located in rio's
south-west
zone, and part of rio de janeiro's
adventure beaches, praia do perigoso
(beach of the dangerous) is the first actual sandy beach following the small
rocky beach praia dos búzios (beach of the sea shells).
also known as
praia pequena
(small beach) or
perigosinho (a bit dangerous), this beach is at the
bottom of the
pedra
da tartaruga, a local hiking and
rock-climbing spot.
legend has it this beach is
named this way because supposedly it was the last part of the
route followed by dangerous criminals who managed to escape the
prison that once existed on
ilha grande.