Notes from the hillside
Notes from the hillside — how to do Paraty well: the historic center, the beaches, waterfalls and cachaça, boat days and festival season.
An evening in Paraty's historic center
Ten minutes from the house is one of the best-preserved colonial towns in Brazil — and the trick is knowing when to go.
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The beaches, starting at the bottom of the hill
Paraty has more than sixty beaches. Here's how we'd spend a week of them, starting with the one below the house.
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Waterfalls in the morning, cachaça after
The mountain road behind Paraty stacks swimming holes and centuries-old stills along the same few kilometers. There is a correct order.
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A day on the water: schooners, islands and the quiet fjord
The view from the veranda is an invitation. Here's how to accept it — the sociable way and the quiet way.
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When to come: seasons, FLIP and the cachaça festival
Paraty works all year — but the town's calendar has its own gravity, and it pays to know the pull before you pick dates.
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Getting here — and settling sixteen people in
The drive down the Costa Verde, where to buy groceries for a full house, and how the first evening usually goes.
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Take the hillside for yourselves.
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