Muro Alto Beach
Muro Alto Beach
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- AgnesSao Leopoldo, RS265 contributionsVoted one of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil!Muro Alto Beach was voted one of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil for nothing! With a peculiar nature, corals formed on the edge of the beach, forming a natural cove with warm, calm, transparent water, full of fish. Magnificent! Furthermore, walking every morning, enjoying the sunrise reflecting on that water, seeing people starting to organize their work materials, with a vibrant and happy energy... there are no words to describe it, just: gratitude!Visited January 2024Traveled with friendsWritten April 13, 2024
- Dani BSao Paulo, SP55 contributionsBeautifulMuro Alto beach is sensational, it has crystal clear, calm waters and a reef that you can visit by raft. The natural pools of Maragogi leave nothing to be desired. It's a very quiet place, just avoid the northernmost part which is full of tourists near Ana's tent. If you like more peace and quiet, the southernmost part is more recommended. All Resorts and condominiums in this region have access to the beach. Only access is a little precarious due to the construction of new hotels in the surrounding area.Visited May 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten June 2, 2024
- Geovana Rosch de FariaToledo, PR81 contributionsNatural poolPERFECT A swimming pool, ideal for those who enjoy a calm. Perfect for children, because in the low tide the water height is ideal for the little ones. I came off season... the sand Banner is short, but great this season. I believe that in high season it is ideal to arrive early to ensure a good place. Dia de DayUse: @bardapraiamuroalto - parking: R$20 - dayuse: R$20Visited August 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten August 6, 2024
- Suélen SVotorantim, SP781 contributionsI would definitely come back, beautiful beach!It is really the best beach in Porto de Galinhas and that does not affect the experience with the high tide. I've been 2 times, and if I have another chance I'll stay on this beach next time. Super worth it!Visited October 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten October 28, 2024
- Simone BSao Jose Dos Campos, SP159 contributionsPraia MaravilhosaThis was another place I almost gave up for reading the reviews saying it was expensive, difficult to access. It's just wonderful, to lose the breath of so beautiful. We stayed in a Day Use called Bar da Praia, in the best place on the beach with all comforts, including chairs, loungers, swimming pool for RS 20.00 per person. We rented kayak and standup for RS 50.00 (combo) Wonderful drinks with good price at the bar of the jangada (on the sea). Go to spend the day, giant natural pool full of fish, so beautiful that we were 2 days in a row. No danger to children. Whoever will not regret it!Visited December 2024Traveled with familyWritten December 10, 2024
- DriLuzSao Paulo, SP407 contributionsPleasant beach, calm sea and a lot of visual pollution, because of the amount of tents.The beach is cosy, we went in December, calm sea, like a pool. Hot and tasty water, only has a lot of tent and a visual pollution, mainly near the beach bar points, in addition to many sellers approaching all the time. Unfortunately with every day more hotels and buildings, the beaches are getting more and more crowded, I've been here in 2019 and 2022, changed a lot.Visited December 2024Traveled with familyWritten December 24, 2024
- Daniela FCN20 contributionsIt's worth it, sweetie, but run away from the tent areaGreat beach, natural pools with water at ideal temperature. You can rent kayak and board, a delight. Difficulties: overcrowded in January. Come early. There is no parking on the street, access through narrow streets, the resorts have closed the site. There's a paid parking lot where the tents and the Buggys are, almost at the end. You can rent a chair and sunshine there, but the muvuca doesn't make up... We walk to the resort area next door, which is quite quiet. We didn't have chairs or sunscreen, but we used the cangas and as we went kayaking and doing other activities, we didn't stay in the sand, from there we left straight for a late lunch. It's worth it, sweetie, one of the most beautiful in Porto, but take a bag of groceries and if it's your intention to enjoy the beauty and the water with tranquility go away from the tent area... we love it!Visited January 2025Traveled with familyWritten January 10, 2025
- Rogério S6 contributionsGreat beachGreat beach, excellent location! I stayed in a Day Use, I took great advantage of the place and the food. The only bad thing about these beaches is that they are virtually all privatized. It has public access yes, but it is the same way in Carneiros.Visited January 2025Traveled with familyWritten January 31, 2025
- Ágata Paiva47 contributionsCalm and funOne of the best natural pools I've ever been to! But it's good to go early! In the morning the pools are more pleasant than in the afternoon, when the tide begins to rise. I went with my 4-month-old baby and she played until she got tired.Visited January 2025Traveled with familyWritten February 4, 2025
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Camila M Carvalho
Belo Horizonte, MG506 contributions
Feb 2024 • Solo
The beach is wonderful. The natural pools are great for swimming and for children. The beach has a large extension, some of the services are provided by the hotels on the shore, but there are some separate tents. One of them charged 150 consumption per person, even though she was alone. I found the prices to be higher than at other beaches, but this is where the biggest resorts are.

Written February 12, 2024
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Viviajando31
Belo Horizonte, MG406 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
Muro Alto beach is sensational. It has a wall of reefs that form a giant natural pool, which is great for swimming. Near the reefs you can see several fish and you can get there by swimming or renting a kayak. When we went there, we stayed at Bar da Praia Muro Alto, which charges 10 reais for day use, but has a great structure. It's super worth it. Even more so, it is possible to use day use at another tent in Pontal do Cupe as well.

Written October 25, 2023
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Felipe Falci
21 contributions
Dec 2023 • Couples
The beach is very beautiful, with warm, greenish waters and a 2-kilometer reef that surrounds the beach and creates a pool of natural waters.
Worth knowing!
The negative point is that the place is being invaded by real estate developments, in a disorderly manner. Everyone who visited the place a few years ago says that the beauty is being lost because of this. In fact, nowadays, practically the entire coastline is surrounded by resorts and you have almost no access to the coastline.
Worth knowing!
The negative point is that the place is being invaded by real estate developments, in a disorderly manner. Everyone who visited the place a few years ago says that the beauty is being lost because of this. In fact, nowadays, practically the entire coastline is surrounded by resorts and you have almost no access to the coastline.

Written December 11, 2023
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Daniela M
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Jan 2025 • Family
Privatized!
If you want to see it, it is recommended that you book the beachfront accommodation or enter the Day-use scheme: pay to access the beach.
There are only two pedestrian entrances, and we only found one after we rode for half an hour, going back and forth on a road built so that no one can park.
The walker told us that one of them will be closed, so for those who can't pay, there's only this square of sand left, crowded with people and surrounded by tall walls by large enterprises.
We rented a flat, on the other side of the road, imagining that we would enjoy the best beaches - Muro Alto and Cupe.
The disappointment was so great that I did not come back to meet another piece of this disputed sand - even though I could pay to enjoy it. I didn't even take a picture.
Absurd!!!
A natural good sold, without the slightest stink. Restricting the use of the population, putting us at the mercy of capital.
If you want to see it, it is recommended that you book the beachfront accommodation or enter the Day-use scheme: pay to access the beach.
There are only two pedestrian entrances, and we only found one after we rode for half an hour, going back and forth on a road built so that no one can park.
The walker told us that one of them will be closed, so for those who can't pay, there's only this square of sand left, crowded with people and surrounded by tall walls by large enterprises.
We rented a flat, on the other side of the road, imagining that we would enjoy the best beaches - Muro Alto and Cupe.
The disappointment was so great that I did not come back to meet another piece of this disputed sand - even though I could pay to enjoy it. I didn't even take a picture.
Absurd!!!
A natural good sold, without the slightest stink. Restricting the use of the population, putting us at the mercy of capital.
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Written January 11, 2025
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Silvia Pedrosa
Sao Paulo, SP25 contributions
Jan 2025 • Couples
Beautiful beach about to be destroyed by real estate enterprises... The sea is a natural, quiet and quiet pool, but access is already taken by countless enterprises, each charging as much as you want for the entrance to the beach. In the sand strip countless guards suns, annoying harassment of the campers. Impossible to install the own sunshine/ chairs. Remember that the beach is public.....! A shame. I went 20 years ago, I went now, and I probably won't come back.
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Written January 24, 2025
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Mariana B
9 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
Positive points: the beach is beautiful and clean!!
Negative points: it's HELL the roasting of bags from street vendors, from GAV people talking about the resort, from competitors saying: get out of here, it's cheaper here. There is no peace here! Anyone who has been to the beaches of São Paulo, Guarujá for example, this is it. Loud music and people annoying you all the time. I stayed at Bar da Praia, the structure is good, but this is my view of the beach (look at the photos) only street vendors!
Negative points: it's HELL the roasting of bags from street vendors, from GAV people talking about the resort, from competitors saying: get out of here, it's cheaper here. There is no peace here! Anyone who has been to the beaches of São Paulo, Guarujá for example, this is it. Loud music and people annoying you all the time. I stayed at Bar da Praia, the structure is good, but this is my view of the beach (look at the photos) only street vendors!

Written October 28, 2023
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Jen Solano d
15 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
We found the access to the beach poorly signposted - it really seemed like there was only one place to park (10 reais) and an additional 10 reais per person to go down to the beach and stay at the Beach Bar. The prices there are very expensive and there is constant traffic from street vendors. Our experience with Bar da Praia was that it is expensive and that there are other options on the beach. The prices are high and they still charge a service fee. But when you park your car, you don't know this because there are no signs for visitors. It seems it wasn't just our opinion - the place was full when we left for the Kayak tour and when we returned the place was empty and the remaining customers were fighting over high prices. Employees at other locations said it was always like this.
The beach is beautiful and the kayak trip to the reef is worth it, as are the photos taken by Fotos Muro Alto, with the fish in the water.
I just don't recommend the Beach Bar in Muro Alto.
The beach is beautiful and the kayak trip to the reef is worth it, as are the photos taken by Fotos Muro Alto, with the fish in the water.
I just don't recommend the Beach Bar in Muro Alto.

Written November 7, 2023
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Daniela I
Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP65 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
The beach is good, calm sea (no waves due to the coral wall). We were approached by the company GAV right at the entrance to present a deal for shares in a resort, they said it would take 30 minutes, but we stayed there for more than 1 hour...
We paid for a kayak (50 reais) to go close to the coral wall, I thought the experience was cool, but it doesn't even compare to the natural pools. When you rent a kayak, you also get standup (if you're interested).
I think it's cool to visit because it's one of the main beaches in Ipojuca, but it wasn't the place we liked most
We paid for a kayak (50 reais) to go close to the coral wall, I thought the experience was cool, but it doesn't even compare to the natural pools. When you rent a kayak, you also get standup (if you're interested).
I think it's cool to visit because it's one of the main beaches in Ipojuca, but it wasn't the place we liked most

Written October 29, 2023
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Camila Figueroa
Casablanca, Chile53 contributions
Mar 2024 • Couples
It's not worth paying $350 real to get a ride in a buggy. You can rent a car for $95 reais and make the trip on your own much more comfortable.
It is a very quiet and shallow beach, unlike natural pools, here you will not see many fish or reefs. I think there are much more beautiful activities in the area, but it is worth exploring for a while and then continuing on to other destinations.
It is a very quiet and shallow beach, unlike natural pools, here you will not see many fish or reefs. I think there are much more beautiful activities in the area, but it is worth exploring for a while and then continuing on to other destinations.

Written March 14, 2024
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ANA CLAUDIA H
5 contributions
Dec 2024 • Couples
Extremely full and taken by Day Use scheme. If it wasn't to stay staying at a resort there I would never come back. We got in the middle of a crowd of people. The beach in s i is really very calm and you can for 60.00 do a kayaking crossing to the coral barrier where the fish are fed at all times for tourist photos.
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Written December 25, 2024
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Adelson F
Aracaju, SE
Olá pessoal...na paia de Muro Alto pode e tem lugar para levar sombreiro, cadeiras de praia e isopor?...ou é proibido?
valeu
Written September 16, 2024
Boa noite gostaria de saber se maio chove muito tanto em porto de galinhas como na cidade mesmo centro recife ouvi falar que alaga até as ruas alguém poderia me informar meio do mês em diante agradecida
Written January 20, 2024
Quais são os valores dos alugueis de caiaques e standup paddles na praia de Muro Alto atualmente? E para quanto tempo? Obrigado!
Written January 4, 2024
Olá, não sei lhe informar sobre as prais no Rio de Janeiro. Creio que no inverno a temperatura das águas sejam mais frias do que no verão. Mas compensa sempre visitar as prais do Rio.
Written September 8, 2022
paloma
Asuncion, Paraguay
Hola! Cómo sería el trámite para ir desde serrambi beach a muro alto? Cuánto costaría un uber?
Written January 2, 2022
Quero viajar em maio mas tenho medo de chover muito e não cons eguir aproveitar, alguém sabe se maio é um mês ruim pra ir? Porque em sp chove muito e é frio
Written February 24, 2021
Olha só , frio não existe lá !!! O frio de lá é chuva , isso irá comprometer muito sua estadia , pois a chuva compromete a beleza dos passeios , mas dificilmente chove o dia todo , mas consequentemente atrapalha principalmente a cor clara das águas cristalinas... Se me permitir a dica , diria pra você pesquisar a tábua de maré , se durante a sua estadia estiver menor que 0.6 TA-CA-LHE-PAU , não vai se arrepender.
Written February 26, 2021
Vou me hospedar dia 19/02/21 a 26/02/21 , no Vivá... Alguém indicaria passeios ou afazeres que de fato compense ??
Pois já li vários comentários e Muro Alto por exemplo , não me agradou pelas avaliações !!!
Written January 31, 2021
Alexandre jaeger
Fortaleza, CE
No geral faz parte do passeio ponta a ponta de bugue.
Vale a pena.
Se tem filhos pequenos é o lugar ideal. Pois não tem onda. Dá pra, ter uma piscina de água salgada.
Ótimo pra passar o dia.
Se estiverem em mais pessoas tem camarotes que vale o preço.
Written February 11, 2021
Ouvi falar que começaram uma obra "faraônica" no final do ano de 2020...quem esteve por lá neste período pode confirmar por gentileza?
E acaso, teriam indicações de pousada/ hotel.
Grata
Written January 4, 2021
Estive por lá recentemente e não vi nada de especial.
Written January 5, 2021
Boa tarde. Alguma dica de quiosque, bar, restaurante ou barraca que ofereça uma boa estrutura para banhista? Vou estar na Praia do Cupe, mas pretendo visitar Muro Alto... Obrigado 🙂
Written October 23, 2020
Bom dia. Em muro alto existe apenas um bar estruturado que não lembro o nome, mas fica próximo do bar da Ana. Existem outros bares, porém a estrutura é bem simples.
Written October 24, 2020
Gostaria de uma dica para ir do centro de Porto de Galinhas para a Praia de Muro Alto, sem agência de turismo.
Written October 11, 2020
O deslocamento de Porto até Muro Alto é bem rápido e tranquilo. O grande problema é o estacionamento que cobram, em média, 20 reais e fora deles é muito ruim deixar o veículo. É aconselhável ir com carro próprio do que contratar um agência, pois não é tão difícil se localizar na região de muro alto.
Written October 12, 2020
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