Pousada Riacho dos Milagres, São Miguel dos Milagres, Alagoas - friendly, family run pousada with great pool, right on the beach

Pousada Riacho dos Milagres is one of the newest pousadas in Alagoas, but the owners, Casado and Lanuza have had their beachouse here for almost 30 years and as a family with sons Talles and Beto they used to come here every weekend.  After 4 years of refurbishment the pousada opened 2  years ago and is now run very much as a family business where everything is kept in impeccable order but guests are received as friends.

The pousada is right on Riacho beach and there are 8 suites, all super comfortable with flatscreen TV, fridge and "split" air conditioning.  Apart from the beach the beautiful pool is right outside and gazebos are dotted about  the grounds where you can sit and read or chat or simply chill.

Riacho dos Milagres is right at the beginning of the Ecological route of Alagoas if coming from Maceió or right at the end if coming from Recife. Either way it is a wonderful place to start or finish your trip with gourmet food and friendly hospitality.

If you have ever heard of Alagoas you are most definitely in the minority. Even in Brazil those that know anything about it equate the state with corrupt politicians and huge resorts rather than anything remotely beautiful.  But then most people don't know that between Barra de Santo Antonio and Maragogi the main north-south road veers off inland, leaving behind the orginal track and 40 kms of  unspoilt beaches dotted with coconut plantations and small villages, where time has effectively stood still for generations.

Alagoans call their whole coastline the Costa dos Corais or coral coast after the enormous coral reef just offshore, but many people have started using the term "Rota Ecológica" or ecological route to describe the 20km stretch from Barra de Camarugibe in the south to Porto de Pedras in the north where pousadas like the ones on Hidden Pousadas have grouped together  in their own association, AREAL. All of these pousadas have their own individual identity but they share a common preoccupation with sustainable tourism coupled with an ecological conscience and respect for the local communities. Everyone needs to attract guests here, but nobody wants the predatory tourism typical of resorts and large hotels, and the result is some of the most wonderful places to stay you could ever come across anywhere in the world.

The first time we came here we started from Maceió; the second time from Recife and it doesn't really matter which way you do it as the Rota Ecológica is pretty well equidistant from the 2 capitals- about 150kms. All the pousadas here run a half board system, usually of breakfast and dinner, so you don't actually ever need to leave the pousada, but a car is useful if you want to explore as public transport, or indeed any transport other than bicycles, is pretty scarce here. Put that with the quality of the pousadas themselves, the swaying palm trees, the deserted beaches, and the warm warm sea and this area is nothing short of pure paradise.

• jangada trip out to the natural swimming pools
• visit to the manatee centre to see the "peixe bois"
• checking out local handicrafts/wood carving
• long walks along deserted beaches
• swimming in the warm sea
• horseriding on the beach

• location right on the beach
• lovely swimming pool
• gourmet dinners
• friendly hospitality

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Prices below are low season rates for two people in brazilian reais (R$). Standard double room, with en-suite shower room, breakfast included.

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