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Sítio Arqueológico São Miguel Arcanjo
The best preserved and most moving of the Brazilian missions, this elegant church, designed by an Italian architect who was also a Jesuit friar, earned Unesco World Heritage status in 1984. It is surrounded by mystical ruins of the Jesuit settlement, which evokes ‘paradise lost’. T
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Parque Unipraias
Camboriús pride and joy is this six-hectare urban reserve. In addition to 500m of walking trails, the real coup is its amusements: the bondinho , an Italian-built cable-car system that connects three stations between Barra Sul up to the 240m-high Morro da Aguada and back down to Pr
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Pelourinho
The centerpiece of the Cidade Alta is the Pelourinho, a Unesco-declared World Heritage Site of colorful colonial buildings and magnificent churches. As you wander the cobblestone streets, gazing up at the city’s oldest architecture, you’ll realize that the Pelô is not just for tour
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Palácio da Alvorada
The official presidential residence, the Palácio da Alvorada is a Niemeyer building. It was the first edifice in the city to be inaugurated, in 1958, predating the inauguration of the city itself by two years. The name translates as ‘Palace of the Dawn,’ in reference to JK’s descri
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Instituto Moreira Salles
This beautiful cultural center hosts impressive exhibitions, often showcasing the works of some of Brazils best photographers and artists. The gardens, complete with artificial lake and flowing river, were designed by Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx. Theres also a
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Mineirão & Museu Brasileiro de Futebol
An obligatory stop for football fans, Belo Horizontes legendary 65,000-seat stadium was completely renovated for the 2014 World Cup, incorporating a brand-new football museum, esplanade and LEED-certified energy conservation enhancements. One-hour guided tours take in the locker ro
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Mundo Amazónico
This 29-hectare reserve was designed to preserve endangered flora and fauna of the Amazon, and functions as a center for environmental education. The extensive botanical gardens boast some 700 species of flora that can be visited on four differently themed tours (the botanical gard
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Museu das Culturas Dom Bosco
Built on the site of a bororo burial ground, this superb museum is divided into two parts. One is a collection of over 10,000 insects and stuffed flora and fauna, while the other is a visually striking, unmissable introduction to the indigenous people of the Mato Grosso region, wit
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Praia da Trindade
About 25km south of Paraty, Trindade occupies a long sweep of stunningly beautiful coastline. Here you can lounge or hike along four of Brazil’s most dazzling beaches (Cepilho , Ranchos , Meio and Cachadaço ), with surging breakers, enormous boulders, vast expanses of mountain-frin
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Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Sampa’s pride, this museum possesses Latin America’s most comprehensive collection of Western art. Hovering above a concrete plaza that turns into an antiques fair on Sunday, the museum, designed by architect Lina Bo Bardi and completed in 1968, is considered a classic of modernism
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Igreja NS do Bonfim
This famous 18th-century church, located a few kilometers north of Comércio on the Itapagipe Peninsula, is the source of the fitas (colored ribbons) you see everywhere in Salvador, a souvenir of the church and a symbol of Bahia itself. Bonfims fame derives from its power to effect
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Oficina Cerâmica Francisco Brennand
Francisco Brennand, born in 1927 into an Irish immigrant family and now considered Brazil’s greatest ceramicist, revitalized his family’s abandoned tile factory to create his own line of decorative ceramic tiles. The expansive indoor and outdoor space in Várzea, 11km west of centra
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Instituto de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim
The worlds largest open-air contemporary art museum, and greater Belo Horizontes standout attraction, this sprawling complex of gardens dotted with 21 world-class modern art galleries and numerous outdoor sculptures lies 50km west of the city, near the town of Brumadinho. Much of t
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Ipanema Beach
One long stretch of sun-drenched sand, Ipanema Beach is demarcated by postos (posts), which mark off subcultures as diverse as the city itself. Posto 9, right off Rua Vinícius de Moraes, is where Rio’s most lithe and tanned bodies migrate. The area is also known as Cemetério dos El
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Copacabana Beach
A magnificent confluence of land and sea, the long, scalloped beach of Copacabana extends for some 4km, with a flurry of activity along its length: over-amped soccer players singing their teams anthem; cariocas (residents of Rio) and tourists lining up for caipirinhas at kiosks; fa
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Parque Nacional da Tijuca
The Tijuca is all thats left of the Atlantic rainforest that once surrounded Rio de Janeiro. This 120-sq-km tropical jungle preserve is an exuberant green, with beautiful trees, creeks and waterfalls, mountainous terrain and high peaks. It has an excellent, well-marked trail system
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Brazil Bound with Michael Sommers
1. Brazil is a huge country. If you only have a week, what are the must-see attractions?
Brazil is actually more like a continent! Although roughly the same size as the continental U.S., due to transportation options and vast expanses of relatively undeveloped areas, getting around much of Brazil
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Nightlife in Rio de Janeiro's Lapa Bairro
Reggae band Groundation plays at Lapa’s Fundição Progresso. Photo by Didie C. licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
After long decades of being down and (very) out, Rio’s former bohemian quarter par excellence got a new lease on life by retransforming itself into the city’s undisputed hot s
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Brazil's Ten Best Secluded Getaway Beaches
Jericoacoara Beach is a prime surf spot. Photo © pclvv, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
While a good chunk of the Northern hemisphere is busy cranking up the thermostats and/or huddling between their down quilts, Brazil is in the throes of summer. And when the going gets hot, Brazilian
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Welcome to the Thrill of Brazil Blog
Photo © Michael Sommers.
Aside from the snappy appeal of its rhyme, there are several reasons for choosing the name “Thrill of Brazil” for my new blog.
Google “Thrill of Brazil” and you’ll find the term already exists:
1. As an excruciatingly bright shade of professional nail polish made by O
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