Major CityVisited
Rio8 days
Rio de Janeiro, a beautiful & intimidating city offering the best and worst of what South America has to offer, we were both nervous and excited touching down on a new continent.
🇧🇷 Brazil
5 stops · 20 days
IslandVisited
Ilha Grande1 day
A supposedly beautiful island retreat a few hours from Rio - due to a fairly bleak looking weather forecast we decided to skip this and move straight onto Paraty.
Coastal TownVisited
Paraty4 days
A small and lively colonial coastal town set in a bay surrounded by islands and mountainous Atlantic forest. It is also famed for the production of Brazil’s most popular spirit cachaca, the main ingredient in Caipirinhas!
Major CityVisited
Sao Paulo4 days
A monster, São Paulo is home to 20 million fiercely proud paulistanos. We stayed in Villa Madellena and loved the neighborhood feel of the place. Low rise two story buildings in a hilly area with a high rise backdrop lend it a unique neighborhood feel and the limitless cafes, bars, boutique shops & restaurants would rival the offering of any city in the world. Add a sunny warm winter and it's hard to beat.
National ParkVisited
Foz de Iguaçu3 days
The most breathtaking thing we've ever seen. Knowing we'd be tight for time once we got to Argentina, we decided to visit from the Brazilian side and spend a day on either side exploring it from every angle.
Journal
24 July 2019brazil
A weekend in Sao Paulo
To make the most of the winter sun, we opted for an evening bus to Sao Paulo. After quite a few Brahmas and yet another fish lunch, we boarded the bus ready to snooze for most…
by CiaránReading time: 10 mins
21 July 2019brazil
Discovering Paraty
A scenic bus journey hugged the coastline as we left Rio and headed south. Fully reclining seats helped prepare us for a welcome change of pace in our next stop, Paraty. A small…
by Ciarán
17 July 2019brazil
A guide to Rio de Janeiro
A guide to Rio de Janeiro, a major city offering the best and worst of what South America has to offer, we were both nervous and excited touching down on a new continent.
by Ciarán
Major activities
All →Rio
Carnival
The original plan (2019)
Before we left, the shortlist for Brazil looked like this — 19 days planned.
Sao PauloRioParatyOuro PretoTiradentesSalvador de Bahialha GrandeFernando de NoronhaItacaréPraia da PipaNatalRecife & OlindaPorto SeguroFoz de Iguaçu
Dashed = we never made it there (this time).