City of Florianopolis PAGE MENU >> Information • Transport • Links • All articles Florianópolis ("Floripa" for short, map) is a coastal city in southern Brazil, the capital of the state of *Santa Catarina. Most of the city's area consists of the island of Santa Catarina, connected to th [.....]

City of Curitiba PAGE MENU >> Information • Transport • Links • All articles Curitiba (map) is the capital of *Paraná. If you're heading for Iguaçu Falls from Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo, it's worth stopping by for a day or two. Curitiba is one of the few Brazilian cities with a very h [.....]

City of Fortaleza PAGE MENU >> Information • Transport • Links • All articles Fortaleza (map) is the state capital of *Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It is one of the largest cities in Brazil and certainly one of the most vibrant. The city is perhaps the most popular domestic p [.....]

City of Manaus PAGE MENU >> Information • Transport • Links • All articles Manaus (map) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of *Amazonas. Its name means Mother of Gods in the indigenous language. Manaus is located in the center of the world's largest rainforest, and [.....]

City of Belem PAGE MENU >> Information • Transport • Links • All articles Belém (map) is capital and largest city of the state of *Pará. It is the gateway to the Amazon River with a busy port, airport, and bus/coach station. It became an extremely wealthy city with the Rubber Boom at t [.....]

City of Ouro Preto PAGE MENU >> Information • Transport • Links • All articles Ouro Preto (map), in the state of Minas Gerais, colonial towns and a UNESCO world heritage site. Among other historical and colonial cities of Minas Gerais (*Tiradentes, *São João del Rei, *Mariana and *Diam [.....]

City of Salvador (Bahia) PAGE MENU >> Information • Transport • Links • All articles Salvador (map) is the capital of the state of Bahia. With a charming *Historic Center of Salvador (a World Heritage Site), a vibrant musical scene and popular Carnaval celebrations, it is considered on [.....]

City of Recife PAGE MENU >> Information • Transport • Links • All articles Recife (map), the capital of *Pernambuco. This lively capital, founded by Dutch colonizers, is brimming with a vibrant culture, an interesting old town (which includes the oldest synagogue in the Americas) and s [.....]

City of Belo Horizonte PAGE MENU >> Information • Transport • Links • All articles Belo Horizonte (map) is Brazil's third largest city and the capital of the state of Minas Gerais. For travelers, it's a good stopping point on the way to the beautiful colonial towns such as Ouro Preto a [.....]

City of Sao Paulo PAGE MENU >> Information • Transport • Links • All articles São Paulo (map) is the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world and the most populous city in Brazil, the Americas, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. In 2016, inhabitants of the city we [.....]