Named for the traditional pressed mud houses of the Northeastern backlands, Casa de Taipa has eight apartments with A/C and hammocks in a private porch.
Breakfast is included, and you can also have lunch at dinner at one of the tables with handpainted tops. The most interesting touch is the casa de taipa museum. The tiny pressed mud house is just like the ones in the backlands; the roof tiles are vintage and so are the objects donated by locals – pots, pans, oil lamps, coal irons, pestles and mortars.
The pousada has a SEBRAE, SENAC, MPE BRASIL, NBR15.635 ABNT, GUIA 4 RODAS quality seal.
Accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible. One room is adapted for travelers with disabilities.
Pousada Casa de Taipa, in São Miguel do Gostoso, RN, is inspired in the rustic constructions of the Northeastern backlands. A winner of several quality seals in Brazil travel and management, the pousada follows sustainable and fair practices and helps "foster the "small is beautiful" approach to São Miguel do Gostoso tourism.
The pousada has the Casa de Taipa Museum, a replica of a typical backlands mud pressed home, made from authentic materials and decorated with vintage objects.
Introduction to Pousada Casa de Taipa:
Located just three blocks from Maceió beach in São Miguel do Gostoso, RN, Pousada Casa de Taipa is an affordably-priced option for travelers in this scenic and peaceful destination near Natal.
The pousada, whose name means "pressed mud house", follows sustainable practices. The design is inspired in the simple, earth-friendly homes of the Northeast's backlands, with plenty of natural materials and air circulation.
Introduction to Pousada Casa de Taipa:
Located just three blocks from Maceió beach in São Miguel do Gostoso, RN, Pousada Casa de Taipa is an affordably-priced option for travelers in this scenic and peaceful destination near Natal.
The pousada, whose name means "pressed mud house", follows sustainable practices. The design is inspired in the simple, earth-friendly homes of the Northeast's backlands, with plenty of natural materials and air circulation.
Accommodations at Pousada Casa de Taipa:
The pousada has nineght apartments. They're decorated with colorful local artwork and handcrafted 100% cotton bedspreads. All suites have a mini refrigerator, A/C, a 26-inch LCD TV, and internet access (not paid).
One of the suites is adapted for travelers with disabilities.
Address: Rua Bagre Caia Coco 9959585-000São Miguel do Gostoso, RNPhone: 55-84-32634227
Amenities at Pousada Casa de Taipa:
The restaurant serves traditional Northeastern dishes. Some of the specialties are the gostosinho, prawns with cassava and cheese cream, rice and beans; arrumadinho and ajeitadinho, variations with sun-dried meat and chicken respectively.
The restaurant is open to non-guests. Seating is limited (30).
The pousada has a pool from which you can see the Casa de Taipa Museum.
Casa de Taipa Museum:
Built according to traditional techniques, covered with salvage clay tiles and decorated with vintage objects - some of them over 60 years old and donated by locals - the Casa de Taipa Museum is open to the community at large.
On Saturdays, a cookout of sertanejo-style (countryman's) beans takes place on the museum's outdoor wood stove. The beans can be served at the restaurant with another order.
Among the objects you'll see at the museum are kitchen utensils and religious items such as a small statue of Padim Ciço, the Northeast's miracle-working priest.
View the museum to the sound of Luiz Gonzaga's Pau de Arara ("Flatbed Truck"), about a migrant worker leaving the Northeast.
Services at Pousada Casa de Taipa: The pousada can arrange transfers from the Natal International Airport. What's special is, you can turn the transfer into a tour of the magnificent Rio Grande do Norte seashore on a Land Rover Defender110.
The pousada has a SEBRAE, SENAC, MPE BRASIL, NBR15.635 ABNT, GUIA 4 RODAS quality seal.
Address: Rua Bagre Caia Coco 9959585-000São Miguel do Gostoso, RNPhone: 55-84-32634227