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Fulfill your Brazilian dreams with this beautiful vacation home in Trancoso, Brazil -- courtesy of designer duo Robert & Courtney Novogratz. Stay for up to 10 days and make yourself at home in the 5 bedroom home with pool, soccer field, pizza oven and treehouse.

Trancoso, a former fishing village turned super-trendy getaway for Brazilians and fashionable jet-setters, is known for its beautiful unspoiled beach.

Situated on the palm-fringed coast of Brazil’s Bahia state, Trancoso still looks like the hippie getaway that first made the town popular 20 years ago, with its uneven cobblestone streets and dirt roads. 

The let-loose spirit may explain the swirl of Brazilian and international celebrities who jet here to party. The roster reads like the pages of Quem, the Brazilian gossip magazine. Regulars include Naomi Campbell, Gisele Bündchen and Diane von Furstenberg, who rent or own more secluded summer houses up the beach.

Trancoso’s night life feels more like an expensive São Paulo nightclub — beach style. Young women wear high-cut party dresses, the men body-hugging Italian shirts and Bermuda shorts. 

Despite star power and wealth, however, Trancoso remains surprisingly mellow. The beaches remain pristine. Trancoso rests on a single long beach that fans out to the left and right of the Quadrado. Aside from a few inns and beach clubs like Tostex, there is only a smattering of homes, with most set back from the water. Building restrictions have prevented taller condos and hotels, preserving, for now, the eco-friendly feel.

The nearest commercial airport is in Porto Seguro, 50 miles north of Trancoso. Flights from New York City require a connection, usually in Rio, São Paulo or Salvador.

And if you want to know what your hosts will be up to while you relax in Brasil, check out their website:

www.cb2.com/novogratz

Item Special Note

Not available during the Dec/Jan Christmas vacation and not available in August. No expiration date.

*air conditioning
*mosquito nets on all beds in case you want to sleep with doors open
*very few bugs.

The house has 3 queen bedrooms with private baths 1 king with private bath and 6 twin beds with private bath and a sleeping daybed.

5 private bedrooms with private baths and big sleeping daybed with bath off back of living room.

Caretaker speaks perfect English, will plan surf trip lessons, dinner, babysitter, tennis, beach club, private chef, restaurants, music places, shopping, Indian village.

Put out bananas on the tree side and watch monkeys come and go.