Everything you need to know about Brazil
Brazil stretches from the Amazon basin to the grasslands of the south, with regional traditions that reach far beyond Rio. Explore its states and cities, then discover the history and daily life behind the places. The Portuguese lessons cover European usage, with some vocabulary and pronunciation that differ in Brazil.
Read it, then make it stick
Geography of Brazil
Follow the Amazon across the north, then explore the highlands and the long Atlantic coast. The state borders help make sense of a country that covers much of South America.
Know the shape of the country
Start with the twenty-six states and the Federal District. Then place the cities and explore the rivers and waters that connect different parts of the country.
Places worth visiting
Essential · Monument & views
Christ the Redeemer
The statue opens its arms above Rio. Take the cog train up through the forest, then spend the afternoon on Copacabana beach.
Start in Rio, then add the falls at Iguaçu and the Amazon, with colonial towns and island beaches to go further. Essential is our shortlist for a first trip, and worth a detour goes further. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take Portuguese with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
Keep going one country deeper
When you have had your fill of Brazil, the countries in white have a guide like this one, and every other has maps of its own.
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