Product Description

Your holiday starts the moment you open the guide … "The best guide available. Packed to the brim with colour photos, maps and essential information." Reader review. From fantastic beaches and buzzing cities to the wild Amazon rainforest, discover this captivatingly diverse country with this essential guide. Use the 3D models and cutaways to party your way around Rio and explore colonial architecture in the Northeast cities of Salvador, Sao Luis and Olinda and party. Clue-up on the basics, from the capital of the Amazonas- Manaus to incomparable natural wonders including the inland semi-arid area of the sertao and the huge swampland of the Pantanal, full of alligators, birds and the occasional anaconda. And don't forget a visit to the futuristic city of Brasilia, a marvel of 1950s design. Enjoy the diverse flavours of Brazil with scenic walks and thematic festivals, with sights, beaches, markets and festivals listed town by town. This guide includes a comprehensive selection of hotels and restaurants and full-colour detailed maps that will ensure that your visit to this exotic country is one you’ll never forget. Winner of the Guardian & Observer ‘Best Guide Books' Award and Wanderlust Magazine Silver Award for 'Top Guidebook'

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41723 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 464 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
Ask many travellers what their favourite travel guides are, and a good percentage are likely to say the DK Eyewitness Travel series. And just a glance at Brazil will show you why these books are held in such high esteem. As the flash at the bottom of the jacket says, these are the guides that show you what others only tell you, and it is that strikingly eye-catching (and utilitarian) format that really makes the series special. Take, for instance, the two pages here on the Parque do Ibirapuera: there is a colour layout of the grounds of the park, with colour miniphotos studded around the central image; the Hotel Unique, with its strange half-melon structure, the Oca do Ibirapuera, an amazing dome designed by Oscar Niemeyer which hosts the city's major international art exhibitions, and the giant Cleopatra's needle built to honour victims of political injustice. And these are only a handful of the highlights of the two pages – which is typical of the entire book.

Of course, Brazil has much more to offer than most holiday destinations: apart from the beaches, nightlife and the national parks, there some of the best galleries and museums in the world along with, it goes without saying, carnival. And the world's most famous carnival is treated to all the attention here the traveller could wish (as is soundtrack of carnival – the indelible sound of samba). Particularly useful here are the walks, scenic routes and thematic tours. If you're planning a trip to Brazil, you need look no further than this. --Barry Forshaw.

Customer Reviews

DK Eyewitness Brazil
I find that The Eyewitness Guides are usually excellent. This is no exception. It has to cover a vast country and most things that I have looked up and wanted to know about are covered. I usually take a rough guide with me as well but only intend to take this with me to Brazil. I found that The Eyewitness Costa Rica was sufficient. The only criticism I have is that I would have liked a little more on the wildlife. However, there are other books for this.