Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
TRINDADE
1
By bus
17 buses run daily on the route from Trindade to Paraty (45min).
ACCOMMODATION
Ponta da Trindade
Rua Pastor Enozir
T
24 3371 5113,
W
paraty.com.br/trindade/ponta.asp.
Located right on
the beach, with small but immaculate
rooms
, this place
also
offers camping space. Doubles
R$250
; camping
R$50
/person
Pousada Ilhas Canarias
Rua Pastor Enozir
T
24 3371
5169,
W
pousadailhascanarias.com.br.
Rooms in jolly
summer colours, j
ust acro
ss the way from the beach, and at
competitive rates.
R$150
Pousada do Pelé
Rua Pastor Enozir
T
24 3371 5125,
W
paraty.com.br/trindade/pele.asp.
The rooms here, in
chalet-style blocks around a sandy yard, sleep four to eight
people
, and are right by the beach. Four-person room
R$280
Pouso Trindade
Av Principal de Trindada
T
24 3371
5121,
W
pousotrindadeinn.com.br.
A welcoming place
on the village's main road, but still only 50m from the
beach, offering bright r
ooms w
ith a/c and wi-fi. Those at
the front have verandas.
R$220
Fazenda Murycana
Caminho de Cunha, Km 4 • Daily 10am-6pm • R$5 •
T
24 3371 1153
A well-signposted side road from the Paraty-Cunha road at Km 4 leads 900m to
a seventeenth-century farm complex called the
Fazenda Murycana
. he
fazenda
originally served as an inn for travellers on the Caminho do Ouro and also as a toll
post where the royal tax of twenty percent on goods was levied. The most interesting
of its restored buildings is the slightly ramshackle but still attractive
casa grande
, now
a museum. Note however that this is one of the most popular excursions from Paraty,
and the
fazenda
can get unpleasantly crowded, especially at lunchtime with the arrival
of tour groups.
Cachoeira das Penha
At Km 6 on the Paraty-Cunha road, signs point to the
Cachoeira das Penha
, a waterfall
up in the mountains that offers a chance to bake on the sun-scorched rocks of the river
gully and then cool off in the river. From here you can descend from rock to rock for a
few hundred metres before scrambling up to a road above you.
Ponte Branca
About 2km along the road from the Cachoeira das Penha, just across a small bridge,
you'll enter
PONTE BRANCA
. At the far end of the village, overlooking the river, is the
Villa Verde
restaurant, where you can take a break and enjoy a cold drink. The easy
walk here from the waterfall takes you through the hills and valleys, and past tropical-
fruit plantations - all very pleasant. If you don't have your own transport, you'll
probably manage to get a lift back to Paraty from the restaurant or you can wait by
the Cunha road for a bus.
