If you’ve been reading us for a while you’re probably aware by now that we are big fans of Google Maps and its use to support travel planning (we talked about it at GoogleMaps on the Brazil Travel Blog). Google has just added a new weather layer to its Google Maps (you can read the [...]

To complete the information given at destination: Paraty we are publishing the following map prepared with the help of Google Maps. You will find on the map the location of the most important sights in Paraty, the name of the streets of the historic centre and the most important beaches on the Paraty region (including [...]

Google’s long-awaited Street View imagery of Brazil is finally here. For months, Google’s fleet drove throughout the streets of Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and a substantial number of towns in the metropolitan area of the mentioned cities taking thousands of photographs and documenting visually what Brazil looks like from ground level. [...]

The latest round of imagery update by Google brought updated high-resolution coverage to new areas of Ilha Grande. You can now see the details of all the constructions at the former Dois Rios penitentiary. See larger map If you need any reasons to visit the island, have a look from above at idylic Lagoa Azul. [...]

To complete the information given at destination: Curitiba we are publishing the following map prepared with the help of Google Maps. You will find on the map the location of the most important sights in Curitiba. The satellite images for Curitiba are in high resolution, you will be able to appreciate the details of most [...]