Insight Guides Brazil (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

Description

Let us guide you on every step of your travels.

From deciding when to go to choosing what to see when you arrive, Insight Guide Brazil is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of Brazil, with in-depth insider information on must-see, top attractions like the Sugar Loaf and Corcovado in Rio, the colonial architecture of Paraty and Pelourinho, the Pantanal and Iguaçu Falls and hidden cultural gems like Ouro Preto.

This book is ideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural experiences, from exploring colonial monuments, Amazonian lodges or Brazil's beautiful coastline, to discovering the thrill of its world-famous Carnaval.

- In-depth on history and culture: explore the region's vibrant history and culture, and understand its modern-day life, people and politics 
- Excellent Editor's Choice: uncover the best of Brazil, which highlights the most special places to visit around the region 
- Invaluable and practical maps: get around with ease thanks to detailed maps that pinpoint the key attractions featured in every chapter
- Informative tips: plan your travels easily with an A to Z of useful advice on everything from climate to tipping
- Inspirational colour photography: discover the best destinations, sights, and excursions, and be inspired by stunning imagery 
- Inventivedesign makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, São Paulo: City and State, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo, Iguaçu Falls, Brasília and Goiás, The Pantanal, Bahia, Salvador, Sergipe and Alagoas, Recife and Pernambuco, Fernando de Noronha, The Far Northeast and the Amazon. 

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Travel
• South America
• Brazil

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 juin 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781789198973
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book
This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Brazil, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editor’s Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Brazil. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Brazil are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Brazil. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd




Table of Contents
Brazil’s Top 10 Attractions
Editor’s Choice
Introduction: A Land without Frontiers
The People of Brazil
The Amerindians
Decisive Dates
The Making of Brazil
Country of the Future
From Sandy Beaches to Amazon Jungle
Carnival
Festivals
Saints and Idols
A Passion for Soccer
Food and Drink
Insight: Brazilian Dishes
A Nation in Tune
Cinema
Art and Artists
Modern Architecture
Introduction: Places
Introduction: The Southeast
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro State
São Paulo: City and State
Insight: Brazilian Baroque
Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo
Iguaçu Falls
The Southern States
Introduction: The Center-West
Brasília and Goiás
The Pantanal
Introduction: The Northeast
Bahia
Salvador
Insight: Mistura Fina
Sergipe and Alagoas
Recife and Pernambuco
Fernando de Noronha
The Far Northeast
The Amazon
Insight: The Riches of the River Amazon
Travel Tips: Transportation
Travel Tips: A–Z
Travel Tips: Language
Travel Tips: Further Reading


Brazil’s Top 10 Attractions



Top Attraction 1



Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro. Voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, you can’t go to Rio without taking the train to the top of Corcovado, where the views are phenomenal. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 2



Brasília. Brazil’s purpose-built capital is an architectural monument in itself. Marvel at Oscar Niemeyer’s Congresso Nacional building and Catedral Metropolitana, and immerse yourself in the magical interior of the Santuârio Dom Bosco.
For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 3



The Pantanal. The Pantanal is home to 650 bird species. Lots of mammals, too, including the capybara, caiman, marsh deer, and armadillos. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 4



Iguaçu Falls. ‘Poor Niagara!’ Eleanor Roosevelt exclaimed upon first seeing the magnificent falls at Iguaçu. The world’s greatest collection of waterfalls is simply breathtaking. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 5



Amazon. Amazonia, the lungs of the world, supports 30 percent of all known plant and animal species, including 2,500 fish species, 50,000 higher plant species, and millions of insects. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 6



Historic towns of Minas Gerais. Gold and diamonds made Ouro Preto rich, and financed the Baroque architecture and sculpture that led Unesco to declare it a World Cultural Monument. But the historic state is much more than just Ouro Preto. Equally memorable is Congonhas do Campo, site of the two greatest works of the 18th-century sculptor Aleijadinho. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 7



Paraty. A masterpiece of colonial architecture and charm that is also home to one of the world’s most prestigious literary festivals. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 8



Pelourinho, Salvador. According to Unesco, the Pelourinho is the most important grouping of 17th- and 18th-century colonial architecture in the Americas. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 9



Sugar Loaf, Rio de Janeiro. There are those who claim the views of Rio and the bay are even better from the top of Sugar Loaf mountain than from Corcovado. It’s a hard one to decide, so go see for yourself. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 10



Carnival. Brazil is justifiably famous for its huge, exuberant pre-Lent Carnival, the biggest and brashest in the world. Like the beaches, it would seem unfair just to highlight one, as Brazil has an embarrassment of riches that start with Rio, Salvador, Recife, and Olinda. For more information, click here .
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Editor’s Choice



Best Beaches

Búzios. White-sand beaches, crystalline water, palm trees, and coconuts. For more information, click here .
Lopes Mendes, Ilha Grande, Rio State. A glorious stretch of beach where the fine white sand squeaks beneath your feet. For more information, click here .
The Rio–Santos Highway. The road passes more than 400km (240 miles) of glorious beaches. For more information, click here .
Taipús de Fora, Bahia State. On the remote Maraú Peninsula, this is considered by many to be one of the finest beaches in Brazil. For more information, click here .
Praia do Forte. An attractive village situated on miles of white sandy beach, some 85km (53 miles) from Salvador. It is protected by a private foundation and is known for its turtle conservation program. For more information, click here .
Praia Pajuçara, Maceió, Alagoas State. Maceió beaches are famous for the transparent, bright emerald green water. Praia Pajuçara, which becomes an enormous wading pool at low tide, is a prime example. For more information, click here .
Jericoacoara, Ceará State. Ceará has innumerable beautiful beaches, but perhaps the finest is the remote Jericoacoara. Declared a national park in 2002, it is a magical spot that has been described as ‘one of the 10 most beautiful beaches on the planet.’ For more information, click here .
Praia do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha. Its waters are home to dolphins, sharks, and multicolored fish, but in Praia do Sancho this island has one of the country’s best beaches and dive sites. For more information, click here .



Brazil’s beaches are excellent places to swim, surf, dive, or sail.
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Outdoor Adventure

Fernando de Noronha. Scuba diving and snorkeling are popular activities here. There are ships to visit and you might meet a shark on a night dive. For more information, click here .
Rio da Prata, Bonito. Very different snorkeling is found in the rivers that surround Bonito. Float with the current in a natural aquarium. For more information, click here .
Iguaçu Falls. Aboard sturdy, 20-seater inflatable boats you can get right up to the base of the falls. For more information, click here .
Amazon. Take treks into the forest, canoe trips, or go piranha-fishing or torchlight caiman-spotting. For more information, click here .
Lençóis Maranhenses. Rolling sheets of white sand, dotted by transparent pools of water. For more information, click here .
Ilha do Mel, Paranaguá. The island is a n