cabo frio is located 154kilometers east of the city of rio de janeiro, in the região das baixadas litorâneas (região do lagos) - it is situated on the coast between the municipalities of arraial do cabo and búzios.

getting there by car takes about 3 hours starting at the rio-niterói bridge and after the toll, taking the exit for rio bonito - from rio bonito taking a right onto the via lagos highway in the direction of região dos lagos leads to the rj-106, and then continuing to são pedro da aldeia leads to cabo frio in about half an hour depending on traffic conditions.

if traveling by bus, the bus company auto viação 1001 has a scheduled route between rio (novo rio bus terminal) and cabo frio every half hour daily from 4.30am to midnight. the bus station in cabo frio is located on avenida kubitschek, 2 kilometers west of the centre.