Angra dos Reis is about 3 hours away from Rio de Janeiro. It is a place to go to get on one of the many tourist boats and go spend time in the pristine, uninhabited islands of the coast. The boats visit many beaches, stopping for a quick swim in each. We are talking white sand, nice clear (cold) water.
The city of Angra itself is NOT worth spending any time in. Skip it. Stay at a nice resort instead. Go to the Frade. There is a beautiful Golf course, well kept tennis courts (the clay ones were great). The kids will love the horses, petting zoo, and horse-pulled buggy. The beach is semi-private (Brasil does not allow private beaches). But only hotel guests make it to the secluded stretch of sand. The pool has a waterfall feature and zero gradient entry (which is popular with the little kids). There is also a kids club (but not enough activities in said club). Oh, there are bikes, a beautiful hike to a waterfall...I was extremely satisfied with the hotel location. The food buffett was plentiful, varied and staff was friendly. They also have boat rides (recommended).
What I did not like: no evening entertainment. Once the sun is down, there is little to do. They have a bar (just ok) and a pool table. Seriously lacking evening entertainment.In similar resorts in Mexico and Hawaii we were always treated to shows or live music or a DJ at night. So this was a let down. If you get bored, get the car, drive 45 minutes past the hotel and enjoy BEAUTIFUL Paraty for dinner and a stroll. This is a historic well preserved town with restaurants. The rooms are clean and very roomy. Some details need to be taken care off (peeling paint in small areas, sink drain that is slow)...But I really liked the property otherwise.

My fiance an I travelled around and looking for a golf hotel. Hotel do Frade ist officialy the only one near rio de janeiro. What a great location with many islands, but its really a 5 star hotel, very old and run down, clearly staff are not the best, indifferent und lazy mostly, with 1 or 2 exceptions. 600 Real per night; food is included but it is worthless it tasted like in retrirement home

We were on our way back to Rio from a lovely stay in Paraty and decided to check out the hotel do Frade for future stays. We arrived at the gate to ask whether we could come in for 5 or 10 minutes to visit the resort and get some quotations.
The guy at the gate said that to go in we would have to pay R$150. I said we didn't want to spend the day, but just 10 minutes to get some info.
On this basis we will never stay in this resort. It is a pity for them as with this attitude they will probably loose a lot more potential clients in the future.

I stayed at this hotel in a business meeting, so i didn't have time to enjoy it completly, but what i can say is, it's located in a nice place, with view to the mountains and sea, the beach is calm and you can see many small island around it. The rooms's decoration are tropical and casual, so don't spect a luxurious hotel, because it isn't.
I enjoyed it at all, but i think it needs to be updated soon.