Travel Blogs from Paraty, Brazil
got the hell out of dodge.
... at you and shouting at you and trying to sell you shit so i just decided it was time to leave, so had heard about a place called Paraty that was supposed to be nice so got a taxi to the bus station and a bus to paraty. the buses here are pretty cool so ...
Camping :-)
... pays... then we also take it in turns to clean out the truck! You´d be so proud of us!! We´re staying in Paraty which is a really pretty little colonial town...cobbledy streets and surrounded by beautiful beaches!! Just on our way back to camp to get ...
Paraty, but no Party
... up is the historical town of Paraty, 2 hours away from Ilha Grande and the weather is looking promising. The town of Paraty is a wonderful maze of cobbled streets and perfectly preserved colonial houses painted in bright colours. (The parents - you would ...
Paraty
... che prima lui mi ha messo nella caipirinha (roba industriale non buona, come dice lui...). Il rientro dalla spiaggia a Paraty è anche stato divertente...ma questo ve lo racconta la Chiaretta;-).... Secondo la suddetta sciora il bus per ...
This is the life
... under construction (see view of balcony). We even had breakfast brought to our room...which included jelly and cake..what a great place Brazil is. Despite dodgy weather on our first day we had wonderful sunshine the next and so we headed out on a boat ...
Paraty, and the journey from hell!
... a 2 hours bus ride til we got to our new destination! so i can say we all felt a little worse for wear on our arrival at Paraty! The town itself was lovely, but again the weather wasnt our friend so we didnt get the best of the place! But we did do a ...
Paraty
... colonial town to enjoy some last moments on the beach before heading south back to the colder climate of argentina. paraty is beautiful... very colourful. Once again, we were blessed with good weather throughout our stay there. mainly spent time ...
Paraty - kolonial trifft Inselparadies
... Tag. Am zweiten Tag fuhr ich mit dem Lokalbus 45 min nach Trindade, einem weiteren der scheinbar unzähligen Strandorte rund um Paraty. Mal abgesehen davon, dass es ein Sonntag in der Ferienzeit war, was bedeutet, dass die Strände mit stadtflüchtigen ...
Rain rain go away.......
Arrived in Paraty to find glorious sunshine but little did we know that would be all we'd see of the sun!!! Paraty is a beautifully preserved colonial town full of colour and charm (can you tell I like it?!). We checked into the hostel, which we ...
kap kap kap
... biezacej ... zebym jej nie przeoczyl bo taka urocza :) Jestesmy wiec w bardzo ale to bardzo malowniczym miasteczku Paraty. Lezy nad oceanem, ma ladny port, kosciolki pobudowane odrebnie dla bialych, mulatow i czarnych niewolnikow oraz zamkniete dla ...
Chillaxing in Paraty
... . We couldn't escape Carnival though, and on a couple of evenings as we were sat enjoying a quiet caipirinha(!) in Paraty's main square, a samba band practise would strike up rendering conversation impossible, also each day the streets had more and more ...
Weekend in Paraty
... by unhelpful taxi drivers. We couldn´t believe the $R20 sum (£8) he demanded from us upon our arrival!! :( Bad times. Paraty is a beautiful colonial town with cobbled streets and a good selection of cafes and restaurants. The relaxed atmosphere was a ...
... continued
... , cochroach and fly type creature. We left day after that via ferry and public bus and arrived in Paraty - town built in 16th century - one of Brazil's historic gems ... very pleasant except for more rain ... lots of little shops selling trinkits ... and ...
Paraty
Wednesday We took a 4.5 hour bus journey to Paraty (pronounced Parachee), which is a lovely town next to the sea. Paraty gets flooded once a month but it didn´t happen whilst we were here (thankfully!!). We had lunch and then went to some waterfalls - ...
Some beach time.....but where is the sun?
... the English owner and a much needed ice cold shower we finally were able to relax and enjoy our first beer/Caipirinha in Paraty. After one morning of sunshine we endured rain and sometimes torrential rain calf deep, for our three days in Paraty. I ...
Paraty...Para mi
... were only here two days but we got to see alot. Paraty has a beautiful old city with cobblestone streets and coloful houses. Paraty was formed in the 18th century as an important port city. It is surounded by beautiful beaches and located at the foot ...
Start of 6 Week Overland Tour
... be! And so after a hearty breakfast we set off on our 6 week adventure which began with a 6 hour coach journey to Paraty, a small, white-washed, colonial town on the Costa Verde (Emerald Coast). The town was very pretty with lots of little handicraft ...
Hoi An Redux
... , that probably is the explanation but it's late in the trip and I've stopped reading the guidebook so carefully these days... Anyway, Paraty is a delightful little place redolent in some ways of Hoi An in Vietnam. Ok, no one hassles you to buy a ...
Bikini´s, Brazilians and Badass Rock Concerts!
... foot through a do not enter sign, which of course we entered). We then went and saw the panoramic side of the waterfalls from Brazil. The mist created from the various falls sprayed everyone that was there on the platform and it was funny to see all the ...
Recharging the batteries
Leaving the hectic scene of Rio de Janeiro behind, we headed for a small little town along the coast; Paraty (pronounced Pa-ra-chy). During the high season, this little town is a mecca for Brazilian tourists that are trying to escape the crowds on ...
Paraty
... They had surrounded us! We were laughing, cos one of them had pitched a tent right on this huge ant hill ;-) Paraty itself is absolutely beautiful. It´s a little colonial port town with the historical centre set out in a square filled ...
Bikeride anyone?!
We left the island and headed down the coast to Paraty, which is a really quaint old town which used to be one of the biggest Ports in Brazil - but its now really quiet and doesn't seem to have changed in a few hundred years! On our first full day ...
Lifes a Paraty (Parati)
... one of our intrepid journey across South America began with a five hour bus journey to the idyllic port town of Paraty. Brazil`s equivalent of a small Cotswald village, full of quaint churches, whitewashed houses and a town center that floods everyday ...
The Green Coast of Paraty
Leaving the madness of Rio for the backwaters of the Brazillian Costa Verde, Paraty is a sleepy 17th Century colonial city (read town) located in another breathtaking natural setting. Sandwiched in between lush green mountains and opening up onto ...
Paraty...we step back into time.
... of juice or print it and drop the kids off...this is going to be a long read. We start this wonderful chapter in Brazil with a long ass bus ride from Florianopolis. A total of 17 hours to be exact...didn´t think Steve could sleep that ...
Paraty
Paraty is a small colonial town founded in the 17th Century on the coast of Brazil. It is were Tropical Mountains meet the green waters of the Atlantic coast and is absolutely beautiful with lots of small islands covered in tropical forest dotted all over ...
Southern Cross - Paraty & Ilha Grande
... had brought us to our final coastline and the last couple of weeks or so of the trip. Quite a depressing realisation... Paraty itself was, as mentioned, a quaint little coastal town with cobbled streets (all that pounding on the suspension keeps the Fiat ...
Paraty
... ) high! The next day we were much more sensible, and enjoyed a day on a private boat, stopping in different places for snorkelling along the way. We also had the best caipirinhas I had in Brazil on the boat. What more could you want ...
Good times in bad weather
... to the ´historic centre´ which didn´t seem very historic at all. It was mainly full of restaurants and shops selling caiprinha kits, Brazil towels and other touristy souvenirs. We also went to the beach where we settled for a few hours to do some more ...
Parathy - Brazil
Quick stop for the day at Paraty, on the mainland close to Ilha Grande, an absolutely idyllic and laid back cobblestoned, whitewashed village by the sea, with beautiful beaches around, little restaurants and bars, and brightly painted schooners that take ...

