

No visit to Paraty is complete without a trip around its beautiful bay, surrounded by mountains thickly clothed in the tropical vegetation of the Atlantic rainforest, where the discreet homes of millionaires and fishermen are strung along the water’s edge, accessible only by boat. Amongst them is Casa Cairuçu, a fully catered ‘house hotel’ owned





[The house] sits on a wooded headland overlooking a teal-colored bay and is accessible only by boat… It’s a five-minute walk to the closest beach, but we could—and did—swim in the warm, crystalline waters of the bay from our private dock. The three main bedrooms overlook the bay and, though sparsely furnished, have fine linens,


