Boa Viagem is a neighborhood in Recife, Pernambuco in the wealthy southern zone of the municipality.

The neighborhood has a population as of 2010 of 122,922 inhabitants, and an area of 753 hectares (2.91 sq mi).

[1] Thousands regularly gather on its wide sandy beaches that stretch for 8 km (5.0 mi).

[2] Boa Viagem is the longest stretch of urbanized seafront in Brazil; its coastal reef calms the waves and helps keep the water at 25 °C (77 °F).

[5][6] Boa Viagem had a human development index in 2000 with 0.964, rivalling that of some Scandinavian countries, Japan, and Canada.