Lonely Planet's Brazil is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Explore the tropical Fernando de Noronha, experience wildlife watching in The Pantanal, and discover the baroque masterpieces in Ouro Preto; all with your trusted travel companion.
Inside Lonely Planet's Brazil Travel Guide:
Lonely Planet's Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection of the destination's best experiences and where to have them
Itineraries help you build the ultimate trip based on your personal needs and interests
Local insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - whether it's history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, politics
Eating and drinking - get the most out of your gastronomic experience as we reveal the regional dishes and drinks you have to try
Dedicated Carnival chapter
Toolkit - all of the planning tools for solo travelers, LGBTQIA+ travelers, family travelers and accessible travel
Color maps and images throughout
Language - essential phrases and language tips
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Covers Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, Sao Paulo State, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasilia and Goias, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Bahia, Sergipe and Alagoas, Pernambuco, Paraiba and Rio Grande do Norte, Ceara, Piaui and Maranhao, The Amazon
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This Brazil guidebook is perfect for independent travellers planning a longer trip. It features all of the must-see sights and a wide range of off-the-beaten-track places. It also provides detailed practical information on preparing for a trip and what to do on the ground. And this Brazil travel guidebook is printed on paper from responsible sources, and verified to meet the FSC's strict environmental and social standards.
This Brazil guidebook covers: Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, Bahia, The Northeast, The Amazon, Brasília and the Planalto Central, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, The South. Inside this Brazil travel book, you'll find:The guide provides a comprehensive and rich selection of places to see and things to do in Brazil, as well as great planning tools. It's the perfect companion, both ahead of your trip and on the ground.
Don't just see the sights―get to know the people.
For many people, Brazil conjures up images of football, Carnaval, and fine coffee, but it's much more than beaches and bossa nova. If we had to choose one word to describe the country, it would probably be diversity. The variety of lifestyles, ethnic groups, landscapes, and climates Brazil encompasses is quite simply enormous. This guide provides you with a comprehensive introduction to everything you need to know.
Jeitinho is how Brazilians deal creatively with life's everyday complications. Literally translated as a little way, in practice it means that where there is a will there is also usually a way, regardless of the rules and regulations that may be in place. The jeitinho is so ingrained in daily life that you can see examples everywhere; managing to get a seat when all the places are booked up, traveling with more luggage than is allowed, or successfully ordering something that isn't even on the menu.
Culture Smart! Brazil is your guide to understanding the Brazilian people, their values, and the complexities of their national identity. Familiarize yourself with their traditions, culture, and way of life and your experience in this beautiful and life-affirming country will be greatly enriched.
Have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on etiquette and communication will help you navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.
A new series from Europa Editions, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world.
IN THIS VOLUME: Order and Progress? by Jon Lee Anderson・Funk, Pride and Prejudice by Alberto Riva・On the River, I Was King by Eliane Brum・Also: the road that dissects the Amazon; the TV tycoon who shaped Brazilian history; the neo-Pentecostal community that is winning the hearts (and wallets) of Brazilians; politicised samba dancers, idealist gangsters and much more ...
In the second half of the 20th century Brazil made extraordinary contributions to music, sport, architecture. From bossa nova, to acrobatic soccer, to the daring architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and L cio Costa, the country seemed to embody a new, original vision of modernity, at once fluid, agile, and complex.
Seen from abroad, the victory of the far right in the 2018 elections was a rude awakening that suddenly turned the Brazilian dream into a nightmare. For locals, however, illusions had started fading long ago, amid paralyzing corruption, environmental degradation, racial discrimination, and escalating violence. Luckily Brazilians have not lost their desire to fight, minorities are still determined to assert their rights and, now that the glorious past is dead and buried, a desire to rebuild for the future is emerging. Today the challenge of telling the story of this extraordinary country consists in finding its enduring vitality amid the apparent melancholy.How can we define the indefinable? Is it possible to pin a single label on a country so multi-faceted that it appears almost schizophrenic?―From In Defense Of Fragmentation, Michel Laub
Whether you want to celebrate Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, climb to the top of Sugar Loaf, or sip on coffee in the streets of São Paulo, the local Fodor's travel experts in Brazil are here to help! Fodor's Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos.
Fodor's Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo travel guide includes:
Planning on visiting South America? Check out Fodor's Essential Argentina, Fodor's Essential Peru, and Fodor's Essential Chile.
*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.
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This extensively updated second edition of Bradt's Pantanal Wildlife remains the most user-friendly guidebook for ecotourists visiting South America's great wetland - according to Time magazine, 'one of the world's greatest places'. Extending across Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, the Pantanal is the continent's equivalent of Africa's Serengeti: a vast territory brimming with abundant, exciting and photogenic wildlife.
The planet's biggest wetland - 10 times larger than Florida's Everglades - offers superlative wildlife-watching to enthral novice and expert alike. In no other New World location can visitors see at point-blank range such a high number and variety of birds (670+ species recorded), mammals (110+ species) and reptiles (50+ species).
As well as breathtaking gatherings of wildlife - with fur, feather and scale crammed into desiccating water bodies during the dry season - record-breakers of the natural world can be easy to spot here. Visitors have excellent opportunities to watch the New World's mightiest cat (nowhere is better to see jaguar), the world's largest parrot (hyacinth macaw), largest rodent (the pig-sized capybara), the planet's greatest gathering of crocodilians (yacaré caiman) and South America's heaviest land mammal (lowland tapir).
Both a wildlife guide and a travel guidebook, Pantanal Wildlife is designed for visitors who want to recognise the animals they see, to understand more about them and to learn where to look for them - but are too conscious of their baggage allowance to bring a shelf-full of reference material. It comprises authoritative yet accessible text by a South American wildlife expert, bringing remarkable animals to life through highly readable snippets on behaviour and biology, derived from the latest science.
Bradt's Pantanal Wildlife remains the only portable, hard-copy guidebook to focus entirely on the best wildlife-watching experience in South America, the only book to feature all major faunal groups - and the only guide to cover the entire Pantanal, combining up-to-date visitor advice on where to stay, tips on exactly where to look for the most exciting wildlife and insights into getting around in each of the three countries it encompasses. Bradt's Pantanal Wildlife is the indispensable travel companion - truly a visitor's guide - to this exhilarating region.
Are you up for exploring all of Buenos Aires' unique wonders?
Do you wish for a comprehensive solution to all of your travel-related issues?
Do you want to travel with confidence and insider information that only locals have?
This book contains your solution to a variety of travel-related difficulties.
Expert Local Insights: This book's wealth of original information and recommendations ensures that you do not miss out on experiencing the city's true charm.
Culinary Adventures: With the book's helpful glossary of vital terms for pleasant dining settings, you can discover authentic flavors without worry.
Ease of Navigation: With our skillfully prepared maps and navigation markers, you can maneuver around Buenos Aires with ease.
Comprehensive Assistance: This book includes step-by-step directions on everything from choosing the best hotel to understanding local customs.
Investigate several remedies: Discover the soul of the city by reading the Tips You Should Know section, navigating the streets with detailed maps, indulging in the greatest cuisine and beverages, and communicating with locals with ease by using the provided travel phrases.
As you turn the pages, you'll be delighted to discover: Insider tip: Look for undiscovered spots nearby that will make your trip memorable.
Detailed Maps: Explore the city's streets quickly and effortlessly, making any activity accessible.
Hotel Gems: To ensure a pleasant stay, select accommodation that meets your requirements and budget. Culinary delicacies: Enjoy every bite as you immerse yourself in Buenos Aires' unique culinary culture.
Cultural Expressions: Overcome linguistic barriers with confidence to develop deeper ties with the populace.
Don't put off starting your once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Purchase the Buenos Aires Travel Guide Book right away to experience the city in a whole new light. Make your dream vacation a reality right immediately!
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'Once a traveller, always a traveller, and as long as there were maps and guide books and airline schedules I was still fatally susceptible to the lure of the open road . . .'
Brazil: a growing global superpower, the size of half a continent, home to some of the world's most astonishing natural habitats. But despite having journeyed around the world and from pole to pole, Michael Palin had never explored this extraordinary country for himself. Here, he sets out to discover this vast and diverse nation in the adventure of a lifetime. Taking in shanty towns and waterfalls, pristine beaches and bustling cities, Brazil is the record of a journey of dazzling extremes.Visit an extraordinary hill where the little angels are buried; discover remarkable forgotten Art Deco buildings; see a plane taking off at really close range, leftovers from the 1908 and 1922 Universal Expositions, a beautiful private palace open to visitors once a month, modernist ceramics hidden on the 15th-floor terrace of a former government building, a remarkable secret staircase; experience little-known walks and views of the city; find an Amazonian talisman at Copacabana, vestiges of the Carioca river, a rare statue of the great-grandmother of Jesus, a taxi nightclub, a work of art in a favela, a disused airship hangar ...
Far from the crowds and the usual beach and carnival clichés, Rio de Janeiro has countless treasures it reveals only to residents and travellers who wander off the beaten track.
An indispensable guide for all those who thought they were familiar with Rio or would like to discover the other face of the city.
From 2014-2015, Marc Andr Meyers embarked on a thousand-kilometer expedition on the Parecis Plateau and down the River of Doubt in Brazil, accompanied by two Brazilian military officers, Cols. Hiram and Angonese, and by Jeffrey Lehmann. Their route retraced the steps of Teddy Roosevelt and Rondon a century earlier. Meyers's objectives in this book are fourfold: to present a travelogue of his journey, to recount the history of the Roosevelt-Rondon expedition, to relate descriptions made by the members of the original exploration to demonstrate how the region has been changed by a century of human presence, and to study the wildlife along the river.
Using mules for transportation on land and two kayaks and a canoe on the river, the author, two Brazilian colonels (Roosevelt and his partner, Rondon, were also both colonels) and Jeffrey Lehmann journeyed through the territories of the Parecis, Cinta Larga, and Nambikwara Indians, populations that have been forever altered by their interaction with outsiders who encroached on their land. In gathering specimens, Meyers and his team focused on using modern scientific tools to study the structure-property relationships of wildlife, including piranhas, arapaimas, toucans, and curassows. The researchers were interested in the structure of these biological specimens all the way from the nano to the mesolevel, including their scales and beaks, and how they might inspire manmade compounds and structures.
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Lonely Planet's Pocket Rio de Janeirois your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Swim and surf the waves while watching the parade on Ipanema Beach, take the cog train up Corcovado for stunning views and find the perfect beat at a samba club in Lapa - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Rio de Janeiro and begin your journey now!
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The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Pocket Rio de Janeirois our colorful, easy to use and handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, providing on-the-go assistance for those seeking the best sights and experiences on a short visit or weekend away.
Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Brazil guide for an in-depth look at all the country has to offer.
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Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Brazil.
Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from visiting the rippling dunes and turquoise lagoons at Lençóis Maranhenses, to hiking in the Campos do Jordão, and learning about beer-making in Brazil's oldest brewery in Petrópolis.
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Create a trip that's uniquely yours and get to the heart of this extraordinary country with Lonely Planet's Brazil.