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A handful of new luxurious pousadas are turning up the volume on Trancoso’s previously hushed glamour. Paul Richardson saunters in and orders a caipirinha.
There are two possible reactions to the news of your imminent visit to Trancoso. One: neutral, nonplussed, never-heard-of-it. The other: eyes widened, envious smile, you luck so-and-so.
The colonial town of the north-east coast of Brazil has recently joined the ranks of those eccentric, legendary and beautiful places that half of you wants to tell the whole world about, while the other half of you tries desperately to keep it under your hat.
Part of the attraction of Transcoso, in a sense, how far it is from almost anywhere. To get there from the UK you first need to fly to Sao Paulo, take a connecting flight to Salvador de Bahia and another short hop to Porto Seguro. From there it’s a 90-minute taxi ride, including a ferry across the river Buranhém.
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