Cable Car to Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
What to see in Brazil is definitely a broad question. Brazil is a huge country, with lots of great cities to see as well as popular beach towns, old fishing villages, colonial regions, jungles, and country-side destinations.
Most people when think Brazil think Rio de Janeiro. Well, Rio de Janeiro is definitely its greatest attraction major city-wise. However, there are dozens of destinations worth-seeing. Read below the ones that could be in the top ten list.
Florianópolis
Floripa (as it is popularly called) is an almost half-million people city and one of the nicest beach destinations in Brazil. The most popular months are in the Brazilian summer — December, January, and February. November and March are also good – less crowded and cheaper. The other months, though, are much cooler (particularly June, July, August and September) and not popular.
There are several great beaches, beautiful people, awesome nightlife, great food, and more. By the way, the best oysters in Brazil come from that region; and Jurere Internacional is the trendiest beach.
Florianópolis is a 2-hour direct flight away from Rio de Janeiro.
Morro de São Paulo
One of the great beaches of Morro de Sao Paulo Island
Despite its name, Morro de São Paulo is not in São Paulo State, but in Bahia, which is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Brazil for Brazilians as well as for foreigners from all over the world.
Morro de São Paulo is an island with no vehicles at all — cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, nor scooters. To get to the island you need to fly to Salvador (which is also worth-seeing for a couples of days), and then take a 2-hour+ catamaran to Morro de São Paulo (or a 20-minute fly from Salvador).
Morro de São Paulo is a paradise — friendly locals, wonderful beaches, great Bahian-style food, delicious cocktails, good hotels, and vibrant nightlife in the summer. This is one of the greatest getaways in Brazil. I have been there three times!
Amazon
The Amazon Jungle is a huge rain forest located in the Northern Brazil. To get there you fly to Manaus, which is approximately 4 hours from Rio de Janeiro. Once in Manaus, most tourists take a 1 to 2-hour boat to a lodge in the Amazon.
There are several different lodges in the Amazon, but all of them offer daily tour packages to see the highlights of the area such as indigenous homes, strolls in the forest to learn curiosities about its fauna and flora as well as go seeing alligators at night and fishing piranhas right in the Amazon River!
Seeing the Amazon with your own eyes is quite an unforgettable experience; three days at a lodge will do.
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