arraial do cabo is located on a peninsula between araruama and cabo frio, a couple of hours east of the city of rio de janeiro - there are a variety of routes one can take if using a car, in addition to other forms of transportation in order to get to arraial do cabo.

to get there by car, one should take the rio-niterói bridge and after the toll, take the exit for rio bonito - at rio bonito, taking a right onto the via lagos highway will set travel in the direction of região dos lagos.

following the signs to the rj-106, and continuing to são pedro da aldeia leads to a road with clear road directions to cabo frio, and then from from cabo frio, the road signs to arraial do cabo are clearly visible and easy to follow.