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Sarah Casewit

Why should I plan your trip? Because the Brazil most people picture is Rio, and the Brazil I'd actually send you to is Bahia.

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may-oct

Brazil, In Full

A COUNTRY BUILT ON RHYTHM

Brazil is too large and too varied to reduce to one image, five time zones, a coastline over 4,600 miles long, and a culture that shifts dramatically depending on where you land. Rio moves to the rhythm of samba and Sugarloaf views. The Amazon holds a fifth of the world's fresh water and more species than anywhere on earth. Bahia carries the deepest Afro-Brazilian roots in the country, its food, music, and religion tracing directly back to West Africa. This is a country that doesn't do quiet, it does joy, loudly, and asks you to keep up.

  • Baiana woman in a white dress on the beach in Salvador, Brazil

  • Canoe on the river at sunset in the Pantanal, Brazil

  • Aerial view of a forested island in turquoise water, Angra dos Reis, Brazil

  • Sugarloaf Mountain and Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Skyscrapers lining Avenida Paulista in São Paulo, Brazil

  • View of Iguazu Falls with multiple cascades surrounded by lush green forest, mist rising from the waterfalls, and a viewing platform with people on the right side.

  • Bird's eye view of a beachside promenade with a wave-patterned black and white tiled walkway, palm trees, and people walking or sitting, with parked cars along the street at the bottom of the image.

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View of a harbor with numerous boats docked, a concrete pier, and a building with scaffolding and partial restoration in the foreground, with a body of water in the background.

Salvador

Brazil's first colonial capital, Pelourinho's pastel colonial buildings, Afro-Brazilian Candomblé traditions, and some of the country's best live music.

Overhead view of a bus on a city street, with a patterned sidewalk and small decorative plants along the sidewalk.

Rio de Janeiro

For travelers wanting the icons, Christ the Redeemer, Copacabana, Sugarloaf Mountain, still worth a stop for its energy and setting.

View of a house with a blue door, a window with orange trim, clay tile roof, green walls, a table in front, and a large plant in the foreground.

Trancoso

A barefoot-luxury beach town in southern Bahia, built around a grassy central square (the Quadrado) and some of Brazil's most understated high-end hospitality.

A collection of musical percussion instruments, including drums decorated with Brazil's flag, and maracas made of wood and beads, arranged on a white woven cloth outdoors on a stone pavement.

Fernando de Noronha

A remote volcanic archipelago with some of Brazil's clearest water and strict visitor limits that keep it genuinely pristine.

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