Part Mayan palace, part Bond-villain fantasy, Warapuru certainly lives up to its exotic name. The result of a joint project between Portuguese hotelier Joao Vaz Guedes and Anouska Hemple, (of Blakes fame) this ambitious hotel and villa complex is the most exclusive destination imaginable. Located beneath mountainous terrain and carpeted with virgin tropical rainforest near Itacare, Bahia, Warapuru's bold linear structure is compromising, intriguing and utterly breathtaking.