Brazil Travel

April 2008

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Destination States	Pantanal
Accommodation	Coast
Transport	Ecotourism
Visa	Gay
Weather	Backpacking
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Newspapers

• Daily Telegraph, The
• Guardian, The
• New York Times, The
• Times, The

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Guides & Publications

• Brazil Max: travel and cultural articles in English
• Brazil on Board: English
• Cidades Históricas Brasileiras: historic cities
• Lonely Planet
• Rough Guide
• Travel Blog Forum: see Brazil

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Ecotourism

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Accommodation (portals & directories)

• New Brazil Hotel Link: network with focus on sustainable tourism
• Brazilian Youth Hostel Federation: English, Spanish and German
• Cama e Café: bed & breakfast portal
• Catálogo de Hotéis
• Global Late Rooms: Brazil, in English
• Guia Brasil Hotéis
• Hostels.com: multilingual site
• Hotel.com
• Hotel Guide: Brazil; multilingual site
• Hotel Mais
• Onde Hospedar
• New Pousadas Br: French and English versions
• Reserve Hotéis

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Camping

• Camping Clube do Brasil

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Government

• Brazilian Missions Abroad: Ministry of External Relations; English and Spanish
• Embratur: Brazilian Tourist Authority; multilingual site

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States

Acre	Paraíba
Alagoas	Paraná
Amapá	Pernambuco
Amazonas	Piauí
Bahia	Rio Grande do Norte
Ceará	Rio Grande do Sul
Distrito Federal	Rio de Janeiro
Espírito Santo	Rondônia
Goiás	Roraima
Maranhão	Santa Catarina
Mato Grosso	São Paulo
Mato Grosso do Sul	Sergipe
Minas Gerais	Tocantins
Pará

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Acre

• Acre Página Inicial
• Acre Turismo Amazônico

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Alagoas

• New Maragogi: north coast
• Só Maceió
• Turismo Alagoas: official site
• Turismo de Alagoas
• Turismo Maceió: English and Spanish

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Amapá

• Amapá.net
• Amapá Turismo Amazônico
• Macapá

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Amazonas

• Amazonastur: official site; English
• ManausOnline: English and Spanish
• Parintins
• Turismo Amazônico

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Bahia

• Abrolhos Islands: English
• Bahia: official site; English
• Bahia on-line: in English
• Chapada Diamantina Info
• Info Chapada: Chapada Diamantina National Park, English and French
• Guia Lençóis: includes Chapada Diamantina
• Ilhéus: travel and business; English
• Iraquara: official site
• Itacaré: multilingual
• Morro de São Paulo: multilingual
• Online Guide to Salvador: in English
• Portonet: historic Bahia coast, includes Porto Seguro, Arraial d’Ajuda, Trancoso, Santa Cruz de Cabrália and Caraiva
• Porto Seguro.ba.com
• Porto Seguro.tur.br: official site; includes Arraial da Ajuda and Trancoso; English and Spanish
• Pousadas Bahia.com.br: bed and breakfast directory
• Salvador:official site; English and Spanish

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Ceará

• Aquiraz: official site
• Canoa Quebrada: multilingual site, in English
• Canoa Quebrada.com:
• Ceará: official site; English and Spanish
• Ceará.com
• Fortaleza: official site
• Fortaleza-A Jangada
• New Jericoacoara: English
• Jericoacoara: English
• Rota Ceará
• Visit Fortaleza: in English

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Distrito Federal

• About Brasilia: in English
• Brasilia Convention Bureau: English
• Brasiliatur
• Distrito Federal: official site
• InfoBrasilia: with English version

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Espírito Santo

• Atlantes: Guarapari, diving; English
• Espírito Santo: official site
• Rotas do Espírito Santo: includes Guarapari
• Vitória: official site

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Goiás

• Caldas Novas: spa resort
• Chapada dos Veadeiros: national park; English
• Chapada dos Veadeiros: English
• Chapada dos Veadeiros: English
• Chapadão do Céu: includes Emas National Park; official site
• Cidades de Goiás: cities
• Pirenópolis.com: historic interest area
• Rio Araguaia: fishing; English

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Maranhão

• Caju Island: Delta do Parnaíba
• Lençóis Maranhenses: English
• Maranhão: official site; English
• São Luis: official site
• São Luis Guide
• Tour Ma-Turismo no Maranhão

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Mato Grosso

• Chapada dos Guimarães
• Equipepowerfish: fishing
• Mato Grosso: official site; includes Pantanal, Serra da Bodoquena, Campo Grande
• Mato Grosso Virtual

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Mato Grosso do Sul

• Bonito
• Bonito online
• Campo Grande
• Corumbá: official site; English
• Mato Grosso do Sul: official site
• Pantanal

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Minas Gerais

• Aguas de Lindóia
• Araxá: official site
• Belo Horizonte: official site; English and Spanish
• Boa Noite BH: Belo Horizonte's night life
• Caxambu: official site
• Caxambu on-line
• Congonhas: English
• Descubra Minas Gerais: English and Spanish
• Diamantina
• Estrada Real: historical trails
• Guia das Vertentes São João del Rei & Tiradentes
• Idas Brasil: Minas Gerais; English and Spanish
• Lavras Novas
• Minas Gerais: official site
• Monte Verde: official site; English
• Municípios de Minas Gerais: cities, municipalities
• Ouro Preto: official site; with English version
• Ouro Preto
• Sabará: official site
• Sabaránet.com
• São João del Rei: official site
• São Lourenço: English and Spanish
• São Lourenço.net
• Tiradentes: official site

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Pará

• Belém do Pará: in German
• Pará: official site; multilingual site, English
• Pará: includes Amazon

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Paraíba

• Campina Grande
• Paraíba: official site
• Paraíba.com

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Paraná

• Cataratas do Iguaçu: Iguassu Falls; multilingual site
• Curitiba Gormet: food guide
• Curitiba Paraná: English
• Curitiba Turismo
• Foz do Iguaçú: Iguassu Falls official site; multilingual, English
• H2foz: Iguassu Falls
• Ilha do Mel
• Itaipú Lake: Spanish and English
• Londrina
• Paraná: official site; English and Spanish
• Paraná
• Paraná Coast

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Pernambuco

• Caruaru
• Fernando de Noronha Island: official site; English
• Fernando de Noronha Island: English
• Maragogi
• Olindaofficial site
• Pernambuco: official site
• Pernambuco Guide: English
• Pernambuco.com
• Porto de Galinhas
• Recife: official site
• Recife Guide: English
• Recife Conventions & Visitors Bureau: English and Spanish

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Piauí

• Parnaiba: river and sea coast
• Piauí: official site

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Rio Grande do Norte

• New Guide to Natal: in English
• Mossoró: official site
• Natal: official site
• Natal: in English
• NatGuia: Natal guide
• Pipa Beach: English and Spanish
• Portal do Sol: Natal
• Rio Grande do Norte: official site; English and Spanish

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Rio de Grande do Sul

• Caxias do Sul
• Festa da Uva: in Caxias do Sul; wine festival
• Gramado
• Gramado site
• Pelotas: official site
• Porto Alegre: official site
• Porto Alegre
• Porto Alegre Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Porto Alegre site:
• Rio Grande do Sul: official site
• Torres

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Rio de Janeiro

• All about Rio - Ipanema.com: in English and German
• Angra dos Reis: English and German
• Arraial do Cabo
• Búzios on line: English and Spanish
• Búzios Channel
• Cabo Frio: official site
• Cabo Frio
• Guaratiba
• Guia Mauá
• Ilha Grande.com: English, French and Spanish
• Niterói
• Paraty: English and Spanish
• Paraty.com
• Petrópolis Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Rio Local: in English
• Rio de Janeiro: state official site
• Rio de Janeiro: city official site; English
• Rio de Janeiro Convention and Visitors Bureau; English
• Saquarema
• Visconde de Mauá

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Rondônia

• Porto Velho: official site
• Porto Velho
• Rondônia: official site
• Rondônia Guide
• Turismo Amazônico Rondônia

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Roraima

• Roraima na Web
• Roraima Turismo Amazônico

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Santa Catarina

• Blumenau.com
• Blumenau Guide: English and German
• Blumenau Oktoberfest: German/beer festival
• Camboriú.com: beach resort
• Canoa Quebrada: beach resort
• Caraguatá
• Dossiê Turístico Santa Catarina
• Florianópolis: official site
• Florianópolis
• Joinville
• Mapa Interativo de Santa Catarina: maps
• Roteiro Santa Catarina
• Santa Catarina: official site; English and Spanish
• Santa Catarina: official site
• Visite Santa Catarina

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São Paulo

• Alcatrazes Coast: includes São Sebastião, Juréia, Barra do Sahy, etc.
• Analândia Legal
• Campos do Jordão
• Gringoes: for English-speaking expats, in English
• Guarujá: official site
• Ilha Bela: not-for-profit environmental organisation; English
• Litoral Virtual: Caraguatatuba, Ilhabela, São Sebastião, Ubatuba; English
• Porto Belo Island
• Ribeirão Preto
• São Paulo: state official site
• São Paulo Convention and Visitors Bureau: English and Spanish
• Serra da Bocaina: English
• Turismo Paulista
• Ubatuba: official site
• Visit São Paulo: business tourism in English

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Sergipe

• Aracaju
• Viaje Sergipe
• Sergipe: official site

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Tocantins

• Araguaína
• Palmas
• Tocantins: official site

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Pantanal - Wetland

• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Pantanal: Waterland Research Institute

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Carnival

• Brazilian Carnival: Wikipedia
• Natal: off-season information
• Recife: in English
• Rio de Janeiro: official site; in English
• Rio de Janeiro: Ipanema.com; in English and German
• Salvador: Bahia online

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Weather

• BBC Weather Brazil: 5 day forecast
• CNN Weather for South America
• The Weather Channel Brazil

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Transport

• DNER: Ministry of Transport; road maps

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Car Hire

• Car Hire Express

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Motorcycling

• Moto Clubes do Brasil
• Mototour

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Airlines

• BRA: domestic flights
• Gol: English and Spanish
• TAM
• VARIG

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Seacoast & Water Sports

• Brasil Azul: guide; English, Spanish and French
• Destino Litoral
• Guia de Praias: beach guide
• Guia Litoral Sul: southern coast
• Litoral Sul Virtual: English and French
• Liquid Trips
• Melhores Praias: best beaches in Brazil
• Pier 1: cruise experts