travel42 Hotel Review: Pousada Bromelias

Pousada Bromelias travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Pousada Bromelias is located in the mountains about 12 miles outside Paraty. It's accessed by the coastal road and then a narrow paved mountain road. Several other small hotels, a Hare Krishna Hindu temple and a gourmet French restaurant are nearby.

This mountain retreat was opened in 1996 by a Sao Paulo pharmaceutical company owner. While vacationing in Paraty he somehow discovered the property, a farm at the time, and bought it. Initially he built a pri...