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Pousada Zé Maria
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Pousada Zé Maria lies next to the Morro do Pico (Peak Hill), one of Fernando de Noronha’s most important postcards. Since the Morro do Pico can be seen from everywhere on Island, the inn is easily located. Nothing better to symbolize the construction of the New Inn than the impressiveness of the Peak, with its 323 meters in height and perfect integration into the landscape. So the Pousada Zé Maria was increased in size, a large venture, totally integrated into the environment. The fascinating paradise that is Noronha, deserves all the respect that can be mustered and only someone with Zé Maria’s love and all his positive energy could coordinate the works always thinking first of the divine nature of the place. In this way, an engineering project was created to be 100% ecologically correct, not removing a single tree, and rather planting another 888 native trees, fruit bearing and ornamental species. From the flat-screen TV sets, the whirlpool bathtubs to the silent mini-bar, everything is powered by solar energy, which on an island where the sun shines all year long, is nothing but coherent. The infinite edge swimming pool was built on several levels, taking advantage of the natural slope of the land. Seated at the poolside bar in the shade of a huge cashew tree, enjoying an extremely tropical caipirinha made from cashews picked from that same tree, gaze floating on the surface of the blue water whose infinite edge reflects the giant hill of the Peak sheathed by the golden lights of sunset. It is difficult to imagine that a short time before “Pousada Zé Maria” was another of so many family houses that received tourist-friends.
Nearly every inn in Noronha is of family origins, former houses of fishermen and merchants who. little by little, started hosting tourist-friends and transformed them into rustic havens for the thrilled visitors. ZÉ MARIA, a beloved character, slowly became well known for the magic instilled by his “peace and love” guru style in the privileged tourist who met him stayed in his “inn-home”. Perhaps no-one else has embodied so well the sprit of Noronha as Zé Maria, in his tranquil way of speaking and gesticulating integrating into the landscape, in his rites in panoramic boat rides introducing the Archipelago and its legends, in the delicious sashimis made on the spot with fish caught during the ride, or in his elaborated banquets, colorful and exotic, with the flavor of the variety of fruit of this paradise. Zé Maria’s love of nature matches Noronha well, on top of his sharp awareness of preservation, his spirit embodies the soul of the Indians in their respect for nature.
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