Off the Beaten Path in Paraty

Free Off the Beaten Path in Paraty with Roamee Pro

Roamee Pro, also known as Roamee, offers a free off-the-beaten-path walking tour route in Paraty. The audio walking tour can include stops such as Car-free historic center — a perfectly preserved 18th-century colonial port town with whitewashed buildings, cobblestoned streets that flood at high tide, and a Gold Trail heritage, Church of Nossa Senhora dos Remedios — a simple whitewashed 18th-century church facing the harbor, the town's main landmark, built by the Portuguese elite with Masonic symbols in the design, Bay boat trips and island beaches — schooner tours through the emerald waters of Paraty Bay stopping at secluded islands and beaches for swimming, snorkeling, and freshly grilled fish, plus hidden gems like Praia do Sono — a remote beach accessible by a beautiful 1.5-hour hiking trail through the Atlantic Forest from Laranjeiras and Alambique distilleries — rural cachaça producers in the hills around Paraty offering tastings and tours of the traditional distillation process.

Use this page as a starting point for a Paraty walking tour, a free route, or the Roamee app for Paraty. Roamee Pro keeps the route flexible so you can follow the stops, skip ahead, or explore nearby streets at your own pace.

• •Car-free historic center — a perfectly preserved 18th-century colonial port town with whitewashed buildings, cobblestoned streets that flood at high tide, and a Gold Trail heritage
• •Church of Nossa Senhora dos Remedios — a simple whitewashed 18th-century church facing the harbor, the town's main landmark, built by the Portuguese elite with Masonic symbols in the design
• •Bay boat trips and island beaches — schooner tours through the emerald waters of Paraty Bay stopping at secluded islands and beaches for swimming, snorkeling, and freshly grilled fish
• •Cachaça distillery tours — visits to small-batch artisanal cachaça distilleries in the Atlantic Forest hills, sampling Brazil's national spirit aged in native wood barrels
• •Gold Trail hiking — A partially restored 18th-century colonial trade route (Caminho do Ouro) paved with original stones, once used by enslaved laborers to carry gold from the Minas Gerais mines to the port at Paraty. The trail winds through dense Atlantic Forest for about 3 hours, crossing streams and passing old stone bridges. Some sections feature the original cobblestones, worn smooth by centuries of foot traffic, offering a tangible connection to Brazil's colonial gold rush history.

• •Praia do Sono — a remote beach accessible by a beautiful 1.5-hour hiking trail through the Atlantic Forest from Laranjeiras
• •Alambique distilleries — rural cachaça producers in the hills around Paraty offering tastings and tours of the traditional distillation process
• •FLIP (Paraty International Literary Festival) — a major literary festival held every July that transforms the town into a cultural celebration

• ›Walk one neighborhood over from the famous one. The crowds rarely cross a bridge, a hill, or a busy road — and that's exactly where local life resumes.
• ›Go on a weekday morning. Residential districts are at their most genuine when people are running errands, not performing for visitors.
• ›Use a spot like Praia do Sono as a foothold, then follow the streets where the shops sell to residents — hardware, bakeries, laundromats — not souvenirs.
• ›Eat where the menu is in one language and the room is full of regulars. If you can't read it, point at what looks good on the next table.
• ›Learn three phrases — hello, thank you, the bill please. A little effort flips how people treat you almost everywhere.