HOSPITALITY IN PARATY
WHERE TO EAT
Taking advantage of ingredients grown in their agroforests, Fazenda Bananal (fazendabananal. com.br/mains from R58/£9.50) serve a seasonal menu of intriguing dishes featuring charred bananas, mashed yucca and baked heart of palm. It’s the perfect place for a crash course in the excellent and unusual gastronomy that helped Paraty earn Unesco status three years ago.
In the historic centre, Pupu’s – founded by a celebrity chef – is the place to dabble in seafood. Offbeat interpretations of sushi rolls, poke bowls and ceviche are served by tattooed waiters to tables dotted around a hip, plant-strewn terrace. Rua Mal Santos Dias, 22/mains from R65/£10.50.
WHERE TO DRINK
Co-owned by Sandi Adamiu, one of Paraty’s most colourful characters, equally exuberant cocktail bar Apothekario attracts a fashionable, creative crowd.
Order a Jorge Amado – a cocktail created in honour of the great Brazilian writer, made with Gabriela, a local liqueur of cinnamon and cloves infused in cachaca.
A gallery selling prints of 18th and 19th century lithographs depicting animals and plants found in the Atlantic Forest stirs excitement for hikes into the park. Rua do Comercio, 245.