Places to visit in Brazil
Brazil is enormous, so it pays to focus your trip rather than try to cover everything at once. Most holidays pair a city or two with a wilderness region and a stretch of coast, linked by short domestic flights. Here’s where we recommend spending your time.
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Brasilia and the Cerrado
Futuristic architecture rises out of vast savannah here, giving Brazil a side of itself most visitors never see. Brasília holidays centre on a purpose-built capital of brutalist lines and modernist curves, paired with the biodiversity-rich Cerrado on its doorstep – together offering a different mix of culture, design and nature within a single trip.
Rainforest-covered mountains plunge into emerald seas, colonial ports sit beside tropical bays and idyllic islands are fringed by white-sand beaches along one of Brazil’s most beautiful stretches of coastline. From glamorous Búzios Brazil to historic Paraty and the lush Costa Verde Brazil, this region is perfect for combining relaxation, culture and natural beauty.
Experience one of South America’s most awe-inspiring natural wonders, where immense waterfalls plunge through subtropical rainforest alive with birds, butterflies and other wildlife. The Brazilian side of Iguazú Falls offers sweeping panoramic views, exhilarating adventures and an unforgettable perspective on this extraordinary landscape.
One of Brazil’s least-visited yet most rewarding regions, where vast dune fields, emerald lagoons, colonial cities, mangrove-rich deltas and laid-back beach resorts add up to a coastal adventure unlike anywhere else in the country. Stretching from São Luís through Fortaleza to Natal are most extraordinary landscapes, vibrant culture and some of the country’s finest beaches.
Ouro Preto holidays take you to the birthplace of Brazilian independence, where rolling hills, baroque churches, colonial towns and rich cultural heritage combine to create one of Brazil’s most rewarding historical regions. From the cobbled streets of Ouro Preto to the contemporary art at Inhotim, Minas Gerais offers a Journey through Brazil’s past and present.
Brazil’s north-east rarely gets the same airtime as Rio or the Amazon, which is exactly why Fernando de Noronha holidays reward the traveller who goes looking: colonial cities with a gritty, musical edge, and an island so protected that sharks and turtles outnumber the visitors.
Rio de Janeiro
Waking up to your first view of Copacabana Beach is one of Brazil’s great travel moments, and Rio only builds from there. Granite peaks, rainforest-covered hills and golden sand meet a city that never quite sits still: samba spilling out of bars, football on the beach, Carnival taking over the streets once a year.
Afro-Brazilian culture, colonial architecture, tropical beaches and dramatic mountain landscapes combine in Bahia to create one of Brazil’s most vibrant and diverse regions. From the colourful streets of Salvador Brazil to the waterfalls of Chapada Diamantina and the palm-fringed beaches of the Bahian coast, these Bahia holidays capture Brazil at its most captivating.
Sao Paulo
Founded in the 16th century and now home to more than 12 million people, São Paulo isn’t often on visitors’ radars, but it’s one of the largest, most innovative and diverse cities on the planet. Beyond the skyscrapers, São Paulo holidays reveal world-class museums, cutting-edge gastronomy and an energy unlike anywhere else in Brazil.