Usefull Information

TRAVEL INSURANCE
The local hospital will not charge you for a visit or emergency. We do however recomend you bring your own Internatonal travel insurance as you will be reimbursed through your insurance company if you decide to visit a private pracic or doctor.

TIPS
As a general guideline, restaurants and bars include the usual 10% tip in the bill, often labeled as service, It The customary tip to hotel porters is R$ 2 to R$ 5. Prices of goods and services already have taxes included.

EXCHANGE
The monetary unit of Brazil is the Real (R$). It can be exchanged at Airports, Banks, travel Agencies and authorized Hotels. International credit cards are accepted at hotels and in most restaurants and stores.

EXCHANGE IN BUZIOS
At Banco do Brasil, (Estrada José Bento Ribeiro Dantas, Shopping Praia do Canto, phone #: 55-22-2623-2009 / 2623-2302) and local exchange and tour agencies, usually located in downtown Búzios.

BANKS IN BUZIOS
- Banco do Brasil
- Bradesco
- Banco Real
- Unibanco
- Itaú
- ATM (called 24 hours bank) 06:00-22:00

CLIMATE
Annual average temperature: 26º C (80 ºF)
Temperature of the water: between 18º and 21º C (64 to 68ºF). Average number of sunny days in a year: 254.The seasons are exactly opposite to the ones of Europe and United States.

TIME ZONE
As in most of the country, Búzios, is three less hours than in Greenwich (England). This relationship changes when it is established the schedule of summer in Brazil, and the clocks are early one hour, decreasing this difference to 2 hours.

LANGUAGE
Portuguese is the national language, but Portuguese spoken in Brazil is different, in accent and intonation, than the language spoken in Portugal and Portuguese colonies. English and Spanish are also spoken in some hotels, Inns, restaurants and tourist spots. Portuguese speakers usually understand Spanish, though the contrary is not necessarily the case.

PHONE CALLS

Brazil country code: 55
Búzios city code: 22

The public telephones installed at public places work with phone card, allowing local and international calls, as well as collect calls. The telephones that make international calls are identified by the operational instructions of the telephone.

Phone cards: Easily found to buy, there are cards of 20, 50 and 90 units.

International:
Direct connection: 00 + code of the operator + code of the country + code of the city + telephone.

Regional in Brazil:
Direct connection: 00 + code of the operator + code of the city + telephone

Operator Embratel Cod: 21 / Operadora Intelig Cod: 23 / Operadora Telemar Cod: 31

Emergency numbers

POLICE & EMERGECY

Civil Policia - Delegacia 127ª Da Rasa
Tel: (22) 2629-1281 / +55 (22) 2623-1340 / +55 (22) 2620 8070

Miltary Polície - 5ª Cia de Búzios
Tel: (22) 2623-1340

DPO Manguinhos (police station of Manguinhos) Tel: (22) 2620 8070

Fire Department: Tel: +55 (22) 8831-8116

HOSPITAL & CLINICS

Ambulance: Dial 192

Clínica Búzios (24 hours)
Est. J. B. Ribeiro Dantas, 3000 - Manguinhos.
Phone: +55 (22) 2623-2465 / 2623-6000

Centro Médico & Odontológico de Búzios (24 hours)
R: César Augusto São Luiz, 100 - Centro
Phone: +55 (22) 2633-0200

Instituto Buziano de Saúde Est. J. B. Ribeiro Dantas, 3843 - Manguinhos.
Phone: +55 (22) 2623-2833

Posto de Saúde - Policlínica Municipal Dr. Carlos Ernesto Stevenson de Oliveira
Rua dos Búzios S/Nº - Manguinhos
Phone: +55 (22) 2623-2171.

Posto Paulo Ackeman (Emergência, Vacinas, Pré-Natal)
Phone: +55 (22) 2620-8114
Rua Manoel Turíbio de Farias - Centro

PU 24 hours (Emergencies, Pediatrics)
Av. José Bento ribeiro Dantas, nº 2000 - Manguinhos
Phone: +55 (22) 2623 2419 ou 192

VETERINARY

Est J. B. Ribeiro Dantas, 2333 - Manguinhos
Phone: +55 (22) 2623-1564 or +55 (22) 9961 6685.

ROADS & HIGHWAYS

Ponte SA (BR 101) - 55-21 2620-9333

Via Lagos (RJ 124) - 55-21-2734-4141 or 55-22-2665-6565

Police of Rio de Janeiro State - 55-21 2625 1530 - 24hr.

Federal Police - 55-21 2620-2093, 55-21 2219-3202
DNER - 55-21 2471-0171

AIRPORTS

Umberto Modiano Airport - Búzios
Phone: 55 22 2629-1225

Cabo Frio International Airport
Phone: 55 22 2644 5277 Santos Dumont Airport - Rio de Janeiro
Phone: 55 (21) 3814 7070

Rio de Janeiro International Airport
Phone: 55 (21) 3398 5050 / 55 (21) 3398 4526 / 55 (21) 3398 4527