Brazil tourist information with details about
travel to and around the country. Where to stay and what to see is made easier with
insider tips and hand-selected Brazil links, by dedicated editors and visitors to
TravelNotes.org - The Online Guide to Travel.
Brazil is the largest country in South America, and the fifth largest
in the world (after Russia, China,
Canada, and the United
States).
Countries neighbouring Brazil are: Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru,
Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
Claiming almost half of the continent, Brazil shares a common
border with every South American country except Ecuador and Chile.
The Amazon basin is located in the north of Brazil, with large areas
of swamps and floodlands.
The highest point in Brazil is the Pico da Neblina (3,014 m.), near
the border with Venezuela.
In 1500, Portuguese Admiral Pedro Alvares Cabral, was the first
European to reach Brazil and start the colonisation of South America's largest country;
although the Spanish navigator Vicente Yáńez Pinzón had beaten him to the area a few
months earlier.
Portugal's new territory was originally named Terra da Vera Cruz --
Land of the True Cross, until Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci explored the coastline in
1501.
Vespucci called one of the bays Rio de Janeiro, and returned to Portugal with a valuable cargo of brazilwood. From then
on, Terra da Vera Cruz became known as Brazil.
Lonely
Planet Brazilian Portuguese:
Your Spanish won't get you far in Brazil, so be sure to pack this phrasebook.
Weather in Brazil
View a graphical weather forecast for the week ahead in places around
Brazil.
Belem
Weather, Belo
Horizonte Weather, Brasilia
Weather, Campo
Grande Weather, Curitiba
Weather, Florianopolis
Weather, Fortaleza
Weather, Foz
do Iguacu Weather, Itapecerica
Weather, Maceio
Weather, Manaus
Weather, Natal
Weather, Porto
Alegre Weather, Recife
Weather, Rio
de Janeiro Weather, Salvador
Weather, Santarem
Weather, Santos
Weather, Sao
Paulo Weather, Teresina
Weather, Vitoria Weather.
Brazilian Embassy in
Washington:
Information Services of the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, DC.
Brazilian Embassy in
London:
The Embassy of Brazil is situated in Mayfair, close to Marble Arch underground station.
Enter Brazil:
Getting around Brazil, and other information for tourists.
Brazil Hotels and Tours:
There's a wide variety of places to stay and things to do in South America's largest
country.
Brazil Regions:
The regions of Brazil are varied and there's plenty to see.
Brazil Cities:
Find out more about Brazil's major cities.
Brazil Beaches:
Rio is fun, but it's a lot quieter in the north-east of Brazil.
More detailed travel destination information for:
Florianopolis.
Books
on Brazil Travel:
Browse Amazon's best-selling list of books on travel in Brazil.
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