Casa Mar Paraty

A real gem. A really nice sized small hotel / ‘guesthouse’. Very chic and the staff couldn’t have been more helpful. Highly recommended.

The hotel is family designed and run and very, very nice. Extremely tasteful, with eight handsome rooms. Prices were high, very, because it was New Years Eve. At the normal rate, this would be an exceptional deal. The inn has a glorious view and is steps from the beach. Breakfast was excellent. I'd stay here again without question.

Near the beach with amazing view. Kind of isolated, really clean and simple but beautiful design.

We stayed for 5 nights on our honeymoon. Casa Mar is in the style of a chic guesthouse rather than a hotel, very quiet with discrete service (they leave you alone but are always there when you need them). You are a trusted guest rather than a number, for example the honesty bar (serving great wine at very reasonable prices) and kayaks for you to use at anytime for as long as you like (they don’t make you sign in or out etc). You feel like a guest at an uber chic coastal villa. It is 10min by taxi from Paraty which we actually preferred because it is located above a peaceful fishing village with an excellent seafood beach restaurant and a 5 min walk to another swimming beach. We kayaked around a nearby island and saw turtles and dolphins. We stayed in the suite with a big spa bath - it doesn’t have direct views of the water but looks out onto rainforest with big doors opening onto a private balcony. Breakfast was perfectly curated: fresh fruits, freshly baked breads/croissants and freshly squeezed juices. Nothing fried, no big buffet etc. All in all, if you want to stay at a big hotel with 24 hr room service right in the heart of paraty this is not the place for you. However it was a peaceful oasis for our honeymoon and we would definitely come back.

Bring bug spray as the mosquitoes are out in force overnight

I loved location and comfort!

I found some hazards. Side of balconies didn’t have any protection and I thought people could easily fall from them as end of corridor upstairs walking towards stair. There is no protection just before arrive at stair and people could walk over the bamboo roof and fall from there. It’s quiet dangerous.