Pousada Picinguaba

Picinguaba means "fish shelter," which tells you everything about the scale of ambition here. This small pousada sits in a tiny fishing village on the Costa Verde, reachable only on foot once the road runs out. Rooms have ceiling fans and mosquito netting instead of air conditioning, no phones, no Wi-fi, and views onto the bay or garden. Evenings gather around an informal family-style dinner, which is exactly the pace the whole place is built around.