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Rating Summary based on 10 reviews

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  • 3 Stars
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  • Ease of getting around
  • Family Friendly
  • Nightlife
  • Shopping
  • Sightseeing
  		• 3.3
  		• 2.7
  		• 4.7
  		• 4.0
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  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    gt5952

    4 Stars Hola Brazil, Bye Bye Wallet Review with images 24/11/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fasinating experience

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not for the Niave

    \"Mister\" I look down, and there is a young boy, no older than 6 or 7, with big brown eyes, and messy hair, dressed in blue shorts, a ripped Bucks Fizz T Shirt, barefooted, arms outstretched, hands cupped, begging for money. Accross the street, a business man smokes his Cigar and laughs with a colleague, both dressed in suits, better placed in saville row, rather than this dusty street. This is Brazil, a land of culture, experience, scars, and dealers of all things not good. Nothing is simple in my life. Rich in aesthetics and adventure, the would be James Bond will have a field day slipping ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    starman30

    5 Stars Backpacking in Brazil 13/03/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages breathtaking scenery, beautiful people, lots of fun....

    Disadvantages Disadvantages long, long bus journeys, quite expensive for a backpacker

    We spent six weeks travelling around Brazil which was not nearly long enough, six months would have been more like it! We travelled there from Argentina and our first stop was the world famous Iguazu Falls which were an amazing sight, as was the surrounding forest, although the Argentinian side of the falls has more wildlife and more places to explore. From here we travelled overnight to Sao Paulo by bus and arrived at 3am. We were quite apprehensive about going to Brazil from all we'd read and heard about crime, muggings and so on and being in such a huge city was quite daunting, especailly ... more
  • 9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    AlexanderS2

    4 Stars Brasil - a conflicting recommendation 31/03/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Breathtaking nature, cheap, multi-cultural

    Disadvantages Disadvantages high criminality, bad health institutions (hospital etc.),

    Now I live since nearly two years in Brasil and my opinion about this country is still conflicting: on one side its for sure one of the most impressing countries concerning the nature, on the other side also one of the countries with enormous social differences, and this always means: criminality and violence. I don’t want to talk here about attractions like Ouro Preto, an Unesco-city, the spectaculous waterfalls of iguacu, the cities Salvador de Bahia and Manaus, about these attractions you find informations in every travel guide, and this is good so, they are worth the visit. And yes, the ... more
  • 19 of 21 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    thewiz

    5 Stars Is there a more diverse country 17/09/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages food, beaches, exchange rate, friendly people, sights

    Disadvantages Disadvantages internal flights are expensive, internal coach travel is very long!

    Leaving UK soil at 6am on the 30th of June, I was prepared to arrive in Porto Alegre, Brazil 22 hours later. However, a delayed flight meant I missed the last connecting flight of the day from Rio de Janeiro. Fortunately, I was put up in a very posh hotel in the airport, where the waiter was convinced I was prince William! My first impression when finally arriving in Porto Alegre, the south's capital city at 12am local time, was of a rundown America. It seemed everything had been touched by the American influence - from the traffic lights and overhead electricity transformers to the drive ... more
  • 4 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Al

    5 Stars Brazil 05/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Everything you dream of

    Disadvantages Disadvantages hard to get to

    I was lucky and arrived just for the carnival where every ones is hyped up and exited, but this is Brazil for you. The weather is hot and every one is in a good mood, you put on your shades and you party day and night. I loved Brazil; I loved the food, beaches, city and the women. We got meet very nice people there and they were even nice enough to show us places where your average tourist will never find. Beautiful waterfalls, rainforest and exotic fruits were on menu everyday. This is a must for all adventure travellers. ... more
  • 6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    mudvein

    4 Stars is it hot, or not. 06/05/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages it is ver beautiful

    Disadvantages Disadvantages it is being spoiled

    Brazil is one of the largest country in South America. It occupies nearly one-half of the continent. It has borders with ten countries: Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Uraguy, argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia. Brazil is the fith largest country in the world, the others in front being Russia, Canada, China and the United States. The area of Brazil is 8,511,966 sq km. The capital is Brasilia and in 1991 it was estimated that it's population was 1,841,028. There are three big cities in Brazil Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. In São Paulo there are two main parts ... more
  • 1 of 2 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    DRHamilton

    5 Stars --------> BRAZIL <--------- 12/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages BEAUTIFUL,, FRIENDLY, CHEAP

    Disadvantages Disadvantages SOMETIMES CRAMPT..

    I am Brazilian so I am sorry if this short piece about Brazil is a little biased. I am writing it to say that Brazil is a really, really great country. I know that the country has had an awful lot of economic problems and crime problems in the past - let me just say that a lot of the little things that annoyED me about Brazil have gone. The city of Rio de Janeiro is simply beautiful - it is such a charming AND friendly place. The streets are clean and the air is clean and the people are always willing to help and give advice to a traveller. There are lots of things that will keep you occupied ... more
  • 1 of 2 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    CICLISTALOCO

    4 Stars Go there! 19/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great country

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None, but be careful

    I have visited spent few months travelling in Brazil in 1994. This has been an experience I will never forget. For anyone going there, I would suggest trying to learn Portuguese, this makes a huge difference to your trip. People are generally very friendly. I never had any problem with robberies or violence, partly because I was most of the time together with local people/friends. If you only have a limited period, I would recommend a visit to Rio de Janeiro, to the state of Bahia, to some of the beaches in the North and a trip to the more European south. This should be enough to give you an ... more
  • 1 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    vilumdeluxe

    4 Stars SHOO-shuh 09/03/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good transport cheap hotels

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Food and poverty

    There was absolutely no doubt! Gunshots! My God they are starting a revolution. They were shooting all night and people were screaming and shouting. That was our first night i Rio and we knew it wasn't the carneval. Leaving the room wasn't easy but it had to be done sooner or later. There was still quite a lot of noise in the streets so I wasn't feeling to good about the whole situation. I went down to the reception and tried to ask about the 'revolution'. The guy was really upset, which I interpreted as if our assumptions about the revolution were right. But no it was all about 'Footeball and ... more
  • 0 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    kmo7

    5 Stars Fantastic -- but be careful how you get there! 01/12/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages beautiful, new experiences

    Disadvantages Disadvantages personal disadvantages for me: difficulties with travel; language issues

    My roommate and I went on a fantastic tour of Rio, Salvador, the Amazon and Iguassu Falls! The best part was definitely the Amazon where we had really nice accommodations (compared to what we expected in the Amazon, especially) and got to play with monkeys! The worst part was when we found out two days before we were supposed to leave that we didn't have a flight home booked. Because we didn't speak Portuguese, it was very difficult for us to get anything accomplished. Our tour company that we booked through (Brazil Nuts) got our messages at the office in the United States but ignored them and ... more
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