Places in Brazil

Bahia is the soul of Brazil. In this northeastern state more than anywhere else, the country’s cultures and races have mixed, producing, many believe, what is most authentica...

Brasília, a new capital for the 20th century Modern, orderly, architecturally homogeneous Brasília was conceived as a symbol of national unity, located in the geogra...

The Cataratas do Iguaçu (Iguaçu Falls) are one of the natural wonders of the world, a place where you stand in awe of the power of nature. They are high on the l...

The state of Minas Gerais is a Brazilian giant. It covers 587,000 sq km (352,200 sq miles), and has nearly 20 million inhabitants. It is rugged and isolated, with a central plateau...

When sugar was king, in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Pernambuco was the richest state in Brazil. Sugar plantations and mills – engenhos – were centered in th...

Sprawling in majestic disarray across a strip of land between granite peaks and the South Atlantic Ocean, with the enormous Bay of Guanabara flanking it to the east, Rio de Janeiro...

The city of Rio de Janeiro has captured most of Brazil’s glory through the decades, but the state of which it is the capital (also called Rio de Janeiro) is replete with...

Salvador was first colonized some 30 years after Brazil was discovered and became the first capital of Brazil in 1549. Today, with a population of nearly 3 million, Salvador, capit...

Brazil's business dynamo The state capital, São Paulo is a city of contrasts. Its vast industrial park, one of the biggest and most modern in the world, attests to the forc...

The state of São Paulo – Brazil’s largest (pop. 42 million), most economically diverse, and wealthiest – includes a little bit of everything, from the smok...