Espírito Santo · Brazil
Where to stay in Vitória
Vitória is a city in Espírito Santo, Brazil, home to about 343,000 people.
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- VIX6 km · Eurico de Aguiar Salles International Airport
- Currency
- BRLBrazilian real
- Time zone
- America/Sao Paulo
- Language
- Portuguese, Brazilian Sign Language
About
About Vitória
Vitória is the capital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It is located on a small island within a bay where a number of rivers meet the sea.
Vitória is a small city with around 320,000 people (2022) and 1,880,000 (2022) in its greater area. It is considered by the UN to be the fourth best place to live in Brazil. Founded in 1551, is the third oldest capital of Brazil, after Salvador and Recife. For a long time it was only a ‘city-port’, suffering various French, British and Dutch attacks, after sugar and ‘pau-brasil’.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Vitória
See
Parts of the old town look a bit grubby and like they're dissolving away in the salt air, but 5 centuries is a long time.
- Catedral Metropolitana
- Capela de Santa Luzia
- Palácio Anchieta
- Igreja de São Gonçalo
- Parque Moscoso
- Parque Botânico Vale
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo
- Convento de São Francisco
- Praça Costa Pereira
- Santuário Basílica de Santo Antônio
- Pier de Lemanjá
- Parque Pedra da Cebola
Do
- Parque da Fonte Grande
- Praça dos Namorados
- Praia Curva da Jurema
- Praia de Camburi
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Where to stay
Hotels in Vitória
16 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Alameda Vitória | 2.5 km | |
| Comfort Suítes Vitória | 1.7 km | |
| Easy Reta da Penha by Atlantica | 2.6 km | |
| Go Inn Vitória | 0.4 km | |
| Golden Tulip Porto Vitória | 0.6 km | |
| Hotel Senac Ilha do Boi | 1.6 km | |
| Hotel Super Economico | 7.2 km | |
| Ibis Vitoria Aeroporto | 8.2 km | |
| Ibis Vitoria Praia de Camburi | 2.7 km | |
| Ibis Vitoria Praia do Canto | 1.8 km | |
| Nobile Suites Diamond | 5.7 km | |
| Quality Hotel Vitoria | 4.4 km | |
| Sheraton Vitoria | 0.7 km | |
| Slaviero Essential La Résidence Vitória | 3.5 km | |
| Sleep Inn Praia do Canto | 1.1 km | |
| Triângulo Apart Hotel | 1.8 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Vitória
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Vitória are June to September. February is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; December is the wettest, with about 212 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Vitória: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Eurico de Aguiar Salles International Airport (VIX), about 6.0 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting around
Vitoria has an extensive bus network. You cannot pay cash in the bus, instead you need a local "Cartão GV - Bilhete Único Metropolitano". If you've a CPF you might be able to get one in a pharmacy. Otherwise, without a CPF, you can get one at the Terminal Jardim América, opposite the train station.
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VIX · Eurico de Aguiar Salles International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Vitória
Eat
Just south of Camburi is the Praia do Canto neighborhood, where you will find a couple of streets lined with restaurants of all types.
Stay safe
Even if it is not very reported, most of Brazil's high and mid-populated cities have the same kind of criminality problems, and with Vitória it's not different. Remember to take the same care.
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Questions
Vitória: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Vitória?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Vitória are June to September. February is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; December is the wettest, with about 212 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Vitória?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Eurico de Aguiar Salles International Airport (VIX), about 6.0 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Vitória?
Brazilian real (BRL).
Nearby
Destinations near Vitória
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.