Footprint Brazil

by Box, Ben; Day, Mick; Egginton, Jane

• ISBN13: 9781903471449
• ISBN10: 1903471443
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Footprint Handbooks

Summary

Footprint's South American Handbook, the longest-running guidebook in the English language, celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. As the Minneapolis Star Tribune declared, it is "amazingly detailed, updated every year, and has good city maps. It has set the standard since 1924." The same could be said for Footprint's 80 other travel guides as well. Covering more than 120 of the world's most exciting destinations, Footprint guides offer everything discerning travelers need to get the most out of their trip.

Table of Contents

Introducing
Introducing Brazil	9	(9)
Essentials
Planning your trip	18	(1)
Where to go	18	(5)
When to go	23	(1)
Tours and tour operators	24	(4)
Finding out more	28	(1)
Language	28	(2)
Student travellers	30	(1)
Disabled travellers	30	(1)
Gay and lesbian travellers	30	(1)
Travelling with children	31	(1)
Working in Brazil	31	(1)
Before you travel	32	(1)
Getting in	32	(3)
What to take	35	(1)
Money	35	(2)
Getting there	37	(1)
Air	37	(3)
Road	40	(1)
Boat	40	(2)
Touching down	42	(1)
Airport information	42	(1)
Tourist information	42	(1)
Local customs and laws	42	(3)
Safety	45	(1)
Where to stay	46	(3)
Getting around	49	(1)
Air	49	(1)
Road	50	(3)
Boat	53	(1)
Train	53	(1)
Maps and guide books	54	(1)
Keeping in touch	54	(1)
Communications	54	(2)
Media	56	(1)
Food and drink	57	(3)
Shopping	60	(1)
Holidays and festivals	60	(1)
Sport and special interest travel	61	(5)
Health	66	(1)
Before you go	67	(3)
Health care A-Z	70	(6)
Guide
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro City	76	(5)
Sights	81	(26)
Essentials	107	(23)
Rio de Janeiro State	130	(1)
Niteroi	130	(2)
The Costa do Sol	132	(6)
North to Espirito Santo	138	(1)
Campos	139	(1)
Inland resorts	140	(8)
Towns in the Coffee Zone	148	(4)
West of Rio de Janeiro	152	(3)
The Costa Verde	155	(4)
Paraty	159	(9)
Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo City	168	(4)
Sights	172	(9)
Essentials	181	(11)
The Coast	192	(7)
The Litoral Norte	199	(3)
Ilha de Sao Sebastiao	202	(4)
Ubatuba	206	(4)
The Litoral Sul	210	(5)
The Interior	215	(1)
The Northeast	215	(2)
The Northwest	217	(3)
The North	220	(1)
The West	221	(5)
Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo
Minas Gerais	226	(1)
Belo Horizonte	226	(38)
Northern Minas Gerais	264	(1)
Eastern Minas Gerais	265	(1)
Southern Minas Gerais	266	(4)
Towns and spas of Southwestern Minas	270	(4)
Western Minas Gerais	274	(1)
Espirito Santo	275	(4)
South of Vitoria	279	(2)
North of Vitoria	281	(5)
Iguacu Falls and the South
Parana	286	(1)
Curitiba	286	(8)
Curitiba to Paranagua	294	(5)
Iguacu Falls	299	(13)
Santa Catarina	312	(1)
Florianopolis	312	(8)
North of Florianopolis	320	(9)
South of Florianopolis	329	(4)
Rio Grande do Sul	333	(1)
Porto Alegre	333	(12)
The Serra Gaucha	345	(5)
South of Porto Alegre	350	(3)
Western Rio Grande do Sul	353	(5)
Coastal route to Uruguay	358	(6)
Bahia
Salvador	364	(26)
Islands in the bay	390	(2)
The Reconcavo	392	(3)
The Chapada Diamantina	395	(4)
The Southern Coast	399	(14)
The Northern Coast	413	(3)
The Sertao	416	(6)
Recife and the Northeast Coast
Sergipe	422	(3)
Alagoas	425	(1)
Maceio	425	(7)
Pernambuco	432	(1)
Recife	433	(19)
West of Recife	452	(5)
Fernando de Noronha	457	(2)
Paraiba	459	(7)
The Paraiba Coast	466	(1)
The Sertao	467	(7)
Fortaleza and the North Coast
Rio Grande do Norte	474	(1)
Natal	474	(8)
The Southern Coast	482	(2)
The Northern Coast	484	(2)
Mossoro	486	(3)
The Sertao	489	(1)
Ceara	489	(1)
Fortaleza	490	(10)
The Eastern Coast	500	(5)
The Western Coast	505	(2)
Jericoacoara	507	(3)
The Sertao	510	(2)
Juazeiro do Norte	512	(3)
Western Ceara	515	(2)
Piaui	517	(1)
Teresina	517	(4)
Southern Piaui	521	(1)
Maranhao	522	(8)
Southern Maranhao	530	(10)
The Amazon
Amapa	540	(1)
Macapa	540	(3)
North of Macapa	543	(2)
Para	545	(1)
Belem	546	(8)
Around Belem	554	(1)
Along the Transamazonica	555	(4)
The Amazon River	559	(6)
Amazonas	565	(1)
Manaus	566	(11)
Amazon tours	577	(9)
Roraima	586	(1)
Boa Vista	587	(2)
The Rio Branco	589	(1)
To Venezuela and Guyana	590	(2)
Rondonia	592	(8)
Acre	600	(5)
Tocantins	605	(1)
Palmas	605	(7)
Brasilia and the Pantanal
Brasilia	612	(10)
Goias	622	(7)
Mato Grosso do Sul	629	(11)
Pantanal	640	(8)
Mato Grosso	648	(1)
Cuiaba	649	(5)
Chapada dos Guimaraes	654	(8)
Background
History	662	(18)
Culture	680	(6)
Arts and crafts	686	(22)
Land and environment	708	(12)
Footnotes
Useful words and phrases	720	(3)
Index	723	(4)
Shorts index	727	(1)
Advertisers' index	728	(1)
Map index	729	(2)
Map symbols	731	(1)
Credits	732	(1)
Acknowledgements	733	(1)
Complete listings	734	(2)
Keep in touch	736	(5)
Colour maps	741