Archive for October, 2010

the Paraná coast: Ilha do Mel and beyond

Posted on October 28th, 2010 in Destination: Paraná

Beyond a passing reference to our listing of accommodation on the Ilha do Mel we haven’t given much attention on the blog to the coastline of the state of Paraná. The government of the state of Paraná, through the Agência de Desenvolvimento do Turismo Sustentável do Litoral do Paraná, mantains a website with information on [...]

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photos of the Pantanal

Posted on October 25th, 2010 in Destination: others

We have just completed uploading our extense Flickr album devoted to The Pantanal. Getting up early in the Pantanal pays off. Each season of the year brings different colours to the region. When we visited it it was time for the beautiful cambará trees. Rivers are the core of a Pantanal experience. Wildlife viewing is [...]

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institutional videos: Paraná

Posted on October 21st, 2010 in Destination: Paraná, Videos

The Brazilian tourism authorities have released a series of videos with a common theme: those states that will host 2014 World Cup games. During the coming weeks we will present all those videos here in the blog. They are shortish videos, with conventional but beautiful images of the states and its main destinations. Paraná: All [...]

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Coffee Museum, Santos

Posted on October 18th, 2010 in Destination: São Paulo, destinations

The imposing building where the Bolsa Oficial do Café (the coffee stock exchange) operated in Santos, state of São Paulo, is host today to one of the most interesting museums you will visit in Brazil: the Museu do Café (coffee museum). For decades, Santos was the HQ for the ever important coffee-producing sector of the [...]

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Alter do Chão, are its beaches worth a trip?

Posted on October 15th, 2010 in Destination: Amazon, Destination: Pará

———————————————————————– 1. Alter do Chão, our Amazon secret Alter do Chão is a beautiful and to a large extent unkwon Amazon destination that reached fame not long ago thanks to an article on British newspaper The Guardian británico. It is found near Santarém, in the state of Pará and here at the Brazil Travel Blog [...]

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