located in praça medeiros correia, the paróquia de nossa senhora do amparo is a small church built with stone and dirt in colonial style - of humble exterior, this church is home to an altar of rare beauty - similarly simple but immediately endearing, are the capela de são josé de imbassaí and the capela de nossa senhora de fátima.

the fazenda itaocaia, home to many legends, is a farm important as a reminder of maricá's sugar cane period and made famous as the secret getaway for dom pedro i and his mistress marquesa de santos - other points of interest include the pedra do elefante (elephant rock) and the natural reserve parque estadual da serra tiririca.