Brasília was inaugurated as Brazil’s new purpose built capital city in 1960. It was designed and developed to be an effective and efficient modern metropolis. The chief architects behind the unique design of the city were Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, two vastly respected and influential designers in Brazil. It is not unusual for cities […]
Fernando de Noronha is an archipelago about 350 kilometres off Brazil’s northeast coast. The islands are a protected national marine park and ecological sanctuary. The area is not well known outside of Brazil, but within Brazil is like a mythical wonderland that everyone knows about but only a privileged few have been able to visit […]
Near the more well-known city of Bahia, Lençóis is a former diamond-mining town in Bahia, eastern Brazil. The town has beautiful cobbled streets with well-preserved 19th-century buildings, but the most appealing attractions are the nearby caves, waterfalls, lazy rivers and plateaus within the Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina.
Salvador in Bahia is considered the country’s soul and the birthplace of Brazilian culture. The oldest city in Brazil and its first capital, Salvador was a major post for the slave trade and is now a thriving centre of Afro-Brazilian life. Considered Brazil’s most artistic city, Salvador has a lively art scene and its streets […]
