located near the center of niterói, praia de gragoatá is a small beach just 80 meters in extension.

not notable enough to be famous among international travelers, this beach is actually quite popular with local residents, to the point of being completely crowded almost every week-end in the summer or even in the winter with sunny whether.

being inside the guanabara bay, this beach has always calm greenish waters, and has golden sand.

from this beach, the view of the bridge that unites rio to niterói is particularly beautiful.

praia de gragoatá was named after the bromelia (tillandsia cyanea), a type of flower abundant in the area, and also called gravatá, or caroá.