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 [...]
We have just completed uploading our extense Flickr albums devoted to Curitiba and to Morretes and the Paranagua railway journey. The fantastic Museu Niemeyer gets special attention in the album. The delightful silhouettes of the greenhouse at the Botanic Gardens also feature prominently. Traces of European colonization can be seen at the Bosque Alemão and [...]
To make up for the absence on this blog of a specific destination card devoted to Ilha do Mel, I am publishing a blog entry with links to sites of interest. HOW TO GET TO ILHA DO MEL Boats for the island depart from Pontal do Sul. During the high season there are also boats [...]
Publishing house Empresa das Artes, with an extense travel-related catalogue, is enabling free online access to the full contents of several of its guides. To read the guides you need to access the tool provided by Book Stand Panrotas. The available guides are: Amazonas Bahia Goiás Mato Grosso Pará Paraná Santa Catarina To open each [...]




