Casas Brancas Boutique Hotel & Spa

Eight hillside villas and suites above Búzios' Armação beach, Casas Brancas Boutique Hotel & Spa crowns the Alto do Humaitá ridge with whitewashed architecture drawn from Mediterranean fishing villages rather than Brazilian coastal vernacular.

The spa anchors the lower terrace, flanked by two pools with uninterrupted views across the peninsula's bay arc. Rooms face seaward; the better suites carry private plunge pools and open-air showers. The kitchen works with local catch from Búzios' morning fish market on Rua das Pedras.

The cobblestone strip of Rua das Pedras sits a five-minute walk downhill, while the quieter Azeda and Azedinha beaches are reachable in under ten minutes on foot.