The website of the Secretaria de Turismo de Rio Grande do Sul (the tourism authority for the state of Rio Grande do Sul) contains a section where users can download road maps. The download link is here and the maps are available in jpeg and pdf format. As usual in the case of tourist information [...]
Tourists from a sizeable number of countries, including the European Union, are granted an initial 90-day stay permit on arrival to Brazil (please check with the Brazilian consulate in your country of origin what are the specific requirements for your nationality). This permite is not a visa – a mistake made by endless websites. Those [...]
After the demise of the Rio Pass, the city had been orphan of a tourist pass similar to the one available in many tourist cities around the globe. A new pass is now being launched with the name of Rio de Janeiro Pass. The website has an English version. There are passes valid for 1, [...]
This is the fourth on a series of videos produced by the Brazilian tourism authorities. They all have 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 [...]
February is over, what a short month. And unusual too. Ever seen a month of February with no carnival? We began the month at the blog exposing a plagiarism case I am being victim of. The Brazilian government is using information from my blogs without permission: Brazilian goverment makes unauthorized use of blog content. The [...]
