evidence: With mountain views, pretty beaches, jungle trails and about 360 waterfalls, Ilhabela (The Beautiful Island) lives up to its name. [...] Why you will fall in love with Ilhabela [...] Ilhabela hasn’t always been just a tropical paradise. A lot of things happened here in the past and there are several local spooky stories connected to slavery and more about different places such as Castelhanos, Praia Feiticeira and da Caveira.