Brazil Travel Blog

The Brazilian tourism authorities recently launched the website Brasil 360° Experience, with versions in Portuguese, English and Spanish. While most travelers are familiar with panoramic and 360° photos, 360° videos will be a novelty for many. As the image moves, the viewer can change the angle of vision and point the camera in whichever direction [...]

This is the fourth on a series of videos produced by the Brazilian tourism authorities. They all have 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 [...]

World Car Free Day is quite devoid of any meaning here in Brazil. That doesn’t mean we can’t take the opportunity to reflect on a truly worrying fact of life in Brazil. A recent article at the Thrill of Brazil blog reflected on something that will be familiar to anyone who’s spent any time in [...]

The carnival in Salvador de Bahia 2010 will take place from 11 to 16 February. A handful of websites with information on the carnival: Portal oficial del Carnaval 2009. The carnival’s official website. Detail information of the carnival events hasn’t been made public yet, it will be announced during the first fortnight in January. Folia [...]

[photo: view from the window of our room at the Ibis Rio Vermelho] NAME: hotel Ibis Rio Vermelho WHERE: Rio Vermelho, Salvador de Bahia WEBSITE: Ibis Salvador Rio Vermelho IN ENGLISH: yes PRICES ON THE WEBSITE: yes LOCATION: the hotel is located in the Rio Vermelho neighbourhood, right next to a tiny and secluded beach. [...]