Luxury Brazil travel, slowly
Coast, food, culture and craft — a slower, better way to see Brazil, from the hillside above Paraty.
The Atlantic Forest: Brazil's Other Rainforest
A guide to the Mata Atlântica, Brazil's other rainforest — its wildlife, endemism, conservation, and how to experience it from the hills above Paraty.
Read the storyWhen to visit Brazil
The best time to visit Brazil, region by region: Rio and the Costa Verde, the northeast, the Amazon and the Pantanal, plus Carniva
February 14, 2026 · 20 minLuxury Brazil TravelColonial towns
A cultured guide to Brazil's colonial towns — Paraty, Ouro Preto and the Minas gold towns, Olinda, Salvador and beyond — and how t
June 20, 2026 · 20 minLuxury Brazil TravelBrazil trip planning
A practical, elevated guide to planning a luxury trip to Brazil: visas and the eVisa, money and tipping, domestic flights, languag
April 25, 2026 · 19 minLuxury Brazil TravelBrazilian gastronomy
A serious guide to Brazilian gastronomy: regional cuisines, the São Paulo fine-dining scene, native ingredients, street food and e
April 16, 2026 · 19 minLuxury Brazil TravelCachaça & caipirinha
A spirit lover's guide to cachaça and the caipirinha: how it is made, artisanal vs industrial, aged in Brazilian woods, the region
March 17, 2026 · 19 minLuxury Brazil TravelBrazil's best coasts
A luxury traveller's guide to Brazil's most beautiful coastlines: the Costa Verde, Búzios, Trancoso, Noronha, the northeast and th
May 6, 2026 · 19 minLuxury Brazil TravelRio de Janeiro guide
An elevated Rio de Janeiro guide: Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf, Ipanema and Leblon, the Botanical Garden, Santa Teresa, food, wh
March 15, 2026 · 20 minWhere the journal is written
Château Portofino — a hillside chalet with an infinity pool above the Bay of Paraty.