Sao Paulo: Sao Paulo is Brazil's largest and richest city, the country's business center and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the world.
Landmarks include the Museu Paulista do Ipiranga, the gothic Metropolitan Se Cathedral, the Sao Paulo Museum of Art, the Bandeirantes monument and Ibirapuera Park. Ibirapuera is a cultural complex with a museum, planetarium, auditorium and a Japanese garden.
The Pantanal: The Pantanal is tropical wetlands, the largest of any kind in the world. It's mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul but extends into Bolivia and Paraguay.
You can experience the Pantanal through boat tours, horseback riding, hiking and fishing. Safaris will take you in an open vehicle up close to alligators, deer, anaconda, wolves and anteaters
The Baroque hill towns of Minas Gerais: One of the 26 states of Brazil, Minas Gerais is the second richest and most populated.
It is known primarily for its colonial art and architecture in such historical cities as Ouro Preto, Tiradentes, Serro and Diamantina.
Fernando de Noronha: This is an archipelago of 21 islands, the remains of volcanic mountains, in the Atlantic Ocean. Only 420 visitors are allowed at a time.
It has been held by the Portuguese, the English, the Dutch and the French. It was used as a prison and was also visited and written about by Charles Darwin in his “Voyage of the Beagle.”
It's a favorite of divers, who enjoy its rich undersea flora and fauna.
Florianopolis: Florianopolis, the capital of the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil, is made up of a main island, also called Santa Catarina. Its main attractions are its 42 beaches, which are popular with surfers.
Among the other top attractions are fishing boats, folklore, lace-makers, colonial architecture, cuisine, and such traditional villages as Santo Antonio de Lisboa and Ribeirão da Ilha.
