The Paraty International Literary Festival, aka FLIP, will take place in the lovely city between 6 and 10 July 2011. You should by all means visit Paraty during the period if: the literary festival is the reason for your trip. You should avoid at all costs Paraty during the festival period if: you want to [...]

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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 [...]

Here’s our annual rewrite of our list of our list of favourite places in Brazil (previous editions include Top 10: favourite places in Brazil and 10 must-see places in Brazil). Here is the 2011 ranking of my 10 must-see places in Brazil. Click on the names of the places to go to their full destination [...]

The website PanMAP, specialized in pano images and virtual walkthroughs, contains a series of photos covering very well known Brazilian destinations. Delight yourself from your very own desktop! virtual walkthrough: Jericoacoara (Ceará) virtual walkthrough: Morro de São Paulo (Bahía) virtual walkthrough: Paraty (Rio de Janeiro) virtual walkthrough: Porto de Galinhas (Pernambuco) virtual walkthrough: Río de [...]

Here’s our anual rewrite of our list of our list of favourite places in Brazil (previous editions include Top 10: favourite places in Brazil and 10 must-see places in Brazil). Here is the 2010 ranking of my 10 must-see places in Brazil. Click on the names of the places to go to their full destination [...]