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The “wonderful city” – as Brazilians call Rio - has music, fun, nightlife, beaches and a spirit of its own.
and just some miles away there are two great other travel options: Buzios and
Angra dos Reis.
Buzios and Angra dos Reis are top world beach resorts two hours drive from Rio de Janeiro. Buzios is a kind of Saint Tropez in a South American version, and its beaches - Geribá, Ferruda, Ossos… - are excellent for swimming, diving, resting, windsurfing, sailing.
Angra dos Reis has amazing forests, waterfalls, lakes, small fishing villages, secret coves (Angra dos Reis means King’s Cove) and 365 small islands and 2,000 small beaches – and also many resort hotels, villas and restaurants.
Type of destination; unique features
Mix of… beach life, music, nightlife and legendary natural beauty
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- Arrival at Rio de Janeiro (or Sao Paulo)
- 2-3 days minimum in Rio de Janeiro
- 2-3 days minimum in Angra dos Reis or in Buzios.
- Departure from Rio de Janeiro (or Sao Paulo)
(The number of days in each destination mentioned above are the just common options; all depends on your interests and personal options).
Possible visits and tours around
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- Paraty, an ancient colonial town, near Angra dos Reis
- Tours in Rio, or to Petropolis (the ancient summer city of Brazilian royal family).
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Florianopolis (at the South coast) and Iguassu (at the inland border with Argentine and Paraguay) are 610 miles/965 Kms distant from each other. They form, with Rio de Janeiro (932 miles/1500 Kms from Iguassu), three interrelated and very distinct Brazilian destinations
Rio has music, fun, nightlife, beaches and a fun spirit of its own.
Iguassu is simply the biggest world waterfalls, and a unique natural wonder.
Florianopolis, in the Santa Catarina state, 438 miles/705 Kms south Sao Paulo, with its 42 beaches, a spectacular lake (Lagoa da Conceiçao), rivers, streams, dunes and rich vegetation is another Brazil, deeply distinct from the tropical one, and from Rio. Florianopolis is a major sea sports center.
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- Arrival at Rio de Janeiro (or São Paulo)
- 3-4 days in Rio de Janeiro
- 2 days in Iguassu Falls (1 night)
- 2-3 days in Florianopolis
- Departure from Rio de Janeiro (or Sao Paulo)
(The number of days in each destination mentioned above are the just common options; all depends on your interests and personal options).
Advantages of this tour
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- Very different top destinations: the biggest world waterfalls (Iguassu), natural beauty, nightlife and beaches (Rio de Janeiro), and highly relaxed ambiance and sea-sport spirit (Florianopolis).
- The destinations correspond to the vertices of a triangle, and are relatively close.
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Hotels in Rio de Janeiro
Hotels in Iguassu Falls
Hotels in Florianopolis
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Flights to Rio de Janeiro
Flights to Iguassu Falls
Flights to Florianopolis
General information about flights to Brazil
How to get a better airfare to your tour in Brazil
Note:
The flights Rio-Iguassu, Iguassu-Florianopolis and Florianopolis-Rio may be covered by the Brazilian Air Pass, to make the tour affordable. See:
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Rio, Buzios, Angra: beaches with high cosmopolitism, nightlife and animation
Sao Paulo, Florianopolis and Brazil’s south beaches
Iguassu Falls (Brazil Travel Package)
Eating, Shopping, Nightlife and Entertainment in Rio de Janeiro
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
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RIO DE JANEIRO – AMAZON – BAHIA
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In Rio de Janeiro you can get the nightlife, the natural beauty of its landscape and top beach life.
In the Amazon (around Manaus, at the heart of the river and the forest) you can sense the unbeatable grandeur of the world’s bigger rainforest. In Salvador da Bahia you have marvellous tropical beaches and a prevailing African culture, with a cuisine, a music and a set of traditions truly unparallel.
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- Arrival at Rio de Janeiro (or Sao Paulo)
- Minimum of 3-4 days in Rio de Janeiro and around (Angra dos Reis or Buzios are just 2 hours drive or boat from Rio)
- Minimum of 2/4 days in Manaus (at the Amazon)
- Minimum of 2-4 days in Salvador da Bahia or around
- Departure from Rio de Janeiro (or Sao Paulo) to get better airfare (roundtrips flights are much more advantageous than the one-way ones).
(The number of days in each destination mentioned above are the just common options; all depends on your interests and personal options).
Advantages of this tour
Very different high top destinations, combining: beach, forest, cosmopolitism, fun, nightlife…
Distances
You should extend the duration of the tour as much as you can, to dilute and avoid the fatigue of too many flights and airports transfers. Just two days in each destination can be very tiring.
The distances between these places are considerable (Fortaleza–Manaus: 3500 miles; Fortaleza-Recife: 500 miles), but you will not be forced to useless flights: these places may be faced as the vertices of a triangle.
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Hotels in Rio de Janeiro
Hotels in Manaus (Amazon)
Hotels in Bahia (Salvador)
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Flights to Rio de Janeiro
Flights to Manaus (Amazon)
Flights to Bahia (Salvador)
General information about flights to Brazil
How to get a better airfare to Brazil
Note:
The flights Rio-Iguassu, Iguassu-Florianopolis and Florianopolis-Rio may be covered by the Brazilian Air Pass, to make the tour affordable. See:
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Rio, Buzios, Angra: beaches with high cosmopolitism, nightlife and animation
Eating, Shopping, Nightlife and Entertainment in Rio de Janeiro
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
Amazon rain forest and travel information
Tours in Manaus (Amazon)
Amazon cruises
Tropical beaches: Bahia
Eating, Shopping, Nightlife and Entertainment in Bahia
Carnival in Salvador
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TOURS IN THE TROPICAL BEACHES OF THE NORTHEAST
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The best Brazilian beaches
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The best Brazilian beaches – if by that we mean almost constant warm waters and sunny days, picturesque fishing villages, eco-locations largely cut off from the outside, or reserved tropical resorts – are in the Northeast. Rio and many other Brazilian regions have exceptional beaches, but they are not typically tropical or all year-round beaches.
The major Brazilian references for tropical beach resorts are Salvador da Bahia, Recife and Fortaleza. These cities have extraordinary beaches and are great hubs to other wonderful beaches, standing some miles away…
There are, however, other big tropical beach references in the Brazilian Northeast, rather distant from these cities, such as Maceio, Ilheus, or Natal, to cite only three other major examples.
For maps of these Brazilian state regions, see:
Map of Bahia beaches
Map of Ceara (Fortaleza) beaches
Map of tropical beaches around Recife
Multi-destination travel in the Brazilian Northeast
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The possibilities of multi-destination travel in the Northeast are countless. You can stay some days in Salvador da Bahia (or in Praia do Forte, just some miles away), and some days in Porto Seguro or Ilheus (also in Bahia state, but some hundreds miles south), or some days in Salvador da Bahia and some days in Porto Galinhas, or Maceio (some hundred miles north), to give just some examples. The choice is yours.
There are many dozens of great destinations in the Brazilian Northeast, which makes the choice very difficult. We can, anyway, identify some styles and types, which are listed below.
First choice: isolated tropical resorts with animation and the possibility of exotic tours nearby
If you want selected tropical beach resorts, consider the following four destinations:
- Praia do Forte (near Salvador da Bahia)
- Ilha de Comandatuba (near Ilhéus)
- Costa do Sauipe (near Salvador da Bahia)
- Porto Galinhas (near Recife)
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Second choice: tropical beaches with friendly ambiance
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If you want a kind of beach resorts linked to the daily life of Brazilians, yet with a fine, safe and friendly ambiance, and very good animation and large possibilities for tours, consider one of these:
- Porto Seguro
- Natal
- João Pessoa
- Morro de Sao Paulo
For more information about these destinations, see:
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Third choice: tropical beaches in big cities
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If you want the animation and the opportunities of the bigger cities, besides the beach tropical life, you should consider, before any other option, Salvador da Bahia. Salvador da Bahia breathes a special blending made of musical spirit, African roots, and exotic cuisine (besides de beach life).
Fortaleza and Recife aren’t so great first options. But these cities have, near them, great beaches that might be a good option…
For more information about these destinations, see:
Tropical beaches with music, exoticism and special cuisine
Tropical beaches of Brazil: Fortaleza, Recife
Number of days for this Brazil Travel Package
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For multi-destination travel in the Northeast stays of 3-4 days minimum in each destination is very common. This is not too much. Whatever your option, you will have many opportunities for tours and trips around your destination or destinations. You don’t have to confine your stay to the resort or the city you chose. You can travel around a lot. All depends on you.
Air flights
Do not forget: round-trip air tickets are much cheaper than one-way ones. So, you have advantages in returning to your Brazilian arrival airport and first destination…
Think also in Brazilian Air Pass, if you plan to fly a lot in Brazil. If you don’t, the buses are the best option. Just inform yourself at your hotel, or at a local tourist office.
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The package Fortaleza – Manaus - Recife allows you to enjoy two of the best sand stretches of the earth, spectacular dunes, places with 300 days of sunshine a year, great tropical beaches (Fortaleza and Recife, or near these cities), and, simultaneously, the unbeatable grandeur of the world’s bigger rainforest (Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon).
Sugested tour
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- Arrival at Fortaleza
- Minimum of 2-3 days in Fortaleza or in a nearby resort
- Minimum of 2-3 days in Manaus (at the Amazon)
- Minimum of 2-3 days in a resort near Recife (Porto Galinhas, Natal, Pipa, for instance)
- Departure from Fortaleza to get better airfare (roundtrips flights are much more advantageous than the one-way ones).
(The number of days in each destination mentioned above are the just common options; all depends on your interests and personal options).
Advantages of this tour
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Mixing of some days of beach life with a visit to the world biggest forest.
- Fortaleza surroundings have spectacular beaches, scarcely connected with the exterior world - Canoa Quebrada, Cumbuco, Morro Branco, Beach Park, Lagoinha, Iguape, Prainha, etc., etc.
- The Amazon is what everybody wonders but few have experienced: once in Manaus you can enjoy local cruises, fishing, visit the jungle people, watch the local flora and fauna, see the encounter of the waters, the giant water lilies of the river, etc.
- In Recife region you have spectacular beach resorts surrounded by dense palm tree groves, sand dunes, good animation, a peculiar music, and a spectacular cuisine, based on lobster and other seafood.
Distances
You should extend the duration of the tour as much as you can, to dilute and avoid the fatigue of too many flights and airports transfers. Just two days in each destination can be very tiring.
The distances between these places are considerable.
Hotel information and booking
Hotels in Fortaleza
Hotels in Manaus (Amazon)
Hotels in Recife
For wider information about hotels, in the other Northeast destinations, see:
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Information about air flights and booking
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Flights to…
Flights to Fortaleza
Flights to Manaus (Amazon)
Flights to Recife
General information about flights to Brazil
How to get a better airfare to your tour in Brazil
Note:
The flights Fortaleza-Manaus, Manaus-Recife and Recife-Fortaleza may be covered by the Brazilian Air Pass, to make the tour affordable. See:
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Beaches of high Brazilian Northeast: Fortaleza, Recife, Maceio…
Amazon rain forest and travel information
Tours in Manaus (Amazon)
Amazon cruises
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Sao Paulo is business, but not only. If you are going to Sao Paulo in a professional visit, you can add some good trips and other top Brazilian destinations to your travel.
Just some miles from Sao Paulo, at the coast, you have Santos and Guaruja – the beaches of Sao Paulo. Some dozens miles north you have a magnificent resort (Angra dos Reis) and an amazing colonial town (Paraty, a Unesco World Site Heritage). Further north, you have the inescapable Rio de Janeiro, and 430 miles south the magnificent Florianopolis, in Santa Catarina Island. Besides, Sao Paulo is also the major hub to the Iguassu Falls… So, it all depends of what you want.
Just make the desired trip, selecting the destinations you want to visit from the following list.
Obviously, the visits to Rio, Florianopolis or Iguassu will demand some days out of Sao Paulo. The others, no.
Top destinations ‘near’ Sao Paulo:
- Guaruja (beach destination, an hour drive from Sao Paulo)
- Angra dos Reis (luxurious resort: three hours drive distant)
- Paraty (colonial city: three hours drive distant)
- Rio de Janeiro (260 miles north)
- Florianopolis (430 miles south)
- Iguassu Falls (530 miles)
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Hotels in Rio de Janeiro
Hotels in Iguassu Falls
Hotels in Florianopolis
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Beaches of Sao Paulo and South Brazil
Eating, Shopping, Nightlife and Entertainment in Sao Paulo
Iguassu Falls
Eating, Shopping, Nightlife and Entertainment in Rio de Janeiro
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