Praia do Seixas, Atlantic beach in João Pessoa, Brazil
Praia do Seixas is a beach in João Pessoa, Paraíba, between Praia da Penha to the south and Praia do Cabo Branco to the north. It has a narrow strip of sand and is one of the smallest beaches in the city. At its tip, Ponta do Seixas, the land forms the easternmost point of the Americas.
The name Seixas comes from the Rodrigues Seixas family, a traditional Paraíba lineage of Portuguese origin whose patriarch settled in Paraíba in the 17th century and held a rural property beside the point. The eastern tip of the Americas, Ponta do Seixas, took its name from that family.
The name Seixas comes from the Rodrigues Seixas family, whose Portuguese patriarch settled in Paraíba in the 17th century and owned a rural property by the point. The beach holds one of the Camping Clube do Brasil campsites and a holiday colony of the Paraíba branch of ASDNER, the road department servants' association.
Praia do Seixas lies south of Cabo Branco beach and north of Penha beach, at the end of João Pessoa's southern coastline; access is by the city's urban roads, not the Cabedelo highway. The sand strip is narrow, and the sea sometimes advances over the neighbouring bars and houses. The natural pools near the Cabo Branco lighthouse are reached at low tide.
This location marks the easternmost point of the Americas and is home to natural pools with hundreds of sea creatures. Visitors can watch fish, algae, and mollusks in these shallow waters.
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