No visit to Natal is complete without a visit to the Dunes of Genipabu. Beach good for swimming with many nice restaurants. Highlight of a visit to Genipabu is driving with a buggy driver through the dunes of Genipabu.& a visit to its lake if not in dry season is to be recommended. Ferry to Jacumá is especially fun as your car or buggy is put onto a boat rowed across the narrow river with the route providing a coastal route to Pitangui and Muriú.

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Nice beach to visit and surf. Close to the dunes, it offers a beautiful visual. It can get pretty dirty, though, cause people often drop waste on the sand... There could be more trash bins to try to encourage people to discard their waste properly (although this is no excuse).

Fantastic incredibly beautiful seaside village about half an hour north by road from Natal's bridges across Rio Potengi from Natal, Rn. Beautiful safe to bathe beach lined with lots of beachside restaurants good for fish or meat dishes. Dunes above beach are awesome and maybe climbed by athletic & sure footed or tours led by buggy drivers available from US $60 through dunes from Genipabu village or from around US $ 100 from Natal. Tours may continue on to Pitangui & Cape Riangha eastern most point of Rio Grande do Norte state. In rainy season April to early August ;Genipabu near & after sunset is especially famous for it's mosquitos which seem to be a particular curse for fair skinned visitors. Hotel Genipabu high in hills with its own swimming pool tends to avoid the problems with mosquitos. Visitors should also try by car or buggy try the raft ferry at nearby Gracendu & see the seaside mansions of Natal's political elite. At weekends & in January & February village maybe at times crowded but midweek visits are usually quieter & much more rewarding.

Lots of sand, salt, and sun. If you're looking for beach, this one is very nice.

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the view is very nice. you get nice views of the city and the ocean. on the other hand the fortress is not well preserved and does not have enough exhibits to see. also the use of english in the signs is mainly in the three signs in the entrance

Fortaleza dos Reis Magos is a fortress located a bit outside the city of Natal. From the fortress, you have a great view over the ocean and the city. The entry fee was 3 Brazilian reals when we visited. It is worth a visit if you are interested in history or just enjoy a great view.

People, how can you complain about a site that is free to enter!? You don’t need a guide, you can just enjoy the site and walk around, take nice photos. Be happy that they make this place available to the public for no cost! I enjoyed it!

Note! My photos are older, before renovation took place! Great historical place, currently renovated which has given the whole building a new life! A great place to take photos, with a wonderful beach next to it and natural pools. A wonderful piece of history! Daytime sightseeing is recommended as the site is away from everything. Cultural heritage site!

Beautiful place, an oportunity to comeback to the past and feel the magic of this fort!!

It’s a nice historical place to visit. The panoramic view is amazing.

Nice historical place to take the family.

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(Translated by Google) The Ponta Negra coastline has a beautiful landscape and is great for walking on the sand. I just expected to find more restaurant options along the coastline. (Original) A orla de ponta negra tem uma paisagem belíssima e é muito boa para caminhar na areia da praia. Só esperava encontrar mais opções de restaurantes na parte da orla.

(Translated by Google) Good beach to look at because the sea is violent and full of rip currents... (Original) Praia boa pra olhar porque o mar é violento e cheio de corrente de retorno...

(Translated by Google) It's unfortunate for the merchants who depend on tourism, but the beach itself is horrible, with coarse, scorching sand. Getting into the water is a torture, as you have to walk over and over loose stones that hurt your feet. No one tells you about this; it's a truly ugly beach, where you can't enjoy the sea. (Original) Lamentable para los comerciantes que dependen del turismo, pero la playa en si es horrible, arena gruesa y que quema, entrar al agua es una tortura ya que para entrar se deben atravesar piedras y mas piedras sueltas qué lastiman los pies. Nadie te avisa de esto,m realmente una playa fea, donde no se puede disfrutar del mar

(Translated by Google) It's worth visiting any time, any day, for a walk, for a special day. A place with several service options, sidewalks in the final stages of repair, and a very popular beach. (Original) Vale qualquer hora, qualquer dia para visitar, fazer aquele passeio, separar um dia especial. Local com várias opções de serviços, calçadas com fase final de reparação, praia muito bem visitada.

(Translated by Google) Great for leisure and tourism, perfect weather all year round. (Original) Ótimo para lazer e turismo clima perfeito todo ano.

Average beach...Ok for a walk and some photos, but not the greatest beach by far.

I downgraded from five to three stars since something terrible occurred: the beach suffered a process of fattening by a Dutch company. This consisted of removing sand from the bottom of the sea at some 500 to 700 meters and dumping it to the beach, pushing the beach away by approximately 100 meters. Can it get worse? YES! The new sand contains calcareous residues of marine life that hurts one's feet. Or worse, if you try to rest horizontally. Only experts can swim, now, since where you can jump into the water the sea is deep and waves are high. The picture illustrates a sample of smaller shells and calcified algae that populate the beach now. Nov 2025 Situation is improving: the sea is advancing again, especially near the Careca dune. The sea is dragging the sand. However you mus use special shoes to swim because the giant 'pebbles'. will cut your feet. These pebbles came with the sand removed from the bottom of the see, during the illegal fattening of the beach. Picture of my collection of these objects :

Great place to visit, get a dolphin tour at the beach and you will have a great view

Go to the end of the beach where the sales man don't have easy access. There you will find a calmer, cleaner and peaceful space to relax. In general the beach is very noisy and full of people saling you things. No jokes, all the time! But it still possible to find areas to relax and enjoy. The water is clean (considering that you are in front of a big city) and the safety feeling is good enough. I recommend it as an afternoon walk for couples or solo travelers.

Cool location just south of the downtown area.

It's not super exciting, but as a symbol of Natal, a visit is certainly warranted. It's going to be smaller than you expected when you saw it from a distance. Also, it's fenced off. However, be sure to stop at Aloha and/or Old Five (Aloha is better) on your walk to or from Morro do Careca.

Morro do Careca (“bald hill” in Portuguese) is the main symbol of the city of Natal and the state of Rio Grande do Norte. It measures 120 meters (390 ft.). In the past, Morro do Careca was a spot for recreation and entertainment. The bathers and tourists would climb up the hill and come down with the help of a device called skibunda (“bunda” is Portuguese for “butt”—you’d sit on a board and ski down the slope). Since the end of the 1990s, it has been closed to visitors. The reason for the closure was to protect the dunes; the preservation of the vegetation will aid in safeguarding against erosion, ensuring that the sand does not slip and thus reduce the height of the hill. At present, all activity on the dune remains suspended. The scene also brings together a sea full of bathers, surfers, windsurfers and kitesurfers, in addition to the stand-up paddle crowd. It is frequented by locals and tourists, who fill the tents on the boardwalk and the shore. The best spot for bathing is in the right corner, between the end of the boardwalk and Morro do Careca. There, the sea is calmer and also has the long-time restaurant, the Old Five Beach Bar.

Very nice place to eat a typical regional food associated with a culinary arts. You can test different types of "Tapioca", which the main ingredient is the cassava flour or cassava starch, made from the cassava rootor manioc, yuca, or as we are used to call it, mandioca, actually the name depends on which region of Brazil you are from. The classic savoury filling is probably simply cheese. You have to try a combination with a small fish called "ginga" and the tapioca filling with coconut! Second one is tapioca filling with pumpkin, shredded jerked meat! Delicious!

Bunch of options and different ways to eat tapioca. Fair prices. But the rammed walls are fake.

Really good food and very nice waiters .

Clearly aimed at tourists, I have no qualms about recommending this place to anyone. It would be a great place for a first-time visitor to the northeast. The food is very tasty, if a little on the expensive side, but the decor is what really takes this place from good to great. I had the pleasure of visiting with a native who was able to tell me about the intricacies of the decorations -- in some places this information would be highlighted in the menu, but, unfortunately, not here. While, for a local, there is probably little reason to frequent this restaurant, for those seeking a taste of the northeast during a trip to Natal, I strongly recommend this eatery.

This is a MUST GO restaurant in Natal. The vibe is incredible, the staff are amazing and they really make you feel welcomed. I have no words to describe the food, it’s the best Tapioca that I ever eat. Thank you, and you guys rock.

Perfect place, food, service, and music. And the waiters are amazing, and Mike is a really great one. I ordered the food from my place, it's regional and traditional. I loved it.

Nice place for a typical northeast brazilian snack: tapioca, made from manioc flour. It is like a pancake with several fillings. I recommend a visit

Pizza was ok, but they have different prices in menu. Slow service. Can't recommend at all, much better places at The area

Typical place where they serve something called improperly pizza but is more like a crepe full of low quality cheese

Best pizza in Natal. Nice decoration

The best pizza of Natal!! In my opinion, of course..😀

Best pizza & crepes in town.

The best pizza in Natal

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The place is very nice. The views are splendid. The food is regional food. My preference goes to the lamb with mint and spicy sauces. I really recommend it. It was delicious. The only thing I found a little bit disturbing is the loud noise in the restaurant.

One of the best view in Natal. Very good regional food. Try carne de sol

It has a good view but...You can ask for fried macaxeira and receive it cooked. You can order well done steak and receive the steak alive. You can complain about it and they will say it was your fault because you should ask again. You can receive an expensive bill with the tip already included despite the poor service.

Pleasant, with a nice view, restaurant Very good meal (carne ao sol), but prepare for very large dishes (a 3-order will feed 4-5 persons). The restaurant has a nice ambience, and efficient service. Costs reasonable (on the expensive side by Brazilian standards).

We had dinner at this place a Monday. The restaurant is well located, ocean view, offers nice live music and has onsite parking. But the food was bad and made us sick. We had carne de sol na brasa, which tasted old and was hard. We had potato salad that smelled and off, and everything else was tasteless. The waiter Romildo was scorbutic and seemed in a hurry , he said he could not do anything about the food, and that we were supposed to try every dish before putting in our plate to check if was off. The prices were higher than other places in the same street in direction of the center I do not recommend this place despite of the quality of the ambient.

Oh my! Where to start? Let's start with the positive: the servers were attentive, and courteous. That's it. The food was atrocious. I can't even begin to describe how this was the biggest waste of 200 reais on a restaurant, ever. As a couple, we ordered the picanha. Whatever was brought to us was not even remotely close to being picanha. It could, however, be something else that tasted well. Not the case. It was tasteless and rough. Hard, even. At one point, my companion regurgitated a piece of hard nerve. Disgusting. They couldn't even get orange juice right. Orange juice!! You get it by squeezing oranges. Not rocket science. I don't know if that orange-colored liquid was just old, or adulterated, or what... but it was horrible. The sparkling water was great, though... but it may be technically impossible to mess that up.

Amazing restaurant with great athmosphere and view near ocean. Came there Long way from europe and in future planing to come back. My regards !

Excellent service, good prices and good food.

The best Restaurant Natal RN

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Just wow! I enjoyed every piece of meal! Generous portions, elaborated taste, good prices. Caja Amigo cocktail I recommend to try. We got 3 course menus, it is available Tue - Thursday, can really recommend it. Thank you Chef and our table assistant!

Unforgettable Dining Experience at Lotus Japanese Fusion Lotus Japanese Fusion in Natal is a must-visit! The omakase menu is a true journey of flavors, crafted with perfection by a talented chef. The staff are attentive, kind, and explain every dish beautifully. The ambiance is calm and elegant, perfect for special celebrations or a cozy escape with family and friends. If you love exceptional food and a unique dining experience, Lotus is a place to be!

I loved our dinner at Lotus! The food was fresh and amazing. The fusion of flavours is very well thought and it combines traditional Japanese with modern cuisine styles. We had Tako Romarin, Tataki Trufado, Sashimi fusion, and Combinado Kyoto fusion.

The best sush in Natal and probably the whole of Rio Grande do Norte !! Fantastic service, amazing japanese food and great atmosphere. Definitely worth it. I'll be back.

Super service, the best sushi in the Northeast. Sometimes you have to wait, but it's really worth it. Heaven in mouth. There is no need to worry about negative opinions, it is often from the competition, because they are jealous of quality! I can say without fear that this is one of the best Sushi (if not the best one!) I have had in the whole of Brazil. Keep on a great work!

Great sushi, they will make sure they don't prepare anything with alcohol upon request,. Very accommodating

Without a doubt the best Japanese/Sushi restaurant in Natal. Joelson is both traditional and creative. I highly recommend it!