Brazil Tours & Travel

Paraty, one of the oldest former Portuguese strongholds in colonial Brazil, is typically very sunny, always. But in mid-winter, July in Brazil, rainy, cold inversion from the Antarctica can hang over this southern part of Green Coast for days, though often a fluke, it curtails the mood.

Sao Luis, the only town in Brazil actually founded by the French, is a site of the famous Bumba Meu-Boi festival. While most dances in one form or another incorporate the key theme of the festival, that of a farm worker who after having killed another’s oxen, must bring it back to life or face [...]

Considered to be the capital of Bahia, Brazil, Salvador offers an intoxicating mix of colonial and modern day wonders. My trip to this city was nothing short of an amazing journey through time and boy I was delighted to the hilt. Salvador is primarily noteworthy for its happening carnaval, luring beaches nearby and amiable locals. [...]