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Go deeper with Brazil’s strongest state travel guides.

Brazil’s states often make better travel units than the country as a whole. Brasilll currently publishes state guides only where the 100-destination catalogue is deep enough to support useful choices instead of thin directory pages.

12 state guides

Twelve state guides worth publishing now

Each guide connects the destinations Brasilll already covers in that state, adds regional context and shows the travel themes that are strongest across the current catalogue.

9 destinations covered Northeast

Bahia

Bahia is one of Brazil’s most complete travel states. Salvador anchors an exceptional cultural identity, while beaches, islands, Chapada Diamantina, the São Francisco interior and the far south create trips that can feel completely different from one another.

Afro-Brazilian culture Beaches and islands Food and music Highlands and inland contrasts

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7 destinations covered Southeast

Rio de Janeiro

Rio state is much more than its capital. The city gives you Brazil’s most famous urban scenery, but Paraty, Ilha Grande, Região dos Lagos, Búzios and the Serra dos Órgãos create strong coastal, historic and mountain extensions within one compact Southeast state.

First-time Brazil City plus beach Atlantic Forest History and mountain escapes

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8 destinations covered Southeast

Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais rewards travellers who want culture and landscape without the coast. Belo Horizonte and Inhotim, Ouro Preto, Tiradentes, Diamantina, Serra do Cipó, Serra da Canastra and Capitólio connect colonial history, contemporary art, exceptional food and very different mountain environments.

Historic Brazil Food and cheese Art and architecture Mountains and waterfalls

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6 destinations covered Northeast

Pernambuco

Pernambuco compresses an unusual amount of Brazil into one state: Recife and Olinda for music and history, Porto de Galinhas for reef beaches, Fernando de Noronha for marine nature, Petrolina for the São Francisco Valley and Catimbau or Caruaru for a very different inland Northeast.

Culture and Carnival Warm-water beaches Marine nature Sertão and São Francisco Valley

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Iguaçu Falls seen from the Brazilian side

6 destinations covered South

Paraná

Paraná combines one of Brazil’s global icons with a surprisingly varied southern state. Foz do Iguaçu, Curitiba, Ilha do Mel, Tibagi, Prudentópolis and Lapa move between waterfalls, urban design, Atlantic coast, canyons, immigrant heritage and historic inland routes.

Iguaçu Falls Easy city travel Atlantic coast Canyons and waterfalls

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5 destinations covered Southeast

São Paulo

São Paulo state is far more varied than its capital suggests. The metropolis delivers Brazil’s strongest urban scale, while Ilhabela, Ubatuba, Cunha and PETAR shift quickly toward beaches, Atlantic Forest, mountains, caves and small-town road trips.

Food and city culture Atlantic Forest Beaches and islands Road trips from São Paulo

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Meeting of Waters near Manaus where the Rio Negro and Solimões meet

5 destinations covered North

Amazonas

Amazonas is the state where scale changes the meaning of distance. Manaus, Novo Airão, Presidente Figueiredo, Mamirauá/Tefé and Parintins show very different combinations of rainforest, rivers, conservation, waterfalls and living Amazonian culture.

Amazon rainforest River travel Wildlife Repeat Brazil travellers

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5 destinations covered Central-West

Goiás

Goiás combines some of Brazil’s most rewarding cerrado nature with historic towns and thermal travel. Chapada dos Veadeiros, Pirenópolis, Cidade de Goiás, Caldas Novas and Cavalcante/Kalunga create a strong mix of waterfalls, heritage, community culture and road-trip landscapes.

Cerrado nature Waterfalls Historic towns Road trips from Brasília

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5 destinations covered Northeast

Piauí

Piauí is one of the strongest examples of why inland Northeast Brazil deserves more attention. Serra da Capivara, Serra das Confusões, Oeiras, Sete Cidades and the Parnaíba Delta combine archaeology, Caatinga, history, rock landscapes, wildlife and a short but remarkable coast.

Archaeology Caatinga and wilderness History Delta and wildlife

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4 destinations covered Northeast

Ceará

Ceará is famous for beaches, but its strongest travel story runs from the Atlantic into the interior. Fortaleza and Jericoacoara anchor the coast, while Cariri/Araripe and Quixadá add fossils, faith, folk culture, monolith landscapes and a very different understanding of the Sertão.

Beaches and wind Food and urban culture Sertão culture Geology and landscapes

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5 destinations covered Northeast

Alagoas

Alagoas has one of Brazil’s strongest compact beach portfolios. Maceió, Maragogi, São Miguel dos Milagres/Rota Ecológica and Penedo/Foz do São Francisco move from urban coast and reef pools to low-rise pousadas, historic river towns and the mouth of the São Francisco.

Warm-water beaches Reef pools Slow coastal travel São Francisco history

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Lago Negro surrounded by trees in Gramado, Serra Gaúcha

4 destinations covered South

Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul feels deliberately different from tropical Brazil. Porto Alegre, Serra Gaúcha, Aparados da Serra and São Miguel das Missões connect gaúcho food and identity with wine country, canyon landscapes, immigration history and Jesuit-Guaraní heritage.

Gaúcho culture Food and wine Cooler seasons Canyons and missions

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