Brazil & South America

São Paulo

The financial capital — culture, gastronomy and power.

Rio de Janeiro

The Marvellous City — between the mountain and the sea.

Búzios

Brigitte Bardot's peninsula — sun, yachts and privacy.

Paraty

Colonial UNESCO gem — cobblestone and cachaça.

Angra dos Reis

The Bay of Kings — 365 islands, crystal waters.

Campos do Jordão

Brazilian Alps — pine forests and Swiss architecture.

Belo Horizonte

Mineiro capital — Inhotim and Niemeyer architecture.

Ouro Preto

Baroque gold-rush city — colonial jewel of Minas Gerais.

Santos

Port city and beach gateway — Art Nouveau Coffee Museum.

Guarujá

Ilha de Santo Amaro — São Paulo's beach playground.

Petrópolis

Imperial city of Pedro II — mountain retreat from Rio.

Campinas

São Paulo's tech and university capital.

Ubatuba

Wild Atlantic coast — 80 beaches and surf culture.

Cabo Frio

White sand lakes and kite-surfing lagoons.

Ilhabela

Sailing capital of Brazil — forested island paradise.

Visconde de Mauá

Mountain valley — waterfalls and boutique retreats.

Arraial do Cabo

The Caribbean of Brazil — turquoise water clarity.

Barra Grande

Remote peninsula — crystalline mangrove channels.

São Sebastião

Gateway to Ilhabela — colonial port on the costa verde.

Arraial d'Ajuda

Cobblestone hill town — Bahia's bohemian beach.

Florianópolis

Magic Island — 42 beaches, Santa Catarina.

Gramado

Bavarian-style mountain resort — chocolate and mist.

Foz do Iguaçu

World's widest waterfall — 275 cascades.

Porto Alegre

Gaucho capital — wine country and Pampas.

Curitiba

Brazil's greenest city — urban parks and Niemeyer.

Bento Gonçalves

Wine valley — Italian heritage and sparkling wines.

Balneário Camboriú

Brazilian Miami — cable cars and nightlife.

Blumenau

German Oktoberfest capital of Brazil.

Canela

Caracol Falls and Gothic cathedral in the pines.

Joinville

Dance capital — world's largest dance festival.

Pomerode

The most German city in Brazil — Plattdeutsch spoken.

Pelotas

Historic mansions and confectionery tradition.

Salvador

The Black Rome — Africa in Brazil's baroque capital.

Recife

The Brazilian Venice — rivers, bridges and frevo.

Fortaleza

Fashion capital — dunes and Jericoacoara.

Fernando de Noronha

Protected paradise archipelago — UNESCO Marine Park.

Trancoso

The Quadrado — UHNW beach village in Bahia.

Morro de São Paulo

Car-free island paradise off Salvador.

Lençóis Maranhenses

White dunes and emerald lagoons — natural wonder.

Itacaré

Cocoa coast — surf and Atlantic forest luxury.

Porto Seguro

Where Brazil was born — 1500 landing of Cabral.

Natal

Dunes City — white sand and tropical lagoons.

João Pessoa

Easternmost city of the Americas — first sunrise.

Maceió

Crystal lagoon city — natural pools in the sea.

São Luís

UNESCO colonial city — Portuguese azulejo tiles.

Chapada Diamantina

Bahia's highland plateau — waterfalls and diamond trails.

Ilhéus

Jorge Amado's cacao town — cathedral and fazendas.

Aracaju

Sergipe's coastal capital — coconut beaches.

Brasília

Niemeyer's capital — planned modernist masterpiece.

Pantanal

World's largest tropical wetland — jaguar safaris.

Bonito

Crystal rivers and snorkelling paradise.

Campo Grande

Gateway to the Pantanal and Bonito.

Cuiabá

Pantanal gateway — Chapada dos Guimarães plateau.

Goiânia

Art Deco planned city — cerrado heartland.

Pirenópolis

Goiás colonial gem — cerrado waterfalls.

Manaus

Amazon gateway — opera house in the jungle.

Belém

Amazon estuary city — Ver-o-Peso market and açaí.

Alter do Chão

Amazon's Caribbean — freshwater beaches.

Amazon Jungle

The greatest ecosystem on earth — 60% of Brazil.

Santarém

Tapajós River — freshwater beaches and culture.

Palmas

Tocantins capital — Ilha do Bananal expeditions.

Boa Vista

Roraima capital — Monte Roraima tepui expeditions.

Macapá

Equator city — fortress on the Amazon estuary.

Buenos Aires

The Paris of South America — tango, steak and culture.

Punta del Este

The Saint-Tropez of South America — summer elite.

Santiago

Andean capital — wine valleys and ski resorts.

Cartagena

Walled city — Caribbean luxury and magical realism.

Lima

The gastronomic capital of the world — Miraflores cliffs.

Cusco & Machu Picchu

Inca empire — the Sacred Valley and lost city.

Galápagos Islands

Darwin's living laboratory — giant tortoises.

Patagonia

Torres del Paine — wind, ice and wilderness.

Bogotá

Andean capital — Gold Museum and gastronomy.

Montevideo

River Plate elegance — wine, beaches and carnival.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Bolivia's economic capital and Amazon gateway.