Lençóis Maranhenses
A vast expanse of white sand dunes dotted with turquoise and green lagoons that fill with rainwater, best from June to September. Swim in the Lagoa Azul and Lagoa Bonita.
Tours by 4x4 leave from Barreirinhas.
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Natural features
Jericoacoara
Jijoca de Jericoacoara, Ceará
A remote beach village of sand streets inside a national park, with dunes, lagoons such as Lagoa do Paraíso with hammocks in the water, and some of t…
Walks and treks
Chapada Diamantina
Lençóis, Bahia
A national park of table mountains, caves, waterfalls and rivers in Bahia.
Natural features
Baía do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha
Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco
Often voted the most beautiful beach in the world: a cove of golden sand at the foot of green cliffs, with clear turquoise water full of fish, turtle…
Natural features
Baía dos Porcos and the Atalaia natural pool, Noronha
Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco
Baía dos Porcos is a tiny cove next to Sancho, with rock pools and views of the Dois Irmãos ('two brothers') rock peaks rising from the sea, one of t…
Natural features
Mirante dos Golfinhos, Fernando de Noronha
Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco
A clifftop viewpoint over the Baía dos Golfinhos, where hundreds of spinner dolphins rest in the calm, protected bay early each morning, spinning and…
Historic sites
Pelourinho, Salvador
Salvador, Bahia
The colonial heart of Salvador, a UNESCO site, with pastel houses, cobbled streets and baroque churches such as São Francisco, covered in gold.
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