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Megalopolis Brazil, Rio de Janeiro is also the second largest city and has over six million intramural more than eleven if one takes into account the entire metropolitan area.

Very popular a tourist point of view, the city is world famous for its carnival and for some sites as the beaches of Copacabana or Ipanema, Sugarloaf Mountain and its magnificent panorama, or Christ the Redeemer statue which overlooks the Corcovado. She underwent a typical tropical climate.

There are three international airports, including one international, it also has two subway lines, but the ferryboat is also a means of transport widely used by residents.

You can visit several sites in addition to those already mentioned: the Guanabara Bay with two forts that surround the entrance, the mountain of Pedra da Gavea overlooking the beaches below and where you can rush a paraglider Santa Teresa neighborhood with its maze of cobbled streets, spectacular and gigantic forest of Tijuca in the middle of the city with its many species of plants and historic sites, or the Botanical Gardens.

You can also visit the many museums the city has, such as the National Historical Museum and Library or the Museum of Fine Arts with works of Italian painters, Flemish, Spanish or English. Some attractions worth visiting: the church of Nossa Senhora da Gloria, Sao Bento Monastery, the Cathedral Sao Sebastiao, in part.

You can find hotels in all price ranges, and you will not miss to taste the local specialties like feijoada cozido or in the many restaurants in town.

State capital of Pernambuco in Brazil, Recife has a little over a million and half people.

Built on two islands connected together, the city extends also to the interior. It enjoys an equatorial climate, hot and humid with a rainy season and dry season well differentiated.

Served by an international airport, the city is a popular tourist destination: the Portuguese-influenced architecture and the Netherlands, his reputation as the Venice of Brazil, its many tourist sites and beautiful beaches, seduce visitors.

You will discover the museum Pernambuco, the churches of San Pedro and San Antonio, Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue dating from 1630, the Santa Isabel Theatre, San Jose market, the historic center of Olinda, a World Heritage by UNESCO, the Palace of the Governors, but also to relax, Dois Irmãos Park, the botanical garden, and an aquatic playground. To move inside the city, two subways and a bus network will facilitate your trips.

You will also have no difficulty finding accommodation to suit every budget, prices of hotels offering a range between 35 and 200 €; restaurants are also very numerous and offer a variety of cuisine.

Capital of the State of Rio Grande in Brazil, Porto Alegre has a million and half people.

Known as the place that hosted the World Social Forum for 3 consecutive years, the city is built on the river Guaiba, and has many hills. The city is served by the International Airport Salgado Filho.

It enjoys a tropical climate, and represents the last few years a tourist destination. In that it offers many attractions: cultural activities, museums, parks, trips around the city, you'll be spoiled for choice. You can for example visit the Museu Joaquim Felizardo to discover the history of the city, admire the Mercado Publico and its neo-classical, and the Metropolitan Cathedral, or relax in the Harbour Square.

The carnival of the city is also a demonstration not to be missed, and the local cuisine has some tasty specialties such as churrasco gaucho, tasting in the many local restaurants.

Lovers of romantic walks are sure to make a boat ride on the Guaiba at sunset. There are hotels of all categories will welcome you to your accommodation.

Colonial City of Brazil, Belém has about a million and half people. It is also a busy port on the Amazon River, which gives it its commercial importance. But Belem is a beautiful tropical city with many parks and quiet, cobbled streets, shaded boulevards, and many cultural values despite its proximity to the jungle.

To visit the city, choose the months from September to December. It takes about three days to discover the major attractions of the city: the Praca de Republica in the center, bordered by the Teatro de Paz and its neoclassical architecture, the shopping center based on the Presidente Vargas Avenue, then on the verge of River "Estação Das Docas, old warehouses transformed into a shopping mall, not to mention the market Ver-o-Peso and multitudes of colors and smells, then Dom Pedro II Square, the Cathedral da Se, the Basilica of NS Nazaré and Forte do Castelo.

Some museums are also worth visiting: the Casa das Onze Janelas, the Museu de Arte Sacra, and the Art Museum in Belem, for example.

Brazilian capital, Brasilia has over two million inhabitants, despite its recent existence, as it was only erected in 1960 to just over a thousand meters of altitude. This is not its historical monuments to his being declared a World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, but rather its modern architecture, his plan in the form of aircraft, its symmetrical structure and its residential neighborhoods self-sufficient.

A number of monuments, however, are particularly noteworthy: the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Apparition, the Don Bosco Shrine, the mausoleum Juscelino Kubitschek, the National Congress, the Templo da Boa Vontade, for example.

The city has not yet become a tourist destination, but the development of recreational facilities on Lake Paranoa should allow this development soon. Meanwhile, a day will suffice to discover the main attractions of the city, this car because it is not designed for a stroll on foot.

Capital of the state of Amazonas in Brazil, Manaus has just under two million inhabitants. City of contrasts, it is built in the middle of the jungle of concrete buildings and monuments are everywhere.

You will discover the huge market housed in a hall Eiffel style, where you can find at dawn half of city residents, but also buildings such as the sumptuous theater Amazonas pink and white or Notre-Dame-de- the Conception. and green parks and the beach of Ponta Negra with its cultural park and amphitheater.

Do not miss to discover the beaches on the outskirts of the city, and different natural sites such as Cascade Paricatuba, Petite Cascade of Love, Moon Beach, a maze of islands with their lush Anavilhanas , Adolpho Ducke Botanical Garden, the zoo houses jaguars, tapirs and crocodiles, and the municipal park of grouping Mindu amphitheater, library and gardens of healing plants.