Peak Island is located in the municipality of Paraty. From a small town to a villa, Paraty lived its most important era serving as the shortest route for gold shipments originating in the state of Minas Gerais and heading to Portugal. After its high point, various sugar mills and small cattle farms emerged around the outskirts of the city. Today, Paraty has various hotels, restaurants and a rich, cultural life. An area of the older part of the city is preserved in its former colonial state.
Peak Island offers beach activities, boat and jet ski rental.
Therefore the guests can go arround to other islands, desert beaches, bars and restaurants. Paraty is a colonial city half an hour from the Ilha do Pico and offers to the guests an enornous variety of cultural and historical life as well as very good restaurants. Paraty is considered a National and World Historical Monument fouded in the 16th century by the portuguese colonizers. Very nice treking can be done arround the area with beautiful water falls and bird watching. Paraty has a runway for small and mid-sized aircraft.