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Pousada Tutabel

  • Pousada Tutabel pool
  • Pousada Tutabel outdoor lounge area
  • Pousada Tutabel double bedroom
  • Pousada Tutabel beachfront lounge area
  • Pousada Tutabel beach activities - kayaking and SUP
  • Kayaking Pousada Tutabel
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With its coastal setting backed by Atlantic rainforest, this property has the feel of a secluded beach house.

Trancoso is in the balmy state of Bahia, just 2 hours’ flight north of Rio and a 90-minute road journey. It’s well worth the journey for year-round tropical warmth, and golden beaches. Pousada Tutabel sits on the edge of Itapororoca Beach, on the quiet outskirts of town. It’s a 15-minute drive to Trancoso’s famous Quadrado of colourful historic houses, restaurants, bars and boutiques.

This is a place to slumber to the calming sounds of the ocean in one of 16 comfortable, spacious suites, which have wood furnishings, large windows and some have private or shared balconies. There’s also a standalone villa with 2 double bedrooms and a private pool.

Tutabel offers plenty of activities to keep guests busy with a games room, fitness area, football pitch, beach tennis, heated swimming pool and children’s play area, while paddleboarding, snorkelling and watersports are available at the beach. There’s also a spa and sauna for unwinding, and the restaurant serves farm-to-table cuisine.

Hiking and birdwatching excursions are available in the surrounding protected rainforest. In fact, Tutabel sits close to the Rio do Brasil RPPN environmental conservation area which belongs to the owners and protects almost 1,000 ha of native forest. The pousada organises free visits to the reserve local students to help foster a closer understanding of the need to protect Brazil’s Tabuleiro, or lowland Atlantic forest.

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What our clients say

  • Highlight?: Days in Olinda during Carnaval practice.  Delta cruise from Parnaiba and 5 days in Jeri.

    JI, Orpington Feb 2018
  • Highlight: Pousada Rio Mutum, the sun rise trip and evening sunsets. 

    IS, Crowthorne Sep 2016
  • Wow, so many it's hard to choose the most memorable aspect. Sunrise on the lake in the Pantanal was just wonderful. The exhilaration of standing at the devil's throat on…

    TH, Arsenal Jun 2013
  • Iguazu Falls, both sides spectacular, getting a flavour of Rio and being taken such good care of as a single traveller.

    MB, Thatcham Jun 2013
  • Where to start? The World Cup match in Salvador, the old town of Salvador itself, swimming with wild dolphins in Praia de Pipa, watching monkeys play at breakfast, piranha fishing…

    LM, London Aug 2014
  • Rio - the ultimate party city. The Pantanal - fascinating wildlife. Iguacu - Wow ! And the Andes - Incredible. We ran out of superlatives to describe what we were…

    PM, Stamford Brook Mar 2014
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