The day, up the hill and down it

The spa, the cocoa, the kitchen garden and the court are inside the gate. The river you see by boat. The rest of Itacaré is five minutes away by car.

Cocoa on the skin, smelling of roast

Cocoa goes in three ways: the roasted nib in the body scrub, the ground bean in the face mask, the cream on the feet. It smells of roast, not of chocolate.

Cocoa Relax

Lemon balm and chamomile tea, a coarse-salt foot bath, and a relaxing massage with hot stones and warmed oil. A cube of dark chocolate at the end.

Releases knots of tension, with aromatherapy and foot reflexology.
Cocoa Detox

Hibiscus and pineapple tea, a full-body scrub with cocoa nibs, and lymphatic drainage.

Drains retained fluid and reduces inches.
Cocoa Lifting

Cocoa tea, a 100% cocoa face mask, and facial drainage.

Releases fluid and sculpts the contour of the face.
Therapeutic foot spa 40 min

Foot reflexology, a scrub, and cocoa butter to finish.
Cocoa Wellness 1 h 20 min

Lemon balm, chamomile and lemongrass tea. A herb foot bath, a body scrub with cocoa nibs, and a 100% chocolate face mask. Cocoa tea at the end, to wake you up.

Treatments are booked at reception or on the hotel WhatsApp.

A massage in progress: the therapist's hands on the guest's back, white sheets and a dark wooden wall — A session under way, and the roasted beans the scrub nibs come from.

A whole cocoa pod resting on roasted beans and a dark bar, with the white pulp beside it — A session under way, and the roasted beans the scrub nibs come from.

The entrance runs through the cocoa grove

The entrance still runs through the cocoa trees of the old farm. From the gate to reception: stone, forest and a wall of pods before the view appears.

Inside the hotel, the shop sells fine chocolate from Cocoa Coast producers. Reception books a visit to a farm, with the cabruca, the fermentation and the sun drying.

Two hands holding a yellow cocoa pod, with a cocoa flower resting on top — The pod in hand, flower still on it, and the board where it starts becoming a bar.

Hands over a wooden board with a cocoa pod, roasted beans and a block of dark chocolate — The pod in hand, flower still on it, and the board where it starts becoming a bar.

Down the hill

Three places open to anyone staying: the kitchen garden with the henhouse, the sand court and the paths through the flowers.

The kitchen garden and the orchard

Part of what Nibs serves grows here, and what the kitchen discards goes back into the soil. Walk down, see what is coming in, and taste the cocoa fruit.
Court and yoga

A sand court and a garden for yoga, with the forest on one side and the sea line behind.
The paths

Stone paths link the arrival, the garden, the pool and the lookout, between the forest and the flowers.

An open beach on the Itacaré coast: the curve of sand, the palm grove and the sea with waves — The coast from here: a curve of sand, the coconut grove and the open sea.

Beyond the gate

The Contas river you see by boat. The rest of Itacaré is a few minutes away by car.

The river that carried the cocoa carries you to it

The farms once floated their harvest down this river to the village. The boat runs the other way: up the Contas river, through the mangrove, with the crabs and the herons, to the upper reaches, where cocoa grows on the banks. Arrange the outing at reception.