Botanique Hotel and Spa is perfectly located between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, is the visionary project developed by a group of internationally revered Brazilian entrepreneurs. The hotel offers guests a true insight to authentic Brazilian way of life with each handpicked design elements. The hotel accomplishes this by incorporating Brazil’s typography, native traditions art and contemporary culture everywhere – from the selection of building material to the complete roster of collaborators and contributors. Located in among Brazil’s lush vegetation, Botanique provides a tranquil and peaceful ambience where guests can release all stress. Nature is accentuated throughout the hotel with the chocolate slate wood used to build the hotel’s walls as well as glass panels that evoke the sense of ‘outdoors inside’. Guests can also indulge in true Brazilian flavor by exploring forests on horseback or learning Brazilian Samba or Tango. Botanique also provides the only all-Brazilian spa. Many of the treatments also incorporate native afro-Brazilian healing and relaxation traditions. The hotel also includes an all-inclusive fitness center where one can practice traditional Brazilian martial arts such as Capoeira.