Brasília modernist architecture
Brazil's planned capital, built in the late 1950s, with buildings by Oscar Niemeyer: the crown-shaped Cathedral, the National Congress and the Palácio da Alvorada, a UNESCO site.
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Historic sites
Ouro Preto
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais
A gold-rush colonial town in the hills of Minas Gerais, a UNESCO site, with steep cobbled streets and baroque churches decorated by the sculptor Alei…
Walks and treks
Chapada Diamantina
Lençóis, Bahia
A national park of table mountains, caves, waterfalls and rivers in Bahia.
Historic sites
Paraty and Ilha Grande
Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
Paraty is a colonial town of whitewashed houses and cobbled streets that flood at high tide, a UNESCO site with the surrounding Atlantic Forest.
Attractions
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
The 30 m Art Deco statue of Christ with open arms on top of Corcovado mountain, completed in 1931, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, with sw…
Places to stay
CabanaCopa Hostel, Copacabana
Rio de Janeiro
CabanaCopa is a hostel in a big renovated colonial house on a quiet lane in Copacabana, three blocks from the beach and next to the green slopes of t…
Natural features
Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
A granite peak rising 396 m at the mouth of Guanabara Bay, reached by two cable cars via Morro da Urca, with views of Copacabana and Christ the Redee…
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