Located on the top of a hill, in the Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, between the city’s center and the sandy beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema, Chez Georges is a modernist villa designed by architect Wladimir Alves de Souza.

Trancoso, in Brazil’s coastal state of Bahia, is unspoiled, unassuming, and effortlessly charming. The dirt roads from Porto Seguro airport will lead you to this natural paradise that for years has been inhabited only by fisherman and hippies. Its appeal, which has been kept very much under wraps, has drawn in the in-the-know jetsetters and celebrities that seek a break from the spoiled beaches of Tulum and Ibiza. But Trancoso’s best kept secret? Tropical oasis, Casa de Perainda