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While away hours relaxing on soft white sand, swimming in perfect blue water and soaking up the year-round sunshine at this unspoiled beach.

While away hours relaxing on soft white sand, swimming in perfect blue water and soaking up the year-round sunshine at this unspoiled beach.

This sea-facing church erected in the 1700s has an austere exterior and a richly decorated interior. It’s also the host of a lively annual festival.

With gold leaf artwork and decorative azulejo tile murals, the lavishness of this church-convent complex’s décor is in stark contrast to the humbleness of the saint to which the church is dedicated.

This sea-facing church erected in the 1700s has an austere exterior and a richly decorated interior. It’s also the host of a lively annual festival.

Arrive hungry at Belo Horizonte’s lively food market and fill up on a huge variety of local street-food specialties, such as feijoada or liver with jiló.

This sea-facing church erected in the 1700s has an austere exterior and a richly decorated interior. It’s also the host of a lively annual festival.

This sea-facing church erected in the 1700s has an austere exterior and a richly decorated interior. It’s also the host of a lively annual festival.

This sea-facing church erected in the 1700s has an austere exterior and a richly decorated interior. It’s also the host of a lively annual festival.

Enjoy the view and delve through the intriguing history of the first of the 10 fortresses set up to defend the island.

Two of Minas Gerais’ most important economic activities, mining and metallurgy, are celebrated through creative exhibits inside a neoclassical palace. 

Climb up a hill to reach this simple white chapel and enjoy the picturesque views of islets that decorate the ocean.

In a city blessed with stunning churches this pretty slave-built church, in the heart of Salvador’s UNESCO-protected Historic Center, is one its most interesting.

Climb up a hill to reach this simple white chapel and enjoy the picturesque views of islets that decorate the ocean.

This sea-facing church erected in the 1700s has an austere exterior and a richly decorated interior. It’s also the host of a lively annual festival.

Delve into the island’s military past with a trip to the stone remains of a fortress on a grassy cliff.

This popular fishing and diving spot is surrounded by green hills, a chapel and fort ruins.

Delve into the island’s military past with a trip to the stone remains of a fortress on a grassy cliff.

Enjoy the view and delve through the intriguing history of the first of the 10 fortresses set up to defend the island.

With gold leaf artwork and decorative azulejo tile murals, the lavishness of this church-convent complex’s décor is in stark contrast to the humbleness of the saint to which the church is dedicated.

This sea-facing church erected in the 1700s has an austere exterior and a richly decorated interior. It’s also the host of a lively annual festival.

Delve into the island’s military past with a trip to the stone remains of a fortress on a grassy cliff.

This sea-facing church erected in the 1700s has an austere exterior and a richly decorated interior. It’s also the host of a lively annual festival.

Browse a collection of antique objects from the 1700s to 1900s that showcase the talents of pre-industrial Brazilian craftsmanship.