What is the best Costa Verde destination for backpackers?
Ilhabela, Paraty or Ilha Grande on a backpack? Beds from R$ 46, a free walk-on ferry, trails with no entry fee and the daily cost of each, with an honest winner.
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Ilhabela, Paraty or Ilha Grande? Honest comparisons to pick your destination.
What is the best Costa Verde destination for couples?
Ilhabela, Paraty or Ilha Grande as a couple? A winner with the reasoning, alternatives by couple style and the plan that combines it all, by hosts of couples.
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What is the best Costa Verde destination for families?
Ilhabela, Paraty or Ilha Grande with kids? A winner with the reasoning, honest warnings about steep shorebreaks, trails and ferry lines, and the right age for each.
Read article · 7 min readIlha Grande or Paraty?
Ilha Grande or Paraty? Wild beaches against a colonial center, criterion by criterion, by a crew that works the bay of both. Plus the insider way to skip choosing.
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Is Ilhabela worth adding to a Rio de Janeiro itinerary?
In Rio and thinking of pushing on to Ilhabela? The honest answer from island residents: only with 3 spare days. The Rio-Santos route, costs and what you gain.
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Ilhabela or Ilha Grande?
Ilhabela or Ilha Grande? Beaches, trails, infrastructure, cost and access compared by a team that lives on one and anchors at the other, verdict by profile.
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Ilhabela, Paraty or Ilha Grande: which one fits you best?
An honest quiz to choose between Ilhabela, Paraty and Ilha Grande: mornings, perfect days, logistics, nightlife and budget, answered by locals of all three.
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Paraty and Ilha Grande: why not both?
Paraty or Ilha Grande? A crew that sails between them every week answers with another question: why not both? The two ways to combine the bay neighbors.
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Paraty or Ilhabela?
Paraty or Ilhabela? Colonial streets and cachaça on one side, a state park and 42 beaches on the other. A criterion by criterion comparison by locals of both.
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Ubatuba or Ilhabela?
Ubatuba or Ilhabela? The north coast neighbors compared: 100+ drive-up beaches or 42 by ferry, surf or trails, sea turtles or whales. By locals of the channel.
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