Vitória

 

After seven nights, the most of any place on our trip, we are leaving Vitória in the morning. We were hoping to find some little known nugget of goodness along the way and Vitória fit the bill. It's a big city but kind of chill and very pretty. It's set amidst rivers and bays and oceans and hills and is generally well cared for, with clean buildings and cute neighborhoods and streets that are safe enough to walk after dark. Even the traffic is reasonable. The beach options kind of sealed the deal. We visited six and barely scratched the surface. The folks seem nice but an Uber driver told us the Capaxaba (as the people are called) get a bad rap amongst Brazilians for not being was warm as, say, the Mineiros. We didn't notice and we aren't all that comfortable with all the niceties anyhow. Vitória's got all the good things, it's not too expensive, and we like it.