Usefull Information
Location: 105 miles from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Maps)
Postal code: 28925-000
Population: about 20,000.
Clothing: Casual summer clothes in natural fabrics like cotton are most appropriate. Don't forget dress clothes (still casual) for nightlife and fine dining.
Best time to visit: There's no such thing as a bad time to visit Búzios. If you don't care much for partying, the best time to enjoy Búzios is off-season, specially from March to June and from September to November. In this periods, you will find great weather, lower rates and plenty of room for you to relax on the beach. Mid-December through mid-Febraury is the busiest period, with January being the peak month.
Tips: As a general guideline, restaurants and bars include the usual 10% tip in the bill, often labeled as service, It The customary tip to hotel porters is R$ 2 to R$ 5. Prices of goods and services already have taxes included.
Electrical Power in Búzios and Rio de Janeiro: 110 volts, 60 Hz
Exchange: The monetary unit of Brazil is the Real (R$). It can be exchanged at Airports, Banks, travel Agencies and authorized Hotels. International credit cards are accepted at hotels and in most restaurants and stores.
Exchange in Búzios:
- At Banco do Brasil, (Estrada José Bento Ribeiro Dantas, Shopping Praia do Canto, phone #: 55-22-2623-2009 / 2623-2302) and local exchange and tour agencies, usually located in downtown Búzios.
Banks in Búzios:
- Banco do Brasil
- Bradesco
- Santander
- Itaú
- ATM (here called 24 hours bank), Located at Praça Santos Dumont, offers limited services requires a card w/password and does not process foreign currency.
Climate:
Annual average temperature: 26º C (80 ºF).
Temperature of the water: between 18º and 21º C (64 to 68ºF)
Average number of sunny days in a year: 254
The seasons are exactly opposite to the one of Europe and United States.
For a more detailed forecast please click here.
Time zone
As in most of the country, Búzios, is three less hours than in Greenwich (England). This relationship changes when it is established the schedule of summer in Brazil, and the clocks are early one hour, decreasing this difference to 2 hours.
Language
Portuguese is the national language, but Portuguese spoken in Brazil is different, in accent and intonation, than the language spoken in Portugal and Portuguese colonies. English and Spanish are also spoken in some hotels, Inns, restaurants and tourist spots. Portuguese speakers usually understand Spanish, though the contrary is not necessarily the case.
Phone Calls
Brazil country code: 55
Búzios city code: 22
The public telephones installed at public places work with phone card, allowing local and international calls, as well as collect calls. The telephones that make international calls are identified by the operational instructions of the telephone.
Phone cards: Easily found to buy, there are cards of 20, 50 and 90 units.
International:
Direct connection: 00 + code of the operator + code of the country + code of the city + telephone
Regional in Brazil:
Direct connection: 00 + code of the operator + code of the city + telephone
Operator Embratel Cod: 21 / Operadora Intelig Cod: 23 / Operadora Phoneemar Cod: 31
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-4254 / 0800-024-9999
Business Hours: everyday, from 9 am to 8pm
Tourism Info Center (Downtown)
Travessa dos Pescadores, 111 (near Santos Dumont Square)
Business hours: everyday, from 8 am to 8 pm
Tourism Info Center (Rasa)
Estrada José Bento Ribeiro Dantas, 100 – Rasa
Business hours: everydays, from 9 am to 8 pm
E-mail: [email protected]
Búzios Convention & Visitors Bureau
Movimento Viva Búzios - ONG Ambiental
Contact: Gabriel Gialluisi
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-2106
Public Services
Estrada da Usina, 600 - Centro
Phone: 55 (22) 2633-6000 / 6502
Military Police- 5ª Cia de Búzios
2623-1039 / 2633-0914 / 2623-9237
Federal Police (Macaé)
Sewage Company
Power Company
Ibama - Environment Protection
Forum
Harbourmaster (Cabo Frio)
Drugstore:
Currency Exchange:
Gas Station:
Banks
Churches
Travessa Sant'Ana, s/n - Ladeira da Praia dos Ossos
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-6530
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-6530 / 6771
Everyday, from 9am to 9pm
Emergency - Municipal Hospital
Estrada Cabo Frio x Búzios, s/n - São José
Phone:55 (22) 2623-0651 / 7622 / 8263
PU - Policlinic
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-2419 ou 192
Posto Paulo Ackeman (Emergency)
Búzios Clinic
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-2465 / 2623-6000
Búzios Medical Center
Búzios Veterinary Clinic
Estrada J. B. Ribeiro Dantas, 2333 - Manguinhos
Phone: 55 (22) 2623-1564 / 9961-6685
Camping
Bus
Taxis
McDonald's (Next to Shopping Nº 1)
Bus Station (Next to Celso Terra)
Geribá (Next to Princesa Supermarket)
Búzios Radio Taxi
Highway Police - Rio de Janeiro State
Federal Highway Police
DNER
Airports
Cabo Frio
Santos Dumont - Rio de Janeiro
Internacional of Rio de Janeiro - Galeão