Parati & Trindade

Down the coast towards São Paulo you have Parati and Trindade. The first is a colonial town with lots of history and culture, the second a small village located in an amazing setting at the ocean. Both are more or less inside national parks.

Getting There
Go the bus station in Rio de Janeiro (Rodoviária Novo Rio) and buy a ticket with the Costa Verde company to Paraty, the trip is about 4 hours. To get to Trindade you´ll have to catch another bus at the bus station in Paraty. The bus timetable is as follows:

From Rio to Paraty 4h, 6h, 7:40h, 9h, 12h, 14h, 16h, 19:30h and 21h
From Paraty to Rio 2:40h, 6h, 9h, 11:20h, 13:20h, 15:20h, 16:20h, 19h and 21h

The buses to Trindade from Parati is with the company Colitur and takes about 40 minutes, they leave regurarly from the early morning until the evening.

Info on how to get to and from the bus station in Rio you get by clicking here .

Accommodation
In both places you have quite a few options for accommodation. In Paraty it ranges from affordable to expensive whilst in Trindade it´s anything from cheap to affordable. The big exception are the big holidays and the vacation period late December until late February when prices go up a lot.

Paraty
This town is a popular tourist spot. The colonial 17th and 18th century architecture is everywhere and it being one of the major ports for exporting vast amounts of gold from Minas Gerais made it rich. Today you have many good restaurants and shops with arts and handicrafts. There is an abundance of activities like horse riding and boat trips, the nature surrounding the town is amazing so they are really worthwile. They have quite a few festivals and cultural events here so if you´re into that you can check what´s going on by clicking here .

Trindade
Located almost on the border to the state of São Paulo this is truly a magnificent place, paradise like beaches and rainforest pouring down the hills. The village is a pretty tight community that decides over who are allowed in, this guarantees an unique atmosphere.

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