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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
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The Museu Nacional is a museum located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is situated within the Quinta da Boa Vista park in the São Cristóvão neighbourhood.
Museu de Arte de São Paulo - Edifício Pietro Maria Bardi
The São Paulo Museum of Art, usually called MASP, is a private not-for-profit museum founded in 1947 by Assis Chateaubriand.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea
The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, known locally as Museu de Arte Contemporânea, is a prominent art museum located in Niterói, a city across Guanabara Bay from Rio de Janeiro.
Memorial da América Latina
The Latin America Memorial is a civic-cultural complex in São Paulo designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer. It was conceived as a space dedicated to Latin American culture, integration, and identity.
Pavilhão Bienal - São Paulo
Instituto Bardi
Museu Carmem Miranda
Museu Afro-Brasil
The Afro Brazil Emanoel Araujo Museum is a separately entered institution located within Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo. The museum is dedicated to preserving and showcasing Afro-Brazilian culture, history, and artistic production.
Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM)
The Museum of Modern Art Rio, locally Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, is a modernist museum and gardens forming a major arts complex beside Flamengo Park.
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil São Paulo
The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil São Paulo (CCBB SP) is a major cultural institution operated by Banco do Brasil, one of Brazil's largest public banks.
Museu do Indio
Antigo Convento de Nossa Senhora do Carmo
Museu da Polícia Civil
Museu Casa Guilherme de Almeida
Museu de Santo André Doutor Octaviano Armando Gaiarsa
Casa do Bandeirante
Navio-Museu Bauru
Fundação Ema Klabin
Museu de Ciências da Terra
Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia
Submarino-Museu Riachuelo
Museu da Imagem e do Som
Solar Grandjean de Montigny
Capela do Morumbi
Centro Cultural Justiça Federal
Museu Brasileiro de Escultura
Museu Botânico Doutor João Barbosa Rodrigues
Salão de Chá e Museu
Museu do Primeiro Reinado
A CASA
Museu Histórico
Colégio José de Anchieta
Centro Cultural Aúthos Pagano
Museu do Crime
Museu do Ingá
Museu Histórico da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
Nau dos Descobrimentos
Centro de Preservação Cultural
Estação Ciência
Casa de Rui Barbosa
Museu de Geociências
Museu Histórico e Diplomático do Itamaraty
Memorial da pessoa com deficiência
Museu do Tribunal de Justiça SP
Museu Internacional de Arte Naïf
Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins
Museus de Arte Brasileira da FAAP
Museu de Oceanografia
Museu Xingu
Pavilhão das Culturas Brasileiras
Pavilhão Japonês
Museu Sitio - Argueologico Casa dos Pilões
Tattoo Museum
Instituto Moreira Salles - IMS Paulista
Museu do Instituto Biológico
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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.
