Pousadas can be found by the hundreds in Brazil. Especially close to water. Close to water means close to beaches, waterfalls, or the famous Pantanal, which is a swampy area where many scary aligators are waiting to entertain the tourists.
You may wonder why they can be found especially in Brazil. The fact is that there are also many to be found in Portugal and it wouldn’t be surprising that you can also find some in some other countries, especially in Africa. What do all these countries have in common?… Exactly, they all are portuguese speaking countries. The word pousada means nothing more than a family run hotel,…. you can also call it a house hotel, or if I am not mistaken, the english word is “inn”.
A building too big to be a normal house, or you can say it used to be a really big house, and at the same time,.. too small to be a hotel building. That is what you need to have a pousada. Generally a family runs it, though this does not always mean this family owns the pousada. In some cases a pousada is a bunch of very small houses on a piece of land. Small houses means: So small you can’t live in it. Its more like a bungalow...