additionally, a collection of items belonging to musicians, gardeners, and other private citizens give a  precious and intimate insight in the lives of the locals - for visitors who are not familiar with the region and/or the language, visits and tours to maricá are best enjoyed when done with a local guide with a car, ideally arranged in rio de janeiro capital.

the prefecture of maricá makes a webpage available with lots of details on the life of the city, and several upcoming events and permanent attractions on this page - the website marica(.)com(.)br is a valuable source of information pertaining to the city, its history, and the local attractions.

published by mapstore, this is a particularly detailed and rare map of the protected areas of maricá - the instituto estadual do ambiente - inea publishes on this link a constantly updated report of the quality of the water for several beaches of maricá.