Authentic environment Hotels in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro is getting more Parisian with each passing day. By that we don’t mean it is losing its unique “carioca” vibe to be replaced by an "o...

Another beautiful Rio house with a strong French Connection - see below.
The Casa Mosquito (Mosquito House in English) is an interesting name ...

Dreamland is an apt title and "away from the beaten track" says it all about this small pousada located on a beautiful but very remote peninsula...

It was in 2008 when Emmanuel Rengade, owner of the rather wonderful "Pousada Picinguaba", located nearby on the stunning Brazilian coast (also i...

Woody hills, beautiful vistas over lush flora, surrounded within 10 hectares of tropical vegetation? You’d be hard pressed to believe that you’r...

There are times on those dark, wet, cold wintery days that we let our imagination run off to paradisiacal places where the sun always shines, th...

Rio Grande do Sul is “Gaucho” country – Gaucho being the Brazilian equivalent of the US Cowboy. This is a land of tough but friendly people, many o...

Have you checked out the first image we have of the Villa Lakes? Yes, it’s a giant Buda, and this immediately gives the game away about what sort o...

The pretty little village of Flecheiras is surrounded by a stunning natural setting combining white sand and the ocean. Somewhere along all this be...

The sister hotel of Casas Brancas (also in our selection) shares many of the same attributes. It is an exclusive, trendy hotel and wonderfully loca...

The Pousada Bucaneiro is pretty much a microcosm of Brazil, and not any old part of Brazil, but the one with the the best bits.
This pousada is b...

Trancoso is renowned in both the history and beauty stakes. It was here that the Portuguese explorer Alvares Cabral first landed on his way to d...

The history of the Pousada Caminho do Rei starts off back in the summer of 1984, when Paul and Monica went on a winding trek along the then totally...

If you want “action” Rio style, you know, night life, bars, etc, then look away. If you want total tranquillity, spacious grounds, bungalows, a gre...

The “Pousada do Caju” was inspired by the colonial houses and is hidden away in the middle of a land of coconut palm trees - 150 meters far from th...

Here goes a description of Paraty "It was in Paraty that the Portuguese colonists arrived around 1554. Paraty was a very important port from where ...

You don’t get to be named as one of the 80 most extraordinary hotels in the world by a major publisher (Hip Hotels) without a very good reason - or...

The background history to the Pousada do Rancho do Peixe is rather cute. A group of friends, all lovers of windsurf and the great outdoors, had ...

“Tranquillity in every corner, beauty all round, friendliness abounding - you must be mad if you don’t get sucked in by its charm. Congratulatio...

When we say privileged location, this is the sort of thing we mean. Any corner of the Quinta do Bucanero provides stunning views of Praia da Rosa (...

Romantic and charming is a nice way to begin the description of the Terra dos Goitis. It is true, after all.
Located in the Praia do Amor (Love B...

This is pure Salvador country - 30km from the Salvador itself and 15 minutes for the airport. Furthermore, it is located only 50 metres from the se...