Passing through Paraty

I crossed the white bridge and entered Paraty, a well-preserved Portuguese colonial town in Brazil’s Costa Verde area.

The town was founded in 1597 and colonized a century later. When large amounts of gold were found in the mountains of Minas Gerais, Paraty became an important port.

Walking through Paraty.

The historic center is covered by a sort of cobble stones called pes-se-molequ. We found a nice place at Rua da Matriz where we got a perfect caipirinha, which is to be expected since the town name was once synonymous with the sugarcane spirit cachaça.

Igreja de Santa Rita in Paraty.

We walked pass the beautiful white church Igreja de Santa Rita, the oldest church in town built in 1722. The waterfront was empty and silent, and I tried to imagine how different it was some centuries ago.

Quiet beach walk in Paraty.