Decades of neglect turned out to be a blessing for the town of Paraty, and its unspoiled colonial buildings are now the backdrop for one of Brazil’s laziest, loveliest escapes. In Paraty, you are ...
Paraty offers architecture, cachaça distilleries, and Brazil's biggest literary festival. It's an ecological haven as much as a cultural one, with more than 200 beaches and a hinterland made for ...
To make my way from Brazil's colossus, São Paulo, to the coastal enclave of Paraty, on the Costa Verde, I drive through tunnels of Atlantic Forest that filter blinking bars of light. Floral scents ...