also composed of small bushes, fishermen houses and a few bars where visitors can enjoy agulha frita and other seafood dishes and drinks made of regional fruits.

At Serrambi, the tourist finds the perfect waves for radical surf maneuvers. The beach is 5 kilometers long with a sand area 15 meters wide. On the way to Serrambi an interesting visit is the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Outeiro and Mirante do Outeiro, as well as taking a trip to one of the neighboring islands such as Santo Aleixo.

Porto de Galinhas beach, the most important tourist point of the South Coast, with its high tides, is perfect for surfing. When the tide is low it enables pleasant boat, jangada and buggy rides. Porto has an efficient infrastructure for tourist services. The trip is enriched with trips to old convent ruins and historical fortresses. 9 kilometers from Porto one finds Muro Alto, so called because of the huge reef wall at the beach. It is a destination with a differential where the tourist can stay at five stars resorts such as the Summerville Beach Resort, considered one of the top ten beach resorts in Brazil.

Beauty extends up to Tamandaré beach in Rio Formoso, 101 kilometers from Recife. The district has seven beaches. Before arriving at Tamandaré beach the visitor can stop at Reserva Ecológica de Saltinho (an ecological preservation area). The Reserve is protected by Ibama with strict visitation rules in order to preserve tje equilibrium of the ecosystem. Tamandaré has a cal environment, ideal for a good rest. By the ocean one finds São José church and various restaurants serving delicious fried fish and other seafood delicacies. The scenery is composed of coconut trees and residential summer constructions. These are only a few of the beaches that are part of the enchanting, graceful and magical south coast of Pernambuco. A perfect paradise scenery.