Category: Brazil

The Mirante da Granja Guarani (aka Quiosque das Lendas) in Teresópolis , Brazil, may be abandoned and in ruins, but the historic site still draws tourists to this vibrant community north of Rio de Janeiro. ⁣⁣
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Local sports director Arnaldo Guinle (1884 – 1963) financed the building of the open air structure in 1929 and had it faced with tiles worked by the Portuguese ceramist Jorge Colaço (1868 – 1942), who painted the tiles in Lisbon. ⁣⁣

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Is volleyball too easy for you? Why not try futevolei – the volleyball you play with your head and feet.
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We stumbled onto this game at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, and we were hooked.⁣

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We had the hardest time trying to find Boulevard Olimpico in Rio de Janeiro.⁣
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This was one of those special places where Google Maps and Google Translate failed us, and we were getting frustrated.⁣
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We knew it was huge, and it was supposed to be RIGHT THERE on the map.⁣

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The Trilha Cartão Postal, aka the Postcard Trail, in Brazil’s Serra dos Órgãos National Park is exactly what it claims to be – a trail that delivers hikers to an incredible postcard-worthy landscape featuring the iconic mountains Escalavrado, Dedo de Deus (the Finger of God) and Cabeça de Peixe (Fish Head).

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