Pousada Abracadabra

Perched on a hillside overlooking the main bay of Búzios, the Abracadabra is in the perfect spot for the indecisive. If you're there for the shops, restaurants and bars – you are a short stroll away from the heart of it all. If it's seclusion you're after, just find yourself a quiet corner and spend the day with a good book, as the world goes by below you.

Abracadabra is the baby sister to the successful Casas Brancas Boutique Hotel & Spa just down the road - she's a little less pricey, a little more basic, but with the same magic touch from glamorous Argentine owner Amalia de la Maria is proving just as popular as her sibling. Everything is geared towards helping you relax – from the airy rooms to the gentle sound of the staff's flip-flops. Rooms are dotted around the gardens and pool area and the feel is chilled and cosy. Perfect for unwinding and getting into Brazilian time. Leaving, of course, plenty of time to discover a different beach every day and a new restaurant every night - a task the ebullient town of Búzios lives up to admirably.

The Pousada is located only five minutes by foot from Rua das Pedras (main street), where boutiques, restaurants, bars and live music mingle with fishing boats lined up on the beach.