Barra Seca

{{Short description|Nude beach in Brazil}}{{More citations needed|date=November 2025}} '''Barra Seca''' is an official [[nude beach]] in [[Brazil]]. While elsewhere in [[Brazil]] people are generally prohibited to be naked in [[public place]]s, in Barra Seca you must be nude<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Comunicação |first=Secretaria de |date=2010-01-29 |title=Turismo: Linhares abriga a única Praia de Naturismo no Espírito Santo – Prefeitura Municipal de Linhares |url=https://linhares.es.gov.br/2010/01/29/Turismo-Linhares-abriga-a-unica-Praia-de-Naturismo-no-Espirito-Santo/ |access-date=2025-11-04 |language=pt-BR}}</ref> in the family area (the main part of the beach). Around the periphery of the beach, [[nudism]] is optional.

Barra Seca is the only nude beach in [[Espírito Santo]] State<ref name=":0" /> and the second recognized as an official nudist beach in the [[Southeast Region, Brazil]] region of Brazil. It is located in the municipality of [[São Mateus, Espírito Santo|São Mateus]], 60 km north of the city of [[Linhares]], on the north coast ([[Atlantic Ocean]]) of the state. The beach of Dry Bar was established with the support of the municipal administration, ambient agencies, association of inhabitants and traders of the Pontal health-resort of the Ipiranga and the local community, basically agriculturists and fishing. It is managed by the [[NatES]] - Congregação Naturista do Estado do Espírito Santo.{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}

It is 60 kilometers east of [[Linhares]] and 200 kilometers north of [[Vitória, Brazil|Vitória]].

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20011121091409/http://www.terra.com.br/cgi-bin/index_frame/turismo/especial/nudismo_capa.htm Portuguese site]

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[[Category:Nude beaches]] [[Category:Beaches of Brazil]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Espírito Santo]] [[Category:Landforms of Espírito Santo]] [[Category:Naturism in Brazil]]