Pousada Laguna Blue

Considering that this is the only hotel on our trip that we´ve made an effort to return to, we thought we should do a review! Pousada Laguna Blue is about a 15 minute easy stroll from the historic centre of Paraty, but the walk is very pleasant and ensures that we don´t get the noise from the bars and clubs in town at night. There is a large, modern supermarket only a few hundred metres away and the local buses stop at the corner of the hotel´s street if you want to go to beaches further afield.
The staff here are fantastic - all very friendly, willing to help and the reception staff all speak excellent English (some also speak German, French and Spanish). A delicious breakfast is included, as is afternoon tea of cakes, biscuits and coffee/tea/hot chocolate from 4-7pm.
In general, the hotel is exceptionally well-run, is NOT a party venue but rather ideal for a relaxing stay, especially for couples. Sitting by the pool with your afternoon coffee is a terrific way to end a day of sight-seeing. The only down-side is double beds instead of queens, but we can live with that for the other benefits.
Re: price, we checked other similar standard hotels in the town centre, and found that the deal we got here was very reasonable, in some cases considerably cheaper, no doubt due to the location, but we enjoyed walking home in the evening after a nice meal out.
We made our arrangements by email, and found everything ran very smoothly, see their website for details.