with over 700 meters
of fine white sand,
são francisco
beach is one of the most popular beaches in
niterói. located on the
enseada de são francisco (são
francisco's harbor),
only a few minutes from
praia de icaraí,
niterói's main beach, praia de são francisco steals the spot
light at night.
in the early xvi
century, at the time of the portuguese colonization, when the
government distributed land for free to anyone who agreed to
cultivate crops, this area was allotted to
the order of the
jesuits.