Colourful colonial city is the launch pad for Brazilian coastal adventures
It’s difficult to move quickly in Paraty. The streets in the 17th-century Brazilian colonial town are paved in uneven cobblestones that were laid out in a deliberate fashion. Designed by the Portuguese to sit below sea level, they allow the ocean tide to come and go, cleaning the streets on a regular basis. Laid by slaves at haphazard angles and grades, they aided in the escape from slavery, as owners would struggle to find footing in pursuit, or a level surface to fire weapons.
We stopped frequently to take pictures of tropical flowers and crayon-colored doors, breathing in the floral-scented salt air, and finishing our tour at an artisanal cachaca distillery. There are five in town. Well-positioned as it is on the edge of the South Atlantic Ocean, Paraty is an ideal jumping off point for many soft adventures along the Green Coast, much of which is protected parkland in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
We docked at the tiny beachfront hamlet of Cruzeiro, where we enjoyed an al fresco lunch of freshly caught fish, traditional rice and beans, and farofa, a delicious side dish of toasted manioc flour, butter and bananas. A short boat ride across the inlet brought us to our home for the night, the Refugio do Mamanguá. This ten-suite pousadainn sits on the edge of the jungle where guests can unplug in comfortable rooms overlooking the inlet and Cairuçu mountains.
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