Welcome to the guide to Brazil that will help you quickly and easily discover where you need to travel to in Brazil (and how); and what you need to see and do while you are in the country. No fuss, no puff, just what you actually need to know to plan a visit to Brazil, be it on business or leisure. The pleasure – in Brazil – is a given.
For Brazil the times really are a-changin’ again after some rough years that included the pandemic. Brazil is back in the global rooms where it happens and one of the world’s largest and most politically stable democracies and, despite the recent global economic troubles, its economy is still doing relatively well on both the domestic and international front, and is one world’s biggest. In 2024 Brazil will host the G20, with the final meeting of world leaders taking place in Rio de Janeiro on 18 & 19 November, and in 2025 will host COP30, in the Amazonian city of Belém do Pará from 10 to 21 November.
Brazil, a country synonymous with the brilliance of its football team, hosted the FIFA World Cup between 12 June and 13 July 2014, a tournament considered to be one of the best cups ever, and then hosted the Olympic (5-21 August) and the Paralympic games (7-18 September) in Rio de Janeiro during 2016.
Thanks to hosting the World Cup and the Olympics many more people from around the world got a small taste of Brazil and are starting to visit the country and visit some of the places they saw on their television sets.
On 1 July 2012, the city of Rio de Janeriro was elected by UNESCO to be a World Heritage Centre due to its iconic landscape and setting. It is one of 23 Brazilian World Heritage sites, 16 of them cultural and seven of which are natural, with Paraty and Ilha Grande considered a mix of the two.
A full list of Brazil’s 23 UNESCO sites and the year adopted:
Cultural
- Brasilia (1987)
- Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia (1985)
- Historic Centre of São Luís (1997)
- Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina (1999)
- Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás (2001)
- Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda (1982)
- Historic Town of Ouro Preto (1980)
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) (1983,1984)
- Pampulha Modern Ensemble (2016)
- Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea (2012)
- Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas (1985)
- São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão (2010)
- Serra da Capivara National Park (1991)
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx – Rio de Janeiro (2021)
- Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site (2017)
Natura
- Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves (1999)
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves (2001)
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex (2000,2003)
- Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (2001)
- Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves (1999)
- Iguaçu National Park (1986)
- Pantanal Conservation Area (2000)
Mixed
There is no bad time to come and discover what Brazil has to offer, either for business or leisure. So let’s get down to the basics and to business, and introduce you to Brazil and the Brazilians.
For a more complete and comprehensive guide to the city of Rio de Janeiro visit our sister site Rio: The Guide
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