A gem of the region, it's a real paradisiac spectacle, offered to the eyes of the visitors, with a wide estuary with quiet waters looking into a beach with white sand and coconut palms.
Quiet fishermen's village of Cunhaú exists since a long time, at first occupied by the tupi people, then by the Portuguese, Dutch and French colonizers...
For some years some pousadas, restaurants of fishes and shrimps and bars of beach came to become established in the village benefiting for some of the sight privileged on the beauties of the site...
The beach of Barra of Cunhaú is formed by a long deserted band of sand lined with dunes and coconut palms, accessible by a ferry since village of Cunhau...
The big attraction of the river, is the boat trip along mangrove swamps 'Manguezais' and close to the sea, with assured bathing...