On a peninsula north of Cabo Frio, Armao dos Bzios, or just Bzios, is an immensely scenic resort full of high-spending beautiful people, and a very popular port of call on holidays to Brazil with MSC Cruises.brArmao, the main settlement, is built in a vaguely colonial style, its streets lined with restaurants, bars and chic boutiques, and has been nicknamed Brazils St Tropez. It comes then as little surprise to find that it was discovered by none other than Brigitte Bardot, who stumbled upon it while touring the area in 1964.brBzios consists of three main settlements, Manguinos, Armao and Ossos, each with its own distinct character. Manguinos, on the isthmus, is the main service centre, with a tourist office, a medical centre and banks. Midway along the peninsula, linked to Manguinos by a road lined with brash hotels, is Armao, an attractive village where cars are banned from some of the cobbled roads.brMost of Bzios best restaurants and boutiques are concentrated here, along with some of the resorts nicest pousadas, or inns, and theres also a helpful tourist office on the main square, Praa Santos Dumont. When you step ashore from your MSC cruise, a fifteen-minute walk along the Orla Bardot which follows the coast from Armao, passing the lovely seventeenth-century Igreja de NossaSenhora de SantAna on the way , brings you to Ossos, the oldest settlement, comprising a pretty harbour, a quiet beach and a few bars, restaurants and pousadas.brWithin walking distance of all Bzios settlements are beautiful white-sand beaches 27 in total cradled between rocky cliffs and promontories, and lapped by crystal-clear waters. The beaches are varied, with the north-facing ones having the calmest and warmest seas, while those facing the south and east have the most surf.br