Costao Do Santinho Resort

Set between forest, dune and the open Atlantic, Costão do Santinho occupies a stretch of coast at Praia do Santinho, outside Florianópolis. The Atlantic Forest presses close to the pools and gardens, and the resort keeps a private natural heritage reserve within its grounds, along with an ecological park and an archaeological museum tied to the site's earlier settlers. Two accommodation styles sit apart in feel: the Villas draw on Azorean building traditions in low, terracotta-roofed clusters, while the International Hotel wing keeps a plainer, modern line. Restaurants number six, from a trattoria to a seaside gastronomic space, and the pool circuit includes heated and covered options for cooler days. Days run on a fixed rhythm — breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a long list of sport and forest-based activity in between, from archery and zipline through tree canopy to sandboarding on the dunes just beyond the tree line. Costão SPA, run with L'Occitane au Brésil, adds hydrotherapy and massage among more than fifty treatments. Santinho beach fronts the property directly. Guests can walk from garden to dune to shore inside a few minutes, forest still at their back. Florianópolis and its international airport lie a short drive off, along the SC-401 coastal road.