Paraty Research

Paraty is 125 miles Southwest of Rio de Janeiro and is our first stop after Rio in a multi-city adventure.  Although the World Book Encyclopedia did not have information on this particular Brazilian city, I did find some other resources to include here, including the fact that it made Trip Advisor's 2012 Travel Choice list:

The city is apparently named for a local swamp fish. According to trip advisor, the "small colonial town's center is a national historic monument with well-preserved buildings on its pedestrian-only streets. It also apparently has monkeys that are known to roam the cobblestone streets.


http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g303503-Paraty_State_of_Rio_de_Janeiro-Vacations.html
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/brazil/the-southeast/paraty\

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g303503-Paraty_State_of_Rio_de_Janeiro-Vacations.html


It looks like there is plenty to do here. 

Adventure tour Resources:

http://www.infoparaty.com/en

http://www.paratyexplorer.com/