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São Sebastião

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São Sebastião is a small city on the sea coast in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is home to a Petrobras oil terminal. Although São Sebastião has some well-preserved colonial-style buildings, the tourists mainly come there to take the ferry to Ilhabela, a rather large island facing São Sebastião with beautiful beaches and national parks.

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Normandy runs a bus from Paraty to São Sebastião twice daily.

There is also a regular bus service by Litorânea bus company with four daily departures from the Tietê bus station in Sao Paulo. The travel time to/from São Paulo is around 5 hours.

To go to São Sebastião from one of the many coastal villages between this city and Boraceia, there is a local bus line 51 Boraceia-Cidade run by the Ecobus company [1] with departures every 20-30 minutes. In São Sebastião, these buses stop inside the Rodoviaria terminal, not at the bus stop outside.

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The city is small enough to walk around. A map can be obtained at the tourist information office located in Av. Dr. Altono Arantes (not far from the ferry terminal).

The ferry terminal is located at the end of Av. Antonio Januario de Nascimento, look for the signs 'Balsa'.

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A ferry line links São Sebastião to the island of Ilhabela which is a popular tourist destination with many beautiful beaches and natural parks with waterfalls. The trip takes only 15 minutes and the departures are very frequent. The ferry is free for pedestrians and cyclists.

Camburi is a small beach town

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  • Camburi and Camburizinho are beach communities which, though technically part of São Sebastião, are around 40 mins drive south along the BR101. Camburi is considered by Paulistas as one of the best beaches on their coastline. There are also quite a few small restaurants and bars along the road going through Camburi. Camburizinho beach is right next door or there are lots of beaches all along this stretch of coastline.

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