Alright, here is a breakdown of Vitoria, ES Brazil. Let me just say before you read this that I had friends out there that showed me around and had a beach house, so I was already kinda set up and your experience may be much different.
First of all, if you can, go down there between the begining of Janurary and Carnival. This will be summer and is when everyone is out of school. Try to get in good with someone who has a beach house or friends with beach houses in Guarapari. Guarapari will probably be the place you will be spending most of your weekends. It's about a 40-50 minute drive from Vitoria and the bus will probably only cost you $10-20. It was one of the biggest night clubs in South America called Mais. I actually didn't even make it to Mais, but everyone says it is awesome. I did go to the other club Lua Azul, and it was real good. Everyone says Mais is better. The women here are amazing. Everyone in Vitoria and the neighboring cities goes to Guarapari for the weekends....
The clubs to go to in Vitoria are going to be Casa (More upper class snobby girls, but very beautiful) or Sao Firmino. The girls in Sao Firmino aren't as snobby as the girls in Casa, but that still doesn't mean they will be easy to get with. Go before 11 o clock because you will be able to score a consumpcao pass, which means you will be able to enter and drink R$50 worth of alcohol. But either way you are going to pay the R$50 even if you don't drink that much (The amount varies night to night. Average mixed drink is around R$9-10). If not, you are probably going to be paying almost 50 to get in anyways. Another good reason to go before 11 (especially Casa Clube) is because there is usually a good 5 to 1 girl to guy ratio early in the night. Later on the guys start packing in....
There are is also a good section of town with a bunch of bars. It's going to be by Praia de Costa I beleive is the neighborhood. Gaming here is going to be a little harder because for the most part people are at tables in groups. Usually around 12 though when everyone is already drunk people start to get up and dance around. The bars are pretty fun here.
The main beach, Praia Camburi is not nice. It is pretty polluted and I don't advise going in the water. If you feel like going into the water go to Ilha Da Boi (Not sure on the spelling there). It's on one of the two islands that are probably the wealthiest neighborhoods in town. The beaches in the neighboring city, Vila Velha are nice and you will find a wide variety of very beautiful women there.
As far as eating goes, there are a lot of places that do by the Kilo. A good one I went to in Jardim Cambori neighborhood was called Come Come. There are various laid out all around the city though. I usually went to the by the kilo places for lunch (Which is the biggest meal in Brazil). Most of them have all sorts of meet on the Bar B Que cooking as well as a buffett. You will end up paying around R$15 (US$7.50ish) to get full.
One affordable hotel I know of is Pousada Lord Camburi. It's right outside of Jardim Camburi, in Serra. You could literally throw a rock and hit Vitoria and it's a pretty decent location as far as doing things during the day. Most things at night are pretty far away. A good bar to go to in this neighborhood is called Amazem (Again spelling). There are no hostels in Vitoria, and the cheapest hotel room you are going to find is going to cost you around US$35 a night (If you can find anything cheaper let me know)
One thing that I really enjoyed out there was a samba party I went to that they throw every Sunday. I can't remember where it was or the name though unfortunately. I will ask the girl I went with about it though.
Vitoria was my favorite place I went to in Brazil. The women were the most beautiful I had seen, but also some of the hardest to get with. From what my friend says, the reason why is because it is a small city, everyone knows everyone and the girls don't want to be known as sluts. I am fairly sure that even if you don't know people there, you are still bound to have a good time. It is easy to make guy friends, which is a good thing to do because they will probably know girls and be able to show you what's up with Vitoria. I hope this helped you guys out if you plan on going. Let me know if you want to know anything more.
First of all, if you can, go down there between the begining of Janurary and Carnival. This will be summer and is when everyone is out of school. Try to get in good with someone who has a beach house or friends with beach houses in Guarapari. Guarapari will probably be the place you will be spending most of your weekends. It's about a 40-50 minute drive from Vitoria and the bus will probably only cost you $10-20. It was one of the biggest night clubs in South America called Mais. I actually didn't even make it to Mais, but everyone says it is awesome. I did go to the other club Lua Azul, and it was real good. Everyone says Mais is better. The women here are amazing. Everyone in Vitoria and the neighboring cities goes to Guarapari for the weekends....
The clubs to go to in Vitoria are going to be Casa (More upper class snobby girls, but very beautiful) or Sao Firmino. The girls in Sao Firmino aren't as snobby as the girls in Casa, but that still doesn't mean they will be easy to get with. Go before 11 o clock because you will be able to score a consumpcao pass, which means you will be able to enter and drink R$50 worth of alcohol. But either way you are going to pay the R$50 even if you don't drink that much (The amount varies night to night. Average mixed drink is around R$9-10). If not, you are probably going to be paying almost 50 to get in anyways. Another good reason to go before 11 (especially Casa Clube) is because there is usually a good 5 to 1 girl to guy ratio early in the night. Later on the guys start packing in....
There are is also a good section of town with a bunch of bars. It's going to be by Praia de Costa I beleive is the neighborhood. Gaming here is going to be a little harder because for the most part people are at tables in groups. Usually around 12 though when everyone is already drunk people start to get up and dance around. The bars are pretty fun here.
The main beach, Praia Camburi is not nice. It is pretty polluted and I don't advise going in the water. If you feel like going into the water go to Ilha Da Boi (Not sure on the spelling there). It's on one of the two islands that are probably the wealthiest neighborhoods in town. The beaches in the neighboring city, Vila Velha are nice and you will find a wide variety of very beautiful women there.
As far as eating goes, there are a lot of places that do by the Kilo. A good one I went to in Jardim Cambori neighborhood was called Come Come. There are various laid out all around the city though. I usually went to the by the kilo places for lunch (Which is the biggest meal in Brazil). Most of them have all sorts of meet on the Bar B Que cooking as well as a buffett. You will end up paying around R$15 (US$7.50ish) to get full.
One affordable hotel I know of is Pousada Lord Camburi. It's right outside of Jardim Camburi, in Serra. You could literally throw a rock and hit Vitoria and it's a pretty decent location as far as doing things during the day. Most things at night are pretty far away. A good bar to go to in this neighborhood is called Amazem (Again spelling). There are no hostels in Vitoria, and the cheapest hotel room you are going to find is going to cost you around US$35 a night (If you can find anything cheaper let me know)
One thing that I really enjoyed out there was a samba party I went to that they throw every Sunday. I can't remember where it was or the name though unfortunately. I will ask the girl I went with about it though.
Vitoria was my favorite place I went to in Brazil. The women were the most beautiful I had seen, but also some of the hardest to get with. From what my friend says, the reason why is because it is a small city, everyone knows everyone and the girls don't want to be known as sluts. I am fairly sure that even if you don't know people there, you are still bound to have a good time. It is easy to make guy friends, which is a good thing to do because they will probably know girls and be able to show you what's up with Vitoria. I hope this helped you guys out if you plan on going. Let me know if you want to know anything more.