PINCINGUABA AND PARATY

The bay at Pincinguaba with a tropical downpour just moments away.












Paraty is a town 30 minutes from our hotel in Pincinguaba. Strolling through the quait colonial streets (no motor vehicles are allowed in the historic centre) it is hard to imagine just what an important port city this was in the 17th and 18th century to the portugese. This is the end of the Camino Real a road that stretches 1400 km inland from the Minas Gerais province where all the gold and precious stones are mined. The gold and gems were carried by horseback and by slaves to the port in Paraty and sent across the Atalntic to Portugal.


It remained an important town until Rio superseded it as a prefered port and Paraty declined and became lost in time. Now with new roads and better communications from Rio and Sao Paulo, it is enjoying a renaissance as s tourist destination.