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Sao Paulo Travel Guide Information
Sao Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, with its metropolitan area ranking seventh among the largest urban areas in the world. The city is the capital of the State of Sao Paulo, the most populous Brazilian state. It is also the richest city of Brazil. The name means Saint Paul in Portuguese. Sao Paulo [...]
Continue reading...Salvador Tourist Guide Information
7. December 2008
Salvador is a city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil’s capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. Salvador is the capital of the state of Bahia, Brazil. With a charming [...]
Continue reading...Visit Rio de Janeiro Travel Guide
7. December 2008
Rio de Janeiro (“River of January”) is the second largest city of Brazil, behind Sao Paulo, and the second largest city in the continent, only behind Sao Paulo. The city is capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It was the capital of Brazil for almost two centuries, from 1763 to 1822 while it [...]
Continue reading...Paraty Travel Information Guide
7. December 2008
Located on the Costa Verde (Green Coast), a lush, green corridor that runs along the coastline of the state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, Paraty (or Parati) pronounced Par-a-CHEEm is a preserved Portuguese colonial and Brazilian Imperial (1822-1889) town. Paraty has become a popular tourist area in recent years, renowned for the beauty of [...]
Continue reading...Natal Travel Guide Information
7. December 2008
Natal is the capital city of Rio Grande do Norte, a north eastern state in Brazil. The implementation of the Coastal Highway, a 8 km (4.9 mi) long avenue along the shore, was the true starting point for the beginning of tourist activity in the State in the 1980s. That is where the main hotels [...]
Continue reading...Foz do Iguacu Tourist Guide Information
7. December 2008
Foz do Iguacu is the 4th largest city of Paraná state, Brazil and the 11th largest of the Brazil’s Southern region, with a population of 309,000 habitants . It is located approximately 650 km (400 mi) west of Curitiba, Parana’s capital city. The city is one of the most visited by tourists in Brazil. Most tourists [...]
Continue reading...Visit Fortaleza Travel Guide
7. December 2008
Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population of over 3.4 million (metropolitan region), Fortaleza has an area of 313 square kilometres (121 sq mi). To the north of the city lies the Atlantic Ocean; to the south are the cities of Pacatuba, Eusébio, Maracanaú and Itaitinga; to the [...]
Continue reading...Florianopolis Visitor Guide Information
7. December 2008
Florianopolis is the capital city of Santa Catarina State in southern Brazil. It is composed of one main island, the Island of Santa Catarina (Ilha de Santa Catarina), a continental part and the surrounding small islands. It has a population of 406,564, according to a 2006 IBGE estimate. The metropolitan area has an estimated population [...]
Continue reading...Buzios Tourist Guide Information
7. December 2008
Armacao dos Buzios, often referred to as just Búzios, is a resort town and a municipality located in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Its population was 24,500 (2007) and its area is 69 km². Once the preserve of pirates and slave traders, the peninsula of Buzios, 105 miles (169km) northeast of Rio de [...]
Continue reading...Visit Belo Horizonte Tourist Guide
7. December 2008
Belo Horizonte is the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third-largest metropolitan area in the country. Belo Horizonte (or “Beagá”, as it is more familiarly known from the sound of its initials “BH” in Portuguese) has a population of almost 3 million, reaching over [...]
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8. December 2008
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