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10 must-see places in Brazil (2010 edition)

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 [...]

Rio Carnival 2010: ticket prices

The Association of Rio de Janeiro’s Escolas de Samba (LIESA) has announced the prices for the carnival parades at the Sambadrome: LIESA anuncia cronograma de venda de ingressos para o Carnaval 2010. At the same website you can see a map of the venue at Sambadrome map to understand better where each sector is located. [...]

the new official Rio Guide

The city of Río de Janeiro sports a brand new official tourism site, the Rio Guide. For anybody familiar with the previous version of the website the first impression landing on the new page is one of admiration. The functional design of the new site makes it so much easier to locate information.
When the guide [...]

Brazil World Cup 2014: the host cities

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 [...]

new transit layer on Google Maps

Google has just incorporated a transit layer to its maps. It contains information for a number of world cities, including an important selection from Brazil: Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Recife, Río de Janeiro and São Paulo.
When you turn on the transit layer (accesible through a drop-down menu on the top right-hand side of the map) [...]