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Beaches of the state of São Paulo
2007-10-10 12:37:00 The city of São Paulo doesn’t have a beach, but the coast is not long. A few will be surprised to learn that some of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil are found along the coastline of the state of São Paulo. The coast of the state of São Paulo is divided in two regions: the ... More About: Beaches , Destination , State , The State
Cow parade in Rio
2007-10-09 12:05:00 The Cow Parade is in Rio - the cows visited São Paulo in 2005. The ruminants will graze on the streets of Rio until 26 November. On the official website you can check a list of cows by geographical location. If you click on Map, on the left hand side corner of the page, ... More About: News , Destination
Panoramas of Rio
2007-10-08 12:10:00 As I prepared the October desktop calendar, I rescued a series of panoramic photos I took in Rio three years ago. The first one is a panorama of the mythical Maracanã stadium: The second one is a panoramic view from the top of the Corcovado mountain, with the Sugar Loaf across: And the third piccie is a ... More About: Destination , Pano
From Natal to Pipa
2007-10-05 12:25:00 Most of those who holiday in Natal will eventually visit Pipa . Here’s how to get there. BY CAR Leaving Natal, head south on the BR-101. At Goianinha, turn left and take the RN-003 direction Tibau do Sul. When reaching Tibau, turn right until you get to Pipa. Depending on traffic conditions, the trip can take between ... More About: Destination
The perfect (and desert) beach
2007-10-03 12:41:00 [if you are reading this on a website other than www.braziltravelblog.com be aware it is a site violating the Creative Commons licence that applies to the content of this site] Six long years of experiments, measurements, field work and such nonsense have allowed the team behind this blog - that is, myself, produce a valuable ... More About: Beach , Perfect , Desert
October desktop calendar
2007-10-01 12:16:00 The desktop calendar for the month of October is already available for download at the calendars section of this blog. We are back in Rio, photogenic Rio. Had to get up really early to capture this dawn at Leme beach . More About: Desktop , Calendar
Reviews: Pousada do Paturi, Caburé
2007-09-27 11:20:00 NAME: pousada do Paturi WHERE: Caburé, Maranhão WEBSITE: www.pousadadopaturi.com.br IN ENGLISH: no PRICES ON THE WEBSITE: yes LOCATION: between the river Preguiças and the Atlantic ocean [Google Maps]. THE BUILDING: two rows of chalets around a central patio and the dining room. The pousada is surrounded by sand in all directions, and during the windy season the staff of the ... More About: Reviews , Destination
Tim Festival 2007
2007-09-26 12:10:00 The TIM Festival is one of the most important dates on the calendar for music fans. The festival will take place at the end of October simulatenously in Rio de Janeiro (October 26 and 27), São Paulo (October 25 to 29), Curitiba (October 31) and Vitória (October 27 to 29). Among the line-up, people ... More About: News
Brazilian snacks
2007-09-25 12:11:00 While on the supermarket last week, we came across a new type of snack. Packed in the same bag as traditional crisps [chips], you now have the choice of mandioca (cassava, manioc) and inhame (yam). We bought a bag of each to find out what they tasted like. Mandioca (also known as aipim and macaxeira) ... More About: Snacks , Brazilian
Embu das Artes
2007-09-24 12:00:00 Less than 30 kilometers from the center of São Paulo there is a small town, Embu das Artes, where evey weekend its streets are host to an open-air arts and crafts fair. Thousands of visitors are drawn to the town every Saturday and Sunday. Embu is reached via the Régis Bittencourt (BR 116) motorway. A ... More About: Destination
Spring is in the air!
2007-09-22 20:42:00 Spring has just arrived in the southern hemisphere! Although the unusually high temperatures of winter here in São Paulo could led you to believe season changes are a thing of the past. More About: News , Spring
The air we breathe
2007-09-21 14:44:00 The Folha de São Paulo publishes today the results of a study on air quality on six large Brazilian capitals: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte e Recife. The findings of the study won’t come as a surprise to anyone who has spent any reasonable amount of time at a ... More About: News , Health , Breathe , Brea
many happy returns!
2007-09-21 12:12:00 One week commemorating De viaje a Brasil’s first birthday comes to an end. I would have liked to give a freebie to all the readers of my blogs but that’s understandably impossible. So, instead I’ve prepared a desktop wallpaper you can download if you wish. Click on the image below and on the new page ... More About: General , Happy
Brazil in pictures: Consolação cemetery
2007-09-19 12:31:00 São Paulo has its own Recoleta cemetery, although smaller than its Buenos Aires counterpart, and far less known. The Consolação cemetery [Wikipedia] is quite close to the avenida Paulista, and even so, few people come by to visit it. It’s a pity, as the cemetery contains excellent works of art in the form of ... More About: Pictures , Brazil , Destination , Meter
This week
2007-09-18 12:18:00 I’m sorry it’s been a quite time here at the blog. We were off for four days at the end of last week and then this is a kind of special week, as we are celebrating the first year online of De viaje a Brasil, the Spanish counterpart of this blog. It will be ... More About: Week
Three budgets for a trip to Brazil
2007-09-13 11:57:00 Ariel, a reader of De Viaje a Brasil, suggested the idea of an entry with the draft of three different budgets for the traveller preparing a trip to Brazil . In spite of the difficulties inherent to a entry of this kind, I have accepted the challenge. I won’t bore you with lengthy explanations on ... More About: Money , Trip , Budgets
Soccer championship 2007 - calendar
2007-09-11 12:16:00 For those of you keen on attending a soccer (futebol) match while in Brazil, here’s the 2007 League calendar, including the scores of the games that have already been played. An up-to-date table is found here: Brasileirão - classificação. A few clarifications: the Brazilian league is known as the Brasileirão unless there is another ongoing competition (Libertadores, ... More About: Championship , Soccer , Activities , Calendar , Lend
Bonito - trip report
2007-09-10 12:04:00 Bonito is an eco-tourism destination quite popular among Brazilians and little known among foreigners. It is located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in the southernmost tip of the Pantanal region. There is an entry for Bonito on this blog, destination: Bonito. From the trip made in 2001 I uploaded a handful ... More About: Report , Destination , Trip
Destination: Ilha do Marajó
2007-09-07 12:18:00 [from our special guest Daniel] The island of Mara jó, in the state of Pará, north of Brazil, is the largest island to be completely surrounded by freshwater in the world. It is larger than Switzerland. The main touristic points of the island are found near the towns of Salvaterra and Soure, on the east of ... More About: Destination
Fare check update
2007-09-06 12:46:00 I’ve just updated the Fare check page of this blog, where you will find a small sample of routes and prices of flights with the two most important airlines in Brazil. The bad news is that the prices of domestic flights have increased quite a lot over the last couple of months. Rather than ... More About: Check , Update
Sambadrome ticket prices
2007-09-05 17:57:00 The umbrella Association for all the Escolas de Samba from Rio, LIESA, has just published on its website the prices of tickets for carnival parades at the Sambadrome in 2008 : Ingressos Sambódromo 2008. For most tourists the interesting part are the Arquibancadas, the stands. On the same page there is a map of ... More About: Activities , Ticket , Badr , Prices , Tick
Quero-quero
2007-09-04 12:14:00 If walking outdoors is your kind of thing, you are likely to come across a couple of quero-queros (Southern Lapwing, Vanellus chilensis), a very common bird in South America outside the Amazon basin and the Andean region. Quero-queros build their nests on the ground. If someone comes close to the nests, they defend them very ...
escolas de samba Parades in Rio 2008
2007-09-03 22:40:00 The calendar for the parades of the escolas de samba at the Rio Sambodrome is already known. The first parade will take place on Sunday 3 February, from 9pm till dawn. The escolas parading on that night will be: São Clemente, Porto da Pedra, Salgueiro, Portela, Mangueira and Viradouro. The second parade will be on Monday ... More About: News , Samba , Activities , 2008
From São Paulo to Curitiba
2007-09-03 12:18:00 BY PLANE The main airlines (TAM, Gol and Varig) fly to Curitiba from São Paulo . BY BUS The trip lasts for about six hours and leaves from the Terminal Tietê bus station in São Paulo. One way from R$52. A couple of companies going to Curitiba are Cometa e Itapemirim. Departures all throughout the day. More About: Transportation
New flight São Paulo-Paris-Rome
2007-08-30 13:18:00 On September 20 the Brazilian airline Varig will begin operating a new intercontinental flight from São Paulo (leaving Guarulhos at 23:59) to Paris (arriving in Charles de Gaulle at 16h20) and then onto Rome (arriving in Leonardo da Vinci at 19h15). On the way to Brazil, flights will leave from Rome at 20h50, arriving ... More About: News , Transportation
September desktop calendar
2007-08-30 12:17:00 The desktop calendar for the month of Sept ember is already available for download at the calendars section of this blog. We are going to the beach, to Arraial d’Ajuda and the outlandish characters walking along its beaches. More About: Desktop , Calendar , Lend
Beaches on the state of São Paulo
2007-08-29 12:21:00 The distance from the city of São Paulo to the shore is relatively short, and there is no shortage of beaches along the coastline. The coast of the state of São Paulo is divided in two large regions: the north coast (litoral norte), from Ubatuba, on the border with the state of Rio de Janeiro, to ... More About: Beaches , Destination , State , The State
Rates on the websites, please
2007-08-28 13:12:00 It’s happened again. I’m looking for accommodation for several short breaks and I’m finding again and again websites belonging to hotels and pousadas where rates are nowhere to be found. I suppose there must be powerful reasons for a hotel not to publish their rates on the internet. But from the customer’s point of view, ... More About: Reviews , Websites , Rates , Rate
Reviews: Pousada Capim Santo, Trancoso
2007-08-27 12:09:00 NAME: pousada Capim Santo WHERE: Tran coso, Bahia WEBSITE: www.capimsanto.com.br IN ENGLISH: no PRICES ON THE WEBSITE: yes LOCATION: unbeatable location, in a quiet cul-de-sac a few meters from the Quadrado, the historic square of Trancoso . THE BUILDING: a number of houses and the pool are scattered in the middle of a lush garden. THE ROOMS: the suite master where we stayed ... More About: Reviews , Destination
New blog layout
More articles from this author:2007-08-26 21:37:00 I’m working at the moment on the implementation of the new layout of the Brazil Travel Blog . The main changes are already in place, with a new sidebar on the right. Over the coming days I will be rearranging the content of the blog. More About: Layout 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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