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Rio and the Surroundings

Petrópolis

Petrópolis

The city of Petrópolis got its name in honor of two Brazilian Emperors. 1822 Pedro I was riding along the "Caminho de Ouro" towards Minas Gerais and remained for a short time on the farm of Padre Correia. He liked the area, the climate and the vegetation immediately. For this reason, he bought a ...

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Buzios

Buzios

The city Armação dos Búzios, or just Búzios, is located on a peninsula with seventeen beautiful beaches. Búzios was still a small fishing village, when Brigitte Bardot and her Brazilian boyfriend visited the place in the sixties. Today, Búzios is a place with an international flair, full of roads for strolling, fashion shops, pubs, clubs and ...

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Paraty

Paraty

In the 18th century the port of Paraty was the second largest in the country. The gold of Minas Gerais was transported via the gold route "Caminho de Ouro da Piedade” up to Paraty. At the beginning of the 19th century the port of Paraty was used by the coffee barons of the Vale de Paraiba ...

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Rio’s coffee tycoons and their farms | Book your private tour now!

Rio’s coffee tycoons and their farms | Book your private tour now!

At the beginning of the 19th Century the valley "Vale de Paraiba" was the center of the coffee boom. More >...

Ilha Grande

Ilha Grande

The Ilha Grande ( Big Island ) is a paradise for nature lovers. Approximately half of the island is covered by dense rain forest ...

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