Santos is home to the largest beachfront gardens in the world. It frames the seven kilometers of beaches, are one of the city’s main tourist attractions and stretch for 5.335 km, varying in width between 45 m and 50 m, with a total area of 218,800 m².

They are also an open-air art gallery, housing no fewer than 38 monuments and sculptures, highlighting characters from the Santos, national and international scenarios.

The waterfront garden features diverse hues, textures, and aromas in its 1,300 flowerbeds, planters, and potted plants, with over 70 ornamental species. These include peace lilies, biris, dracaenas, golden drops, paulistinhas, white and yellow daisies, white crinuns, and coleus.

The species are perennial, more resistant to the region's climate, which is humid, saline, and windy. There are also 1,800 trees of various sizes, such as palms, cycads, and parasols.

This rich flora attracts birds of various species, some endemic, which build nests and live there, and others that use the garden for feeding or as a resting point on flights, including flights abroad.

A veritable open-air art gallery, the gardens feature 38 monuments, including statues, busts, commemorative plaques, and sculptures depicting significant figures and pages in the history of the city, Brazil, and the world.

From José Menino, a neighborhood bordering the municipality of São Vicente, to Ponta da Praia, visitors can see important historical figures, such as Saturnino de Brito, patron of Brazilian sanitation engineering; Alberto Santos Dumont, the father of aviation; Jesuit priest José de Anchieta; and Christopher Columbus.

According to turismosantos.com.br