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The historical town of Parati, Brazil Place: Parati, Brazil Tags: historical town, flea markets, markets |
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I spent several months sailing along the Brazilian coast line in the nineties with my parents. One of the towns we visited was Parati where we spent about a week. It's a beautiful quiet town with cobblestone roads and small markets. Legend has it that the Portuguese conquistadors came to Parati with stones in the holds of their ships as balast and replaced them with with Brazilian gold and returned to Portugal. The stones they left behind were used to pave the streets.
Just South of Parati is a wonderful little lodge called (if I recall correctly) Refugio Dos Caravellas which is run by a couple, Aldo and Greta. Stay there if you can - it's a lovely little place.
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