• A boat trip through the bay. You can even find your own private beach on one of more than 300 islands. Small boats are available for charter near the river mouth. Negotiate a price before leaving.
• Diving
• FLIP[2] - This literature festival usually takes place in July. It gathers some of the best national writers and guest international authors. Hotels can get pretty crowded, book well in advance for this period.
• Dance with the locals on an old double-decker ferry-turned-dance-club. Just wander down to the dock after dark. You can try Café Paraty or Margarida Café.
• Snorkeling in the bay. When you rent a small boat (and hire the driver for the afternoon) you can ask about getting a mask and snorkel. They'll also supply you with fish food. You just jump off in the middle of the bay and float around feeding fish.
• Trekking the Caminho do Ouro. Access located in the Paraty-Cunha road

• The historic center - cobbled streets, old buildings, churches etc.
• Beaches - Especially in Trindade: Cachadaço, do Meio, etc.
• Islands - Ilha dos Meros has the best diving conditions
• Waterfalls - Pedra Branca and Andorinhas
• Puppet theatre - 2 weekly presentations of a famous puppet group
• Casa da Cultura - a cultural center
• Forte Defensor Perpétuo - Perpetual Defender fortress, a 18th-century stronghold built with British cannons to defend the gold against British privateers

Paraty is 260km from Rio de Janeiro and 300km from São Paulo. Buses connect the city with those capitals. There are also buses to Taubate.

Buses to and fro Rio depart about nine times a day. The trip takes about four hours. The price for the trip from Rio is R$ 44.00 and R$ 44.00 from Paraty to Rio. (2007)

The trip to and fro São Paulo takes about six hours and cost ca. R$ 37.00. There are about four to five connections daily. (2007)

The historic town is compact and can be covered on foot and cars, save for taxis picking up or dropping passengers, are not allowed into the historic city center. The rough boulders of the old city streets would quickly destroy the shocks of most cars anyway.

Vans pick up tourists at the city perimeter for a day-trip to the small fishermen's village of Trindade.

• Cachaça - Paraty is one of the famous producers in Brazil, as in fact a century ago cachaça was known as parati. Dozens of excellent brands are available.

• Porto Entreposto Cultural, Rua do Comercio #14 (Historical center), ☎ +55 24 3371-1058, [3]. 6pm-. Amazing Brazilian/European menu. Good selection of wines. $R25 for a main.  edit

• sereia do mar, Av Praia do Jabaquara 33 (800 metres from the town centre looking out onto one of paratys most beautiful and tranquil beaches), ☎ +55 24 337111930 for delivery and resavations, [4]. Open from 5pm-11pm. With 24 varieties of pizza and over 10 other main dishes this restaurant has a mouthwatering menu to satisfy all tastes not to mention an excellant wine list. With live music on weekends and both helpful and friendly staff a visit to this restaurant is a must. From R$14 for a main course and from R$19 for a large 8 slice pizza.  edit

Most of the town shuts down relatively early, but if you find yourself in need of some diversion after 10 or so, head down to the pier where you will find an old two-story boat-turned-dance-club which has events with local bands a few nights a week.

• Cervejaria Caborê, Av. Otávio Gama, 100 (in Caborê, along river Perecé), ☎ +55 24 3371-2248, [5]. mon-fri 5pm-12pm, sat-sun 11am-12pm. Bar-restaurant of local brewery. Home of the Caborê draft. edit