Holidaying in Brazil

An increasing popular country to visit for Brits is BrazilBrazil. One of the most famous films which featured
and there are many reasons why people want to goCopacabana was the critically acclaimed City of God
there. Firstly and very importantly is the weather. Brazilwhich looks at the life of young men growing up in the
is south of the equator so whilst the UK is in winter it'sFavelas of the city.
summer over in Brazil, and the summers are not like inOne downside of visiting Brazil is the cost of the flights,
the UK, they are long, hot and dry. If you visit the Norththough it's relatively cheap when you get there, it is
East of the country, which is very close to the equator,expensive to fly to Brazil. The very cheapest flights
temperatures rarely go below 30 degrees in summer.are around £500 going up to over £1,000 in
As well as it being very warm it is also dry. Winter insummer, and especially for the New Year. What's
the North East is not much colder than the summer butstrange about the price of flights to Brazil is that there
the downside if that there is a lot of rain, thereforeare many destinations further away that are cheaper
summer is definitely the time to go.than Brazil. For example it can often be cheaper to fly
Not only is there good weather in Brazil there is also ato Australia and Brazil even though it's twice the
great deal of attractions to see. If you take the mostdistance. The reason of the cost of flights is that, even
popular destination in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, there arethough it's becoming more popular, there are still not a
some of the most famous landmarks in the world tolarge number of airlines flying to Brazil from the UK.
visit. Probably the most famous places to visit are theSo what to expect when you arrive in Brazil, it's
beaches; there is Copacabana, made famous by theknown for having some of the most beautiful men and
Barry Manilow song and Ipanema from the Bossawomen in the world. Most people will head to the
Nova song by Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Girl frombeaches and view the beautiful people in their bikinis
Ipanema. These beaches are not just famous fromand Brazil Havaianas, lapping up the sun or playing
songs being written about them there was alsofootball on the beach.
featured in a number of films and documentaries about