
Atlantic Home Place
A pool on the tenth floor with the whole northern seafront in view. Parque Parahyba is literally next door, and Bessa beach is three hundred metres away.

João Pessoa · Paraíba, Brazil
A leafy northern seafront, with the pace of a residential area, few crowds and corals close to the sand.
Short answer
This is the choice for anyone travelling with children: a leafy seafront, few crowds and Parque Parahyba I next door, with a trail, courts and a picnic area. The beach has corals close to the sand. Atlantic Home Place is three hundred metres away, with a pool on the tenth floor.
The neighbourhood
Parque Parahyba I, next door, has a trail, sports courts and a picnic area — the late-afternoon outing for anyone travelling with children.
Jardim Oceania came out of the same development as Bessa, Oceania I, in the 1950s, and became a separate neighbourhood in 1998. It has 20,651 residents across 2.3 km², between Bessa to the north and Manaíra to the south, at the line of Avenida Governador Flávio Ribeiro Coutinho.
What defines the neighbourhood for anyone travelling with children is Parque Parahyba I: a leafy area with a trail, courts and a picnic space, busy in the late afternoon. The beach is the same stretch as Bessa, with corals close to the sand.
Borders. Bessa to the north; Manaíra to the south, separated by Avenida Governador Flávio Ribeiro Coutinho; the ocean to the east; Aeroclube to the west.
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 pool on the tenth floor with the whole northern seafront in view. Parque Parahyba is literally next door, and Bessa beach is three hundred metres away.

Steps from the sand in Jardim Oceania. Being prepared to receive guests — join the list and we'll let you know before it opens.

One hundred metres from the sand, on the avenue that follows the northern seafront. A beach with coral close to shore, good for children.

One hundred and twenty metres from the beach, on Argemiro de Figueiredo avenue, between Bessa and Jardim Oceania.

A hundred and seventy metres from the sand at Jardim Oceania, on the same avenue as the Ozean and the Alta Garden.

Pool and gym two minutes from the beach, on Argemiro de Figueiredo. A tree-lined, uncrowded shore.

Three minutes from the sand at Jardim Oceania, a few blocks from Parque Parahyba I.

A three-minute walk from Jardim Oceania beach, on an inner street, away from the bustle of the avenue.

Rua Valdemar Chianca, in Aeroclube — the district right beside Jardim Oceania. A four-minute walk to the sand.
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Questions
Jardim Oceania is a seafront neighbourhood of João Pessoa, in Paraíba, Brazil. Bessa to the north; Manaíra to the south, separated by Avenida Governador Flávio Ribeiro Coutinho; the ocean to the east; Aeroclube to the west.
The same stretch of coast as Bessa, with corals close to the sand. Parque Parahyba I, next door, has a trail, sports courts and a picnic area — the late-afternoon outing for anyone travelling with children.
Yes: Atlantic Home Place, Get Sense, Setai Aquamaris, Alta Marine, Get One, Ozean Home Service, Alta Garden Housi, Ciel Home and Vert House. We have a seafront building here.
It grew out of the Oceania I development, in the 1950s, within what was still Bessa. It became a neighbourhood in its own right in 1998.
Torn between one neighbourhood and another