With a population of over 20 million, São Paulo is the biggest urban centre in the Americas, and one that defies the imagination. From the top of the Renaissance Hotel, a series of almost identical cities rings the horizon, all interlocking and looking as if they had been CGI’d together to form one vast metropolis
Brazil’s Costa Verde is a mountainous coastline stretching between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, a land of lush forest and beautiful Atlantic beaches. This is a weekend playground for city folk – but head away from those urban behemoths and you can still find your own little bit of paradise. However, the jewel in
A few hours’ drive along the Costa Verde lay the little town of Paraty, a colonial haunt where we hoped to wind down from the pace of the city. The giant cobbles that line its streets date back to its 17th-century heyday as a gold port, and we passed a pleasant afternoon peering into whitewashed
The historic coastal town of Paraty is tucked away between Brazil’s two busiest cities, Rio and São Paulo, making it the perfect detour destination to slow down and enjoy the colourful coast. An empty hammock is always an invitation, and this one was more enticing than most. Slung low across the beach house decking, it
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 worse for wear after a weekend in Rio, Stanley Stewart takes a drive west to clear his head at a colonial beach paradise. It’s easy to overdo things in Rio. But I hadn’t come to Brazil to lie around. I had wind of a crumbling colonial backwater, a bay of fabulous beaches and tropical
[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,
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