BRAZIL - Paraty (or Parati)
Paraty grew in the 18th century as a strategically important port for exporting the gold mined in Minas Gerais. When shipments in nearby Rio began to attract the attention and ambition of pirates and privateers from rival European powers, the Portuguese began using Paraty as their safe port for getting their gold to Lisbon. Together with Ouro Preto, the town was part of the Royal Road (Caminho Real or Caminho do Ouro, Gold Road), a route used to export gold in colonial times. It was also an obligatory sleep-over stop for travelers between Rio and São Paulo until the late 1800s, when the inner road was opened. This caused Paraty to be forgotten, stalled in time, away from "progress" and disfiguration and helped it preserve its old city as it was in the past. In the 1970s, it was rediscovered as a popular tourist destination and is today a must destination in Brazil.
BEST TIME to VISIT PARATY
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to BRAZIL
from May to September
Historic Town - Souvenir shop
Historic Town - old church, so small that many people are attending the mass outside
Historic Town - Souvenir shop
Historic Town - restaurant
Historic Town - restaurant
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - souvenir shop on the street
Historic Town - old church
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - small church
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - souvenir shop
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
great egret fishing in the harbour
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - Small harbour with colorful boats
Historic Town - Small harbour
Historic Town - Small harbour with colorful boats
Historic Town - Small harbour
Historic Town - Small harbour with colorful boats
Historic Town - Small harbour
Historic Town - Small harbour with colorful boats
Historic Town - Small harbour
Historic Town - Small harbour with colorful boats
Historic Town - old houses
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic town - Yellow door
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
Historic Town - old church
Historic Town - old house with colorful doors
Historic Town - it's impossible to enter with a car in the historic town - this young boy is seated on the chain which forbid the entrance
Cachaca is the typical alcohol in Brazil, made with sugar cane - Here a shop with many brands
Cachaca is the typical alcohol in Brazil, made with sugar cane - Here a shop with many brands
Historic Town - old house with colorful doors
Historic Town - old church
Historic Town - old house with colorful doors
restaurant
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
souvenir shop
Historic Town - old houses with colorful doors
souvenir shop
Historic Town - old house
landscape
landscape
beach landscape
forest landscape
landscape
forest landscape