
Simple Smart Residence
A new building in the heart of Manaíra, a ten-minute walk from the beach. Electronic locks, reception all day and the whole city around you.

João Pessoa · Paraíba, Brazil
Where the city goes for dinner. The shopping centre, the bars, and the busiest stretch of seafront at night.
Short answer
This is where the city goes for dinner. Manaíra holds most of the seafront's restaurants and bars and has Manaíra Shopping inside the neighbourhood. It is also the most built-up part of João Pessoa. Our building at Simple Smart Residence is a ten-minute walk from the beach.
The neighbourhood
It has more restaurants per square metre than anywhere else in the city. It is also the most built-up: ask for a high floor if you want the view.
Manaíra is the most built-up neighbourhood in João Pessoa. That skyline you see in photos of the seafront is almost all from here. It has 26,369 residents. The neighbourhood runs from Avenida Governador Flávio Ribeiro Coutinho, to the north, down to Senador Rui Carneiro, which divides it from Tambaú.
This is where the city goes for dinner. There are more restaurants, bars and bakeries per block than anywhere else on the seafront, and Manaíra Shopping sits inside the neighbourhood. Stay here and you barely need a car.
Borders. Aeroclube and Jardim Oceania to the north, along Avenida Governador Flávio Ribeiro Coutinho; Tambaú to the south, along Avenida Senador Rui Carneiro; the ocean to the east; São José and João Agripino to the west, across the Jaguaribe river.
Area: Atlas Municipal de João Pessoa (SEPLAN/PMJP). Population: IBGE census.
Real distances
Measured from each building's own front door. When it says “on foot”, it means on foot.
Where you stay

A new building in the heart of Manaíra, a ten-minute walk from the beach. Electronic locks, reception all day and the whole city around you.

On Infante Dom Henrique, an eight-minute walk from Manaíra beach. Being prepared to receive guests.

One hundred metres from the sand at Manaíra, on the most built-up stretch of João Pessoa's seafront, with a restaurant and a bar on every block.

Ninety metres from Manaíra beach. This is the neighbourhood where the city eats out: you can go the whole trip without a car.

One apartment of ours in a serviced building in Manaíra: pool and terrace, coworking with meeting rooms, gym, laundry and a self-service shop open 24 hours. Three minutes on foot from the beach.
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Questions
Manaíra is a seafront neighbourhood of João Pessoa, in Paraíba, Brazil. Aeroclube and Jardim Oceania to the north, along Avenida Governador Flávio Ribeiro Coutinho; Tambaú to the south, along Avenida Senador Rui Carneiro; the ocean to the east; São José and João Agripino to the west, across the Jaguaribe river.
An urban seafront, with an unbroken promenade all the way to Tambaú. It has more restaurants per square metre than anywhere else in the city. It is also the most built-up: ask for a high floor if you want the view.
Yes: Simple Smart Residence, Tambaú Flex, Manaíra Palace Residence, Pacific Flat and Solaz Smart Living. Our closest building is a 1-minute walk from the beach.
It is the most built-up neighbourhood in João Pessoa — the skyline you see from the beach is almost all from here.
Torn between one neighbourhood and another