Santa Catarina
Talmir, the English-speaking and world-traveling owner, has built an endlessly charming empire on Servidão Família Nunes that includes neighbors Naturezas…
Santa Catarina
Talmir, the English-speaking and world-traveling owner, has built an endlessly charming empire on Servidão Família Nunes that includes neighbors Naturezas…
Salvador
Located in an old colonial house complete with a swimming pool and a Moroccan-style lounge (rarities at any hostel), but especially in one at such a great…
Rio Grande do Sul
Student groups often utilize the separate dorm-style accommodation at this HI hostel, but more discerning travelers will be comfortable in the private…
Refúgio Ecológico Pedra Afiada
Santa Catarina
Splendidly located within the Cânion Malacara, this isolated inn has a gorgeous stone fireplace for chilly nights, a fabulous rooftop deck and viewing…
Santa Catarina
This American-run hostel earns top honors across the pedestrian bridge. Three-, four- and 10-bed dorm facilities are spread across several buildings, all…
Amazonas
Occupying a grand old mansion with views of São Gabriel's best beach, Pico da Neblina is used mostly for long-term rentals but reserves one room for…
Santa Catarina
With its wood-paneled entrance, stained glass and traditional German kaffeehaus (coffeehouse), this Blumenau classic has modernized its entire fleet of…
Porto Alegre
Down a quiet residential street in the heart of Cidade Baixa, this excellent hostel, chock-full of demolition wood furniture and eco-awareness, has a…
São Paulo State
It's so hard to choose at this colonial center gem, São Sebastião's most charming inn. One of the 16 neat, cheerful little rooms arranged around a…
Santa Catarina
If you like your hostel to feel like home, this one, run by the immediately likable Kely, is for you. Boasting large green spaces, a little garden and a…
Pará
This well-run hotel has artsy guestrooms facing a leafy garden. All have air-con and TV; suites are larger with private verandas. A large common deck has…
Morro de São Paulo
This former pousada (guesthouse), now a chill hostel catering to surfers, sits along the path to Porto de Cima Beach. Watching electric-blue hummingbirds…
Bahia
This ecofriendly guesthouse features six freestanding bungalows built with natural, locally sourced materials, plus a lovely swimming pool and art-filled…
Belém
Rooms in this boutique hotel are cozy and up to date (though a bit dark), while the common areas have beautiful wood and stone floors, and creative…
Bahia
In a leafy setting near the beach, these six attractive and spacious apartments are complete with well-equipped kitchens and balconies with hammocks. The…
Rio Grande do Sul
Excellent beachfront location, German-style architecture and welcoming owners who speak some English – you can’t beat this spartan inn perched across from…
Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses
This boutique pousada (guesthouse) is what people mean when they say, 'Atins is changing,' but this French–Belgian affair is a change for the better. The…
The Pantanal
Popular, genuinely welcoming and family-run, this sizable working ranch is just 10km from Poconé. Rooms are comfortable with hammocks, but it's worth the…
The Pantanal
Moored on the Piquirí in the heart of jaguar territory, these twin houseboats are the accommodations for wildlife-viewing packages run by Southwild. The…
Rio de Janeiro
Just a short stroll to the fine surf off Macumba Beach, this converted house, which is owned by a New Zealander and a Brazilian, is the go-to spot for…
Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses
This is easily one of Atins' best pousadas (guesthouses), despite the large property’s chickens, guinea fowl, peacocks, ducks, dogs and cats wailing a…
São Paulo
Opening in late 2018, Brazil's first Four Seasons sits inside the wellness-focused Parque da Cidade in tony Chácara Santo Antônio. A glistening stone…
Praia da Pipa
If you've dreamt of staying in a wooden shack inches from the ocean, 'Turtle Paradise' is your place. The seven rooms and apartments are rustic but clean…
Santa Catarina
A trickling fountain beckons guests up the stone staircase to this gay-friendly, two-room guesthouse and bistro, which sits right on the lagoon before…
The Pantanal
This working ranch is enthusiastically run and has a host of activities (hikes, piranha fishing, night safaris, horseback riding), accommodations to suit…
Recife
You’d never know it was here, but this friendly hostel occupies the 3rd floor of a building named Edificio Barão de Camaçari (entered from Rua Osias…
Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses
This ecofriendly pousada (guesthouse) is a little gem of comfort 3.5km east of Barreirinhas’ center. The sloping plot leads down past cozy chalets to a…
Fernando de Noronha
In an historic 18th-century building, Noronha's first hostel is comfortable and homey but the main reason to stay here is the energetic owners, who go…
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre's best boutique hotel is built off an exquisite 1937 mansion (housing the lobby, bar and restaurant) with a glass atrium connecting the 132…
São Paulo
This ultrarefined 60-room hotel behind an English red-brick facade evokes a bygone era of modernist glamour, with muted gray travertine marble set off…
Brazil
This excellent hostel has a friendly atmosphere and is set in a spacious house one short block from the beach. It's run by the charmingly helpful Marina…
Rio de Janeiro
Top hostel honors go to this Greek-Brazilian-run gem in a colonial-style ’50s house tucked away in a Copacabana cranny. Four- to 10-bed dorms prevail…
Ceará
Run by a multilingual British economist turned bearded beachcomber, this relaxed guesthouse backs onto the river across the road from the beach and has…
Jericoacoara
If you've outgrown the hostel party scene, the excellent dorms here are Jeri's best, but exist within the environment of a boutique pousada (guesthouse)…
Ceará
Nine rustic but luxurious wooden stilt chalets (some two-level) stand in a garden that slopes down to the west end of the beach. Villa Mango also has a…
Brazil
Verdegreen is the eco-conscious choice on the main beach strip, with solar-heated showers, reforested wood, half-flush toilets, and LED TVs and lighting…
Brazil
This cleverly designed modern pousada sits beside the road 1km back from Tabatinga beach (but doesn't suffer from traffic noise). The 12-lovely, clean…
Rio de Janeiro
Surrounded by lush vegetation, this hidden spot has attractive rooms with a rustic-chic allure. Some of the rooms are split-level and incorporate…
Jericoacoara
Spacious rooms with gorgeous hardwood verandas and hammock chairs are set in tasteful exposed-brick bungalows, amid colorful grounds draped in lush…
Praia da Pipa
On lush, sprawling hilltop grounds, 1.5km beyond the southeast edge of town, this great-value place boasts luxury at reasonable prices. The scattered…