Touring Brazil
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TOURING BRAZILPopular Cities and Attractions to Visit
Brazil is the 5th most populous country in the world with amazingly beautiful landscape
This presentation will provide you with a list of the more popular cities and attractions
The adjacent box lists the cities and attractions that will be covered
Rio de Janeiro Cristo Redentor Tijuca Forest Ipanema & Copacabana beach
Foz do Iguaçu Iguaçu Falls Parque das Aves Itaipu Dam
São Paulo Paulista Museum Ibirapuera Park Paulista Avenue
Florianópolis Cathedral Metropolitana Hercílio Luz Bridge Floripa Beaches
Introduction
Rio De Janeiro
Facts Attractions
State Capital of Rio de Janeiro
Called the “Wonderful City”
Commonly known as Rio
Is the second largest city in Brazil
Cristo Redentor “Christ the Redeemer”
Tijuca Forest / Tijuca National Park
Ipanema and Copacabana The two most beautiful
beaches of Rio De Janeiro
Cristo Redentor
A part of the new edition of the Seven Wonders of the World
Situated on top of the Corocovado Mountain
Approximately 125 ft high and covers over 2329 ft of the mountain
Largest urban forest in the world
Home to hundreds of species of animals from all around the Atlantic Forest
3,200 hectares of replanted forest from 1900’s
Tijuca Forest / National Park
Both beaches attract thousands of tourists each summer
Beach events are a famous thing for tourists and locals alike
Great places for surfing, body boarding, and skim boarding
Ipanema & Copacabana
Foz Do Iguaçu
Facts Attractions
Major city in the state of Paraná
Received name because it sits on the mouth of the Iguaçu river
The word “Iguaçu” means “large water”
Iguaçu Falls The most famous
attraction of Foz Do Iguaçu
Parque das Aves A bird park that is very
close to Iguaçu Falls Itaipu Dam
Largest Hydroelectric plant in the world
The most famous attraction of Foz do Iquaçu
Formed in the Iguaçu river and extends for 8,858 ft
(Falls) Have a flow capacity three times greater than Niagara Falls
Iguaçu Falls
Ecological sanctuary located near the Iguaçu National Park
Home to 900 birds from 180 species, 25 species of butterflies, and a reptile exhibit
Open daily, including holidays
8:30am-5:30pm winter 8:30am-6:30pm summer
Parque das Aves
The largest hydroelectric plant in the world
Considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World
The dam is 25,981 ft long and 643 ft high
Production capacity of 14,000 MW (megawatts)
Itaipu Dam
São Paulo
Facts Attractions
Capital of the most populous city in Brazil, São Paulo
Third largest city in the world
Known throughout the country as the “Business Capital”
Paulista Museum “Ipiranga”
Ibirapuera Park The most frequented
leisure area in the city Paulista Avenue
One of the largest business centers in Brazil
Built between 1885-1890 as a monument to the proclamation of Brazil’s independence from Portugal
Contains a collection of over 4 centuries of Brazilian history
The collection includes 125,000 items, such as paintings, sculptures, objects, etc.
Paulista Museum
A 4.92 million sq. ft. park The park has:
Walking/jogging paths Bikeways Sport courts Woods Lakes
Other important attractions: Modern art museum Biennial Art Exhibition
building
Ibirapuera Park
The most important avenue and main financial center of São Paulo
On this 1.74 mile long road one can find: Financial buildings Business centers Cultural Institutions São Paulo Museum of Art And one of the most
extensive shopping areas in Brazil
Paulista Avenue
Florianópolis
Facts Attractions
Capital city of the state of Santa Catarina
Half of the city is on the mainland of Brazil while the other half is on Santa Catarina Island
Often referred to as Floripa
Cathedral Metropolitana One of the most
beautiful buildings in the city
Hercílio Luz Bridge The postcard symbol of
the city Beaches
Dates back to 1750 Located on Praça 15
de Novembro Contains a wooden
sculpture of the “Flight into Egypt” by the 19th century Tirolean scupltor Ferdinand Demetz
Cathedral Metropolitana
Built in 1924-1926 Designed by Robinson
& Steinman Named in honor of
Hercílio Luz, a former governor of Santa Catarina
Approximately 1,115 ft long and 243 ft high
Has been closed to traffic since 1991
Hercílio Luz Bridge
The beaches of Florianopolis are some of the most breathtaking in the world.
There are 42 beaches, each different in its own way
Florianopolis has two of the best surfing beaches around Praia Mole Galheta
Beaches of Florianópolis
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