Brazil is well known by the football, the samba and the carnival, but there are much more than this, the culture with a rich colonial history, where past and present are smoothly blended together, places of staggering beauty and the most important of everything; the wonderful people who delight the visitor with their energy and joy.
Discovered in 1500, one of the most striking features of Brazil, where the official language is Portuguese, is its racial and cultural mix: the Portuguese as first colonizers mingled with the Indians who had lived there for thousands of years, and to these were added the African Negroes who had come there during the period of slavery which was abolished in 1888. Joining all these came immigrants from more than 50 countries to start families in the new motherland. That interbreeding and the variety of features it left in each region is certainly one reason for the friendliness and kindness of the Brazilian people who extend a warm welcome to anyone visiting Brazil. In the past, these people always welcomed immigrants and nowadays it is the tourist who can easily feel at home in this country. Thus the visitor feels since the beginning that belongs there, the imagination of the topical paradise is always present the contrast of a multitude of colors, fragrances and tastes is inebriant.
This variety is reflected in the food, architecture, music and culture of Brazil.
Although this big melting pot of races, this massive assortment of places, people and traditions, the music the sensuality and the dance is a constant in every corner.
Few countries are able to offer as great a variety of tourist options as Brazil. With a land mass the size of a continent – more than 8,5 million km2 – in terms of area, the nation is fifth in the world.
This tropical country almost with a dimension of all Europe the visitors have innumerable options, exotic places, stretches of unexplored rainforest, great metropolises full of life, different styles, habits and colonization.
Brazil’s massive assortment of people and places renders it ripe for choice. With hundreds of beaches that are scattered along the 8500 Km of highly-favoured Atlantic coastline, with wind systems that are ideal for sailing and activities to suit all tastes: white sandy beaches, beaches with waves that are ideal for surfers, popular city beaches where every encounter is an opportunity to discover a friendly face or semi-wild beaches with warm and transparent waters where few have ever stepped or islands with pristine tropical beaches or what ever you can imagine. With two-thirds of Brazil’s population living there a trip alongside the coast of more than half of South America from North to South, is like to cross at least six or seven countries and you will be amazed with this rich culture and wonderful places that visitors have at their disposition on the Atlantic seaside of Brazil.
The beach culture is an intrinsic part of way of leaving of Brazilian; sculptural tan bodies don the very minimum in beachwear and idle away the days on the sun-kissed beaches.
A wide variety of water-sports are popular in Brazil. It is one of the world’s best locations for surfing, and wind-surfing, hang-gliding, diving and sailing are also very popular. Hiking and climbing are also popular pursuits here, with rock climbing being centered on the Rio de Janeiro region. There are a number of national parks offering excellent hiking.
The dune buggies are also a choice for the visitors; buggies can take you almost anywhere, ride the famous sand dunes and explore glorious stretches of wild coastline. Riding a buggy, feeling the sun and the wind.
The off road safari and expeditions are also an interesting option for the visitors.
Another way to discover the brazilian sea coast is by sea, using one of the several luxurious ocean liners that normally operate in all coast.
All this together makes Brazil such an interesting country to visit.
The only problem of who visit Brazil for the first time is that it goes to be vitiated for all the beauty and diversity and goes to want to come back times without account.
Brazil the most beautiful country in the world, with nice beaches, and lovely girls, luxurious hotels and resorts.
