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Amazon. Manaus is home itself to exceptional beaches of Santa
the iconic Opera House. Catarina from where whale
watching is growing in popularity;
The Amazon is not the best place in and the majestic highlands of Rio
Brazil to enjoy the planet’s greatest Grande do Sul.
Did you know?
diversity of bird and wildlife. That
TAP Portugal has opened a brand
honour goes to an area in the very The main attraction of the south,
new Premium Lounge in Terminal
heart of South America and Brazil and one of the world's great natural
1 at Lisbon Airport, offering the
known as the Pantanal that covers wonders, is the falls at Foz do
very latest business centre and
an area of over 930,000 square km Iguaçu that borders Brazil and
relaxation facilities.
(360,000 sq miles). One of the Argentina. Five times larger than
highlights of Brazil is considered Niagara the 275 individual falls
diving in the crystal clear waters of stretch nearly 3 kilometres (1.8
the rivers around Bonito that are miles) across the Iguaçu River. The
home to an astounding 263 species main fall, the Devil’s Throat, is the
of fish. largest fall in the world in terms of
volume of water per second.
Attractions in the south of Brazil
are no less varied. There are the Brazil has many, many highlights
great cities of Porto Alegre, just waiting to be discovered.
Florianópolis, and Curitiba; the So what’s stopping you?
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