Praia de Piçarras
The town's main beach, it has a very calm sea, protected by three stone breakwaters. The waterfront has a promenade over 2 km long and is popular for swimming, windsurfing and canoeing.
Santa Catarina · Brazil
In the destination Costa Verde e Mar.
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The city
Balneário Piçarras has a long beach lined by a promenade and breakwaters. You can walk by the sea and take in the coastal scenery of northern Santa Catarina.
3 places to stay in Balneário Piçarras.
3 places picked to eat.
What to know before you go.
The local experience
The town's main beach, it has a very calm sea, protected by three stone breakwaters. The waterfront has a promenade over 2 km long and is popular for swimming, windsurfing and canoeing.
Run by the Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, it holds one of the largest oceanographic collections in the Americas, with fossils, whale skeletons, sharks and shells. Outside it displays Navy aircraft, such as a Sea King helicopter.
Discover Museu Oceanográfico Univali
A pair of rocky islets off the waterfront, in the central part of the town's coastline. A local legend, linked to the Carijó people, says the rocks are a couple who threw themselves into the sea to escape a conflict.