Living
Richard Surrey
Sep 7 2008

For general information about the city of Joao Pessoa, including Tourism, Transportation, Education, Major Events, Photo Gallery check out :

WikiPedia and Nation Master

Gringoes.com is a popular website for ex-pats living in Brazil which has a forum with more than a 1000 different topics, ranging from buying property, living in Brazil, opening a bank acount or finding a job. All posted by people that plan to move to Brazil or already live there.

Gringoes.com Gringoes.com Forum

Another good website with a brief overview on some of the major cities in Brazil, including information on investment and immigration.

Brazil Info

The official Brazilian tourism website, with advice on places to go and see while in Brazil.

Tourism Brazil

Consultate information for Brazil

US Consulate UK Consultate

After extensive reasearch over the past two years, we have selected Joao Pessoa as the best city for foreingers to live and invest in Brazil.

Our deciding factors were:

• Climate

  , having an avearge temperatures of 28 degress celcius all year round with 300 sunshine days per year give Joao Pessoa all year summer. A constant breeze from the Atlantic is pleasantly refreshing on those extra hot days.

• Security

  , most of the crime in Brazil is centered around the favelas in the biggest cities. Joao Pessoa has a modest population around 1,000,000 for the municple area and is one of the safest places to live in Brazil, even safer than Natal.

• Investment

  , current real estate growth in Joao Pessoa is around 20-30% PA, although if you can pick an up and coming area you can expect up to 50-60% PA. Joao Pessoa is still a little unknow compared with neighbouring Natal which has seen significant growth, so there are still some bargains to be found although the prices are increasing rapidly.

• Lifestyle

  , in Joao Pessoa things are laid back, there is no rat race that you find in the big cities, life is slower paced and the people even talk slower (which helps learning portugues!). There are plenty of things to do there, such as water sports, brazilan dancing, and voted the greenest city in the world means you can always find a park near by.

Discover Joao Pessoa for yourself in this article by Richard Conti

Brazil’s Best Kept Secret

The most Eastern State in Northern Brazil by Guy Hamilton

Paraiba

Tamashin from Gingoes.com has kindly written a 5 part series of his evaluation on living in Joao Pessoa

Around Brazil: João Pessoa Part 1

Around Brazil: João Pessoa Part 2

Around Brazil: João Pessoa Part 3

Around Brazil: João Pessoa Part 4

Around Brazil: João Pessoa Part 5