Coroa Vermelha

Ilha do Boi (Vitória)

Ilha Escalvada (Guarapari)

Ilhas Rasas (Guarapari)

Naufrágio Bellucia (Vitória)

Trindade & Martim Vaz (Remote)

Espírito Santo is famous for moqueca Capixaba, the state's version of fish stew made with tomato, onion, coriander, and olive oil rather than coconut milk and dendê oil like the Bahian version. This lighter, more Mediterranean-influenced stew is served in clay pots with rice and pirão. Fresh seafood, particularly red snapper and shrimp, is outstanding along the Guarapari coast.

Hotel Porto do Sol

Guarapari Praia Hotel

Bristol Alameda Vitória

Pousada do Pescador

Vitória and Guarapari in Espírito Santo state offer some of Brazil's most underrated diving with a remarkable combination of offshore pinnacles, historical wrecks, and seasonal megafauna encounters. The standout site is Ilha Escalvada off Guarapari where a dramatic pinnacle attracts massive schools of sweepers, groupers, and nurse sharks with seasonal manta rays and whale sharks appearing from July to October. The Naufrágio Bellucia wreck, a 1903 Italian transatlantic liner at 20-28 metres, provides one of Brazil's largest wreck diving experiences with huge resident groupers and penetrable sections. Ilha do Boi near Vitória offers excellent macro diving with frogfish, seahorses, and nudibranchs on sloping walls. The remote Trindade and Martim Vaz islands offer pristine seamount diving with hammerhead sharks and giant pelagics, though access is strictly limited to scientific and military expeditions. The region combines urban convenience with surprisingly wild diving experiences along the southeast Brazilian coast.

Vitória & Guarapari