Parati

Parati is a beautiful town!

It is very small and has a seaside resort feel to it (without being too tacky). Probably due to the fact that it´s on the coast halfway between Rio and Sao Paolo, and so the city-dwellers often visit during the holidays.

It has cobbled streets and artesanal shops and a beach on one side, mountains on the other.

Again, we only had a day to spend there, so we opted to go on a boat ride which takes in the local island beaches, which are cleaner and more beautiful than the one in the town.

It was amazing! The boat would stop just away from the beach, or some rocks at the edge of an island so that we could jump in the sea and swim around. In most of the areas, the water was so clear you could see the bottom, even when it was deep. In some areas you could see the shoals of exotic fish swimming around the rocks and our boat.

Topped off with a fresh fish lunch (oops!) it was lovely. And we had great weather for it too.

Topped up the tan a treat.