La Chapada Diamantina is a National Park created in 1985, which is located about 450 km from the city of Salvador in the state of Bahia in the north-east of Brazil. The Chapada Diamantina National Park (Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina) is a mountainous region located in the central part of the state of Bahia. […]
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Chapada Diamantina is a species of green island within the semi-arid territory of the sertão. Thanks to the altitude, the Chapada has a green and water-rich territory. Chapada Diamantina has a tropical climate with fairly stable temperatures in every season and moderate in altitude. In Chapada Diamantina two climatic seasons can be highlighted, mainly based […]
The Chapada Diamantina is a natural paradise made up of spectacular mountains, waterfalls, marshy areas and caves. The town of Lençóis is an excellent base for visiting the many tourist attractions of the Chapada Diamantina. LENÇÓIS The city of Lençóis, 410 km west of Salvador, was founded by gold miners in 1845. The origin of […]
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Ceará: between wild beaches and dunes
Ceará is a state of Brazil famous for its long sandy beaches which stretch for almost 600 km along the Atlantic ocean. This is one of the northeastern states of Brazil (Região Nordeste), located west of the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba, north of Pernambuco and east of Piauí. The capital […]
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The climate of Ceará: when to go to Ceará
Ceará has a semi-arid tropical climate with a rainy season and a dry season, the duration of the rainy season is longer along the coast and in the mountainous areas, and decreases in the interior in correspondence with the Sertaneja depression, the temperatures are high and vary little on an annual basis. Along the coast, […]
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Espirito Santo: mountains and beaches
The state of Espirito Santo is a small state located along the southeastern Atlantic coast of Brazil, between the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia and Minas Gerais. The state capital is Vitória, but the largest city is Vila Velha. The islands of Trindade (Ilha da Trindade, 9.2 km²) and Martim Vaz (Ilha de Martim […]
The Brazilian state of Espirito Santo has a tropical climate which, due to the different altitudes, varies between the tropical altitude climate that characterizes the area of the highlands, and the classic tropical climate that characterizes the flat area along the coast. The differences between these two types of climates are mainly due to the […]
Maranhão is a state in the Northeast of Brazil located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Brazilian states of Piauí, Tocantins and Pará. The territory of the country is rich in forests. In the northern part of the state there are vast plains crossed by numerous rivers. Among these in the east, along the Piauí […]
Maranhão has a tropical climate with two distinct seasons based on rainfall. High temperatures and high humidity occur during the rainy season. While during the dry season the temperatures are always high but the humidity is lower. Along the coast, rainfall is greater and the dry season is limited to a short period between August […]
Mato Grosso do Sul is a state of Brazil located in the central eastern region of the country, bordering Paraguay and Bolivia. Its territory is as large as that of Germany but despite this it is only the sixth largest Brazilian state, and its surface represents just over 4% of the total surface of Brazil. […]
Mato Grosso do Sul has a tropical climate, which in the highest areas of the eastern highlands becomes a tropical climate of altitude. The climate can be divided into two seasons based on rainfall, there is a rainy season between October and May and a drier season between June and September. The annual average rainfall […]
The most popular and best known fastival in Brazil is the famous Carnival (Carnaval do Brasil). A holiday linked to Easter and the period of Lent. The Carnival takes place over four days between Friday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. The end of the Carnival marks the beginning of Lent, that is, the 40-day penance […]
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BRAZIL: ENTRANCE DOCUMENTS Documents: To enter Brazil, you must have a passport with a residual validity of at least six months at the time of entry into the country. Even children and minors need their own passport. Entry visa: not necessary, for tourism up to 90 days of stay in the country. Citizens of some […]
ITINERARY IN BRAZIL AND NORTHERN ARGENTINA Here are the stages of our itinerary in Brazil and Northern Argentina. 1 day Flight Italy-São Paulo-Rio de Janeiro 2nd day RIO DE JANEIRO Arrival in Rio de Janeiro in the morning. Overnight at: Hotel Windsor Plaza Copacabana (new hotel located in a good location very close to the […]
The waterfalls are among the most exciting spectacles of nature. Almost every nation on Earth has waterfalls. There are waterfalls of a few meters high up to waterfalls that approach the kilometer in height. A waterfall is formed when the water of a river falls from a drop. Waterfalls are dynamic systems that vary in […]