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9:30 pm
Order the house-special
gnocchi at Quintal (22 2623
1934), Búzios’ most exclusive
restaurant, owned and operated
by chef Nelson Ramos Filho in his
beautiful Búziano-style mansion.
Midnight
Casas Brancas Hotel & Spa
Armação dos
Búzios, Brazil
In the early 1960s, Brigitte Bardot
turned this sleepy fishing village into
the St-Tropez of South America. Fifty
years on, it remains a unique blend of
simplicity and sophistication.
to the footpath that leads to isolated and undeveloped Praia da Azeda—where the stunning
landscape and a historic Portuguese Colonial
beach house create a popular postcard setting.
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2:30 pm
Lunch at Praia Brava’s Rocka Beach Lounge
& Restaurant (rockafish.com), a barefoot-chic
beach shack featuring custom-built wooden daybeds that dot the sprawling lawn overlooking
the shore.
4:30 pm
Armação dos Búzios
Return to Praia da Ferradura for after-dinner
drinks at the stylish and fun Insólito Beach
Lounge (insolitobeachlounge.com), located on the
sand below the hotel, steps away from your suite.
courtesy of insólito boutique hotel; marco ricca (bahia)
Rocka Beach Lounge & Restaurant
photographs by daniel pinheiro (brancas, rocka);
Bouncing between
Búzios’ 23 beautiful beaches
is practically de rigueur, so
plan to be on the move. It’s a
local tradition to rent a beatenup dune buggy, and water
taxis offer access to remote
beaches. Both are fun,
adventurous ways to
see it all.
Take a break from the sun inside the Casas
Brancas Hotel & Spa (casasbrancas.com) with
a relaxing body massage. Afterward, enjoy a
cafezinho on the terrace, complemented by the
beautiful view and soft bossa nova music.
What sets apart Puerto Rico’s new St. Regis
Bahia Beach Resort is its stunning location
on 483 acres of a former coconut plantation.
Situated along two miles of Atlantic beachfront and bounded by the El Yunque National
Rainforest and Espiritu Santo River, the setting is
simply spectacular. stregis.com/puertorico
Insólito Boutique Hotel
Wake up at the stylish Insólito Boutique
Hotel (hotelinsolito.com), Búzios’ finest accommodation. Perched on the rocky cliffs above
Praia da Ferradura, every suite has an incredible view of the horseshoe-shaped beach below,
as do the restaurant and pool decks, all perfect
spots to enjoy a traditional Brazilian breakfast
(açai, local cheeses, salami, et al.).
11 am
Prepare for the beach with a visit to Lenny (lenny­
swimwear.com)—the namesake shop by famous
swimwear designer Lenny Niemeyer—located
on the precious cobblestone Rua das Pedras in
the downtown district. From here, stroll down
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The Dorchester Collection has converted one of
the London area’s idyllic Georgian-era estates
into its newest five-star property. Coworth Park
is set on 240 acres of picturesque and pedigreed
Berkshire parkland, with all the amenities of a
proper English country house, not to mention its
own polo fields. coworthpark.com
photograph by tk; illustration by tk
9:30 am