A hilltop colonial town of churches and artists, with the giant puppets of its Carnival.
The mouth of the Amazon: the Ver-o-Peso market, acai bowls at their source and the Cirio procession.
Niemeyer's Pampulha church, the bar capital of Brazil and the Inhotim art park nearby.
A whitewashed colonial port between the rainforest and the sea, with schooner trips to the islands.
The model city of parks and bus lanes, the glass Botanical Garden and the train to the coast.
Forty-two beaches on one island, the surfing capital of Brazil and Azorean fishing villages.
Thirteen baroque churches of the gold rush on steep cobbled hills, with Aleijadinho’s sculptures.
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