Brazil Travel Blog

In World Heritage Sites we presented a list of all the heritage sites in Brazil, both cultural and natural. Now I want to introduce a website devoted entirely to the World Cultural Heritage Sites found in Brazil: Mankind’s Cultural Heritage in Brazil. The website is run by the Ministry of Tourism and has a version [...]

Alcântara is located less than 20 kilometres from São Luís, capital of the state of Maranhão. During the colonial period it was an important commercial centre. Walking along the town you will be able to see a substantial collection of historical heritage, from the times of the French occupation, first, and the Portuguese occupation after [...]

A few months ago I wrote in World Heritage sites in Brazil: a report about a study that assessed the state of conservation of the world heritage in Salvador de Bahia, Iguazu and the Pantanal. Last Sunday, the Folha de São Paulo dedicated an entire page to a feature on the constant degradation of the [...]

Time does fly! It’s now a year since we went to Maranhão. I’d like to take the opportunity to leave here an index to the information published since then on São Luís do Maranhão and the Lençóis Maranhenses. It is June, after all, a very special month for the region, as it is now when [...]

The most visible part of the spectacular colonial heritage that earned São Luís the title of World Heritage Site are its ceramic tiles. Ceramic tiles were used in the past because they allowed for a better thermal insulation of the houses (São Luís is near the Equator, always hot and muggy) and because of its [...]