Paranaguá

A leading original barreado restaurant in Morretes, it sits on the Nhundiaquara River and serves the traditional dish with tender meat mixed with cassava flour.

This large restaurant has a lush garden and terrace and serves a generous barreado buffet, shrimp stew, and homemade banana ice cream.

This theme park uses models and miniatures to show the history, tourist attractions, and architecture of Paraná.

It can get crowded when bus tours arrive, and it may be hard to hear explanations, so visit at the first tour time if possible.

The ground-floor terrace of a historic colonial-style hotel by the river looks onto the Morretes railway bridge and serves rich-flavored barreado and fried fish.

Enjoy traditional barreado, fried banana, and fresh Morretes river fish on a wooden deck extending over the water, with a cool river breeze.

In a cozy interior decorated with colonial antiques and handicrafts, it serves individual portions of barreado in clay pots and local cachaça, a sugarcane spirit.

This ecological park offers outdoor activities such as tree climbing, rappelling, and ziplining. It also holds courses and workshops on the environment and sustainability and is open to all ages.

This is the city's parish church, listed as one of the main attractions in the Morretes historic district.

Old buildings on the banks of the Nhundiaquara River house restaurants, bars, and cultural spaces.

These 18th-century military ruins include cannons, World War II trenches, and a lookout.

Climb the stairs for views overlooking the island.

Visitors cannot enter the lighthouse building, so plan to view the exterior and scenery.

Locals consider it the island's most beautiful beach. Access is via a 30-minute walking trail, and there are no facilities.

This beach lies below the hill with the lighthouse and offers signature island views.

This beach faces the open sea and has stronger waves.

This 4 km beach runs alongside Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres.

This cave is connected to the name of the village of Encantadas and is reached by a short trail.

You may not be able to enter the cave at high tide, so check the tide and visit at low tide.

This restaurant in Nova Brasília has sea views. Its specialty is grilled fish served with plantain.

One of the island's 2 main tourist villages, it has a cluster of restaurants and the Encantadas cave.

This natural pool is tucked among rocks and is accessible only at low tide.

The coastal rocks are slippery and wayfinding is limited, so wear non-slip shoes instead of flip-flops and check your route.

Praia Grande and Praia de Fora have open-ocean waves, and local instructors and schools are listed as offering beginner lessons.

One of the island's 2 main tourist villages, it provides access to Farol das Conchas lighthouse and the northern beaches and trails.

The island's best-known beach has calm water, kiosks, equipment rental, and restrooms.

This ocean-facing beach at Encantadas has stronger waves and few visitors.

This long, open beach is good for a walk.