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Country guide
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest on earth, with over 213 million people, 26 states and a Federal District built to hold the capital, Brasília. Its Atlantic coastline runs 7,491 kilometres and it borders every country on the continent except Ecuador and Chile. Most of the Amazon basin is Brazilian, including the world's largest river system and the most extensive virgin tropical forest left standing; the same country also holds wetlands, savanna, plateau and low mountains. São Paulo is the most populous city and Rio de Janeiro the second. The distance between any two of these is the planning problem.
Every city catalogued in this country so far, ranked by how much there is to see.
Photograph · Thomas Hobbs · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photograph · Rafael Rabello de Barros · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.
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Theatro Municipal
The Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro is Rio de Janeiro's principal opera house and one of the defining Beaux-Arts monuments of the Cinelândia district.
Escadaria Selarón
The Selaron Steps, known locally as Escadaria Selarón, comprise a world-famous tiled staircase connecting the Lapa and Santa Teresa neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro.
Auditório Ibirapuera
The Ibirapuera Auditorium is a concert hall designed by renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. It forms part of the larger Ibirapuera Park modernist ensemble in São Paulo.
Marco zero da cidade de São Paulo
Teatro Municipal Carlos Gomes
Theatro São Pedro
Itaú Cultural is a prominent Brazilian arts and cultural research centre situated on the Paulista Avenue corridor in São Paulo.
Teatro Municipal da Mooca Arthur Azevedo
Monumento a Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pouso Paranapiacaba
Teatro da Universidade Católica
Busto de Drault Ernanny
Teatro Armando Gonzaga
Mosaico do Bosque da Barra
Obras de Arte de Gianni Parziale
Teatro Gazeta
Estátua do Michael Jackson
Teatro Nelson Rodrigues
Painel do Edifício Nações Unidas
Nijinski
Lasar Segall
Chafariz da Pirâmide
Diana, A Caçadora
Emblema de São Paulo
Encontro
Índio Lutando com Felino
Dom João VI
Joaquim Eugenio de Lima
Mário de Andrade
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·
Brazil’s scale makes 10–16 days appropriate for one region rather than a national circuit. Build around a single gateway such as Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo, then add one coherent coastal, nature or cultural extension.
Visa information is maintained by Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs through its consular portal. Eligibility depends on nationality and visit purpose; use the ministry’s current table instead of relying on a past visa waiver.
São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro handle major international and domestic connections. Flights bridge the country’s long distances, coaches cover many regional corridors, and national passenger rail is not a general substitute for either.
Brazil has no single best month because Amazon, northeast-coast, Pantanal and southern conditions differ. April–June and August–October are broad shoulder periods, but the chosen region’s rainfall and access cycle should decide the dates.
The Brazilian real (BRL) is the unit used for prices. This guide does not record current bank fees or acceptance patterns; check the displayed total and conversion currency before authorising a card or cash transaction.
Brazil separates emergency services: 190 police, 192 ambulance and 193 fire. Type N sockets operate at either 127 or 220 V depending on location, and national tap-water suitability is Not recorded.
