The Best Hotel in Alter do Chão, The Amazon

A short walk from town directly on a white-sand beach, Beloalter has spacious rooms and swimming pool, making it one of the more sophisticated places to stay. Higher prices get you a better view or even a room in a tree house. The restaurant ($$) specializes in fish, but has a good variety of other dishes, including a great galinha a caipira, a whole roast chicken with endless sides. Its distance from town can prove a blessing at weekends, when it can get noisy.