São Mateus

São Mateus is in Espírito Santo.

Barra Nova Beach, in São Mateus

Get in

• BR-101 north from Vitória and Linhares or south from Teixeira de Freitas, in Southern Bahia.
• BR-361 east from Nova Venécia
• ES-422 connects to Conceição da Barra to the north

See

Igreja Matriz

Ruins of the Igreja Velha

• Barra Nova Beach. 
• Ecclesiatical Museum of Sacred Art (Museu Eclesiástico de Arte Sacra), Avenida João XXIII, nº 586. A collection of sacred images from the 17th, 18th, 19, and 20th centuries. 
• Igreja Matriz, Praça Municipal - Centro. Built by the Jesuits in 1764. 
• Igreja de São Benedito, Praça São Benedito - Centro. Another Jesuit-built church from the 18th century. 
• Igreja Velha. Ruins of an unfinished church. Construction was halted in 1853. 
• Guriri Island. The most well-known beach destination, with over 20 km of sand. 
• São Mateus History Museum (Museu Histórico Municipal), Praça Municipal - Centro. House in the former city council building constructed in 1764. 
• São Mateus Port (Porto de São Mateus). The port features a complex of buildings constructed in the late 18th and 19th centuries. 

Go next

Routes through São Mateus

Cariacica ← Linhares ←

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→ Conceição da Barra → Teixeira de Freitas