Brazil Travel Blog

The cities that will host the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil have been chosen. They are Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaos, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo. It is almost certain that the World Cup final will take place at the Maracanã stadium in Rio. São Paulo [...]

BY BUS The company traveling between Fortaleza and Natal is Viação Nordeste. Its site contains schedules and prices. The trip lasts 5 hours and costs from R$69 (basic bus, with no air con). Careful. There were several hold-ups during the year 2008. The armed robberies on buses travelling between the two cities took place in [...]

We’ve made another update in Accommodation in Brazil, with five new blog posts with full listings of accommodation in Canoa Quebrada, Fortaleza, Guarda do Embaú, Ilhabela and Paraty.

The Brazilian Ministry of Tourism has a website devoted to Nautical Tourism in Brazil. It has an English version. The website has a beautiful layout and tons of information on the Brazilian coastline, the weather, tide charts and other useful information for sailors. It also contains complete information on the marinas at Baía de Todos [...]

A stroke of luck and air traffic control forces the aircraft taking us to Fortaleza to do a gigantic loop above the city before landing. Seen from above, Fortaleza is quite striking. The concentration of high-rises is particularly stunning. Any notion of urban planning is, of course, conspicuous by its absence. subscribe to the Brazil [...]