Espaço Contempla

Espaço Contempla sits on Estrada Municipal Heraldo Ramirez, in Bairro da Terra Preta, Joanópolis, São Paulo, in the Serra da Mantiqueira. The homepage puts the house a little more than two hours from São Paulo or Campinas, three kilometres from the town centre: one and a half kilometres of tarmac, then one and a half kilometres of dirt. A brown sign reading Contempla Joanópolis marks the turn. Sergio Savian is named as host and founder. He is printed as a psychoanalyst, writer and meditation teacher, and as the person who founded Hotel Ponto de Luz in Joanópolis in the 1990s before opening this house. The stay is specific about what it is not. The homepage says this is not a place of noise, loud music or ordinary recreation. Silence, respect for other guests, and the surrounding forest are the published rules. Meditation classes in a hall with a mountain view are printed as included in the stay. A numerology reading with Savian can be booked. On dry evenings there is a fire. Rooms open to a hammock on a terrace, with a minibar, a smart television and heating and cooling. There is an outdoor pool, an outdoor hydromassage bath, free parking, Wi-Fi, and sockets for electric cars. Breakfast is served in the restaurant: artisan bread, cakes, jams and cheeses, with a bell at 8:30 when the pão de queijo leaves the oven. Other meals are not a printed board. Guests are pointed to local restaurants and delivery, and a shared kitchen is open. The house takes pets. Bookings go to falecomsavian@gmail.com and WhatsApp 11 98383-9305. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking.