UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa

Step back into hippie history • At this unique spot by the sea, the idyllic setting for Uxua Casa Hotel & Spa, slip into barefoot chic in two-bedroom Gulab Mahal casa, with a private garden, cosy mezzanine, open-air bathrooms and views of the Quadrado, the Unesco-protected square of Trancoso. Some among the historic casas date back 500 years, with many featuring Indian-style stained-glass and carved-wood, recalling its bygone hippie days. Romantics will enjoy a stay at Casa do Arvore, the honeymoon suite, set up in a canopy of trees and created from recycled wood. Almescar Spa uses therapies incorporating local ingredients indigenous like almescar and cacao, and other rich, sought-after Amazonian healing remedies. Trancoso, Brazil