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Merci a jaisalmer et a trans pour les réponses apportées à ma précédente question. Pour ce qui concerne la sécurité au brésil, j'aimerais avoir votre avis. j'ai lu toutes sortes de choses, et si je prends certaines au pied de la lettre, j'annule mon voyage... Bien entendu, en prenant un peu de recul, je me dis qu'avec un minimum de précaution (pas d'étalage de billet de banque, de bijoux ou d'appareil photo dernier cri, pas de visite de "quartiers chauds"...) je devrais pouvoir passer un séjour agréable. Mais qu'en est-il vraiment, je rappelle que je vais voyager avec un groupe d'une vingtaine de personne (tour operator français), le fait d'être en groupe protège t'il, ou génére t'il les convoitises? Mon circuit commence à salvador, se poursuit par l'amazonie, ouru preto et belo horizonte, puis iguacu et rio. Certains endroits sont-ils plus à craindre que d'autre? (rio j'imagine...)

Merci à ceux qui répondront

Salut à tous !! 😄

Je vais partir durant 3 semaines (du 15 fév. au 9 mars 2003) au Brésil pour la 1ère fois et j'aimerais avoir des conseils sur les visites, les bons plans hébergements, les villes à visiter (on m'a vivement conseillé Bahia plutôt que rio ) etc...

A + et.......bon voyage ! 😉

Bonjour,

Je suis brésilienne, de Florianopolis, e je souhaite retourner vivre près de ma famille et dans ma ville avec mon mari français et mon bébé. Mon mari est très enthousiaste mais de mon coté, je me pose plein de questions! Est-ce que parmi vous il y aurait des français qui connaissent ma ville? Croyez-vous qu'un français s'y plairait pour vivre tout l'année et pour plusieurs années? Question boulot pas de problème pour moi. Mon mari a fait l'école hôtelière et il compte ouvrir un café à la française (ce qui risque de plaire mes concitoyens). Tous les avis sont les bienvenus!

Que voir à ST PETERSBURG ?

Merci !!!

Voila comme je l´ai fait pour le Perou et la Bolivie voici notre itineraire et nos plan pour le Bresil.

17-20 Novembre: 4jours dans le Pantanal Pas a hesite nous avons pris la compagnie conseillés par tout le monde et nous n´avons pas été décu. Ils sont www.pantanaltrekking.com/ Ils sont venu nous chercher a l´aeroport a Puerto Suarez coté Bolivien et nous ont enmenné a la pousada sans probleme (Santa Clara). Piscine et chambre propre. Si vous pouvez choisir votre guide prenez Johny c´est le meilleur. Il va meme vous chercher un cayman au milieu de la nuit!

20/21: Bonito Village agréable. Retour a la civilisation. Nous sommes resté un jour et sommes allé au balneario municipal. Jolie piscine naturelle. 2 nuits ne sont pas de trop dans ce village paisible. Logement: HI

22/23: Brasilia Cette ville ne sera a rien. Aucun charme et aucune ambiance. Nous nous y sommes arrété car nous avions une escale obligatoire mais pas besoin de sortir de l´aeroport. Logement cher. Neanmoins si vous y passer une nuit louer une voiture a l´aeroport sinon c´est encore pire! Coté logement y´a pas grand chose. Regardez dans le lonely il y´a une adresse d´une bonne femme qui loue des chambres.

23-28 Novembre: Salvadore et Morro de Sao Paulo Salvadore c´est une ville magnifique ou tout du moins le Pelourinho. Superbe ambiance, plein de bar et de resto sympa. De la musique et des gens qui dansent un peu partout. C´est vraiment une ville sympa. Logement: HI a barra. Super confort. Nous n´avons pas tellement profité de l´ambiance de Barra mais il parrait que c´est sympa sur la plage. Quoique pas tres belle je trouve. Si vous avez les moyens le mieux c´est de se loger directement dans le Pelhourino.

Morro de Sao Paulo: Une ile sans voiture a 2h de bateau de salvadore. GENIALE!!! Contrairement a ce que dis le lonely elle n´est nullement trop touristique (en tout cas hors vacances scolaires). Plage geniale, calme et eau clair. Nous sommes resté sur la tercera playa ou les prix sont moins chers. Il y´a meme des auberges a 70Reais la nuit avec piscine et petit dej! Endroit vraiment a conseillé ou nous y sommes reste 2 nuits!

29 Novembre - 01 decembre: Recife/Olinda Nous avons pris le bus seulement pour aller visiter Olinda. Peu d´interet. Nous y etions le WE et honnetement la ville est un peu morte. Il y a peu de bar et pratiquement aucun resto. Le bors de plage est moche et c´est impossible de se baigner car il y a des requins! Il y´a quelques endroits sympas mais cette ville ne vaut pas le detour. Si vous y passer restez y une nuit ou 2 mais ne faite pas le detour! Cote architecture rien a voir avec Salvadore de Bahia! Cote logement nous somme reste a la Pousada Olinda. Sympa et pas cher avec piscine. Recife c´est encore pire!

02/03 Decembre: Ouro Preto C´est une jolie ville coloniale qui change des autres villes que nous avons vu au Brésil. De nombreux musées et eglises a visiter. Un must: la mine d´or de Passagem. A faire sans aucun doute. Il y´a un lac souterrain dans lequel on peut se baigner. Logement: HI Conseil: Si vous avez du temps, et seulement si vous avec le temps, faites cette ville.

04/10 Decembre: Rio Cette ville est ENORME! certainement la plus belle et la plus agreable que j´ai jamais visité! Logement: nous avons loue un appartement dans Copacabana. Ca ne revient pas beaucoup plus cher et apres 2 mois d´auberge ca fait du bien de se retrouver un chez soi. Nous avions louer cette apparement pour 55USD la nuit. www.rioapartments.com/1-bedroom-nice/FrameSet.htm. La compagnie Rio appartment nikel. L´appart un bon plan si vous restez 1 semaine. Activite: on a fait tout le trucs touristiques. Samedi soir dans Lapa ou il y a des boites de Samba et des Capirnha pas cher sur la plage. Sympa!

10/12 Decembre: Iguacu On a fait le coté brésilien en taxi dés notre descente de l´avion. Aprés avoir visité l´autre coté celui la ne vaut pas le coup. Minuscule. Enfin si ca rentre dans votre busget faite le pour avoir la vue globale des chutes mais si vous etes un peu ricraque n´y aller pas. Coté Argentin c´est fantastique! Le deuxieme jour est a moitie prix mais il faut faire marquer son billet. Meme si vous ne comptez pas y retourner faites le et donnez votre billet a un autre traveller qui pourra en profiter. Logement a Puerto Iguacu: Iguacu house. ALLEZ Y! Super avec piscine et petit dej. Le proprio est top et vraiment serviable!

Voila j´espere que ces infos serviront!

Bon voyage

Ruben

En comparant différents tarifs pour des vols départ Miami à destination du chili, je suis tombée sur TACA qui m'offre les meilleurs tarifs. N'ayant jamais entendu parler de cette compagnie, qui aurait des infos sur elle : sérieux ?? sécurité ?? prestations ?? Merci

Salut,

Je pars 5 semaines en Argentine et j'ai envie de consacrer 12 jours au Nord Ouest du pays pour découvrir la culture indienne et andine. Y a t-il des trucs à voir ou à faire absolument? Je ne voudrais rien rater! merci🙂 cedric

Hey there!

This is the spot where we can chill and chat about fishing at sea worldwide 😊

Here are two charming fishermen taking a well-deserved break near Zanzibar!

Let’s stick with the water theme—it’s definitely the season (maybe a bit *too* much for some of those dealing with floods 😕). After the flowing waters (with varying energy levels), let’s take it easy with still waters:

Lakes (Annecy)

Ponds (near Moustiers Saint Marie)

Lagoons (Bacalar)

If you’ve got nice photos of a pond—or even a puddle—why not? Natural bodies of water only: no pools or fountains (reservoir lakes are accepted… because they often look like natural lakes ).

The contest rules are the same as always 😉: Up to 3 photos per member, one photo per post (a little explanation is better), and past winning photos from other VF contests aren’t allowed. You have until Sunday, February 22nd at 11:59 PM (Paris time) to post your photos. Voting starts Monday the 23rd at midnight—rank your top 3 photos in order (3, 2, and 1 points). Voting ends Saturday, February 28th at 11:59 PM. Results will be announced on March 1st. The winning photo is the one with the most points (in case of a tie, the photo ranked first the most times wins). The lucky winner gets to organize March’s contest 😎.

Dig into your archives…

I’ve visited the U.S. four times myself, including two long road trips. The last one was just this past August...

I won’t be going back. I already felt guilty last August, but recent policies have finally convinced me: the humiliation of Zelensky, authoritarian excesses, Gestapo-like methods for detaining people of foreign origin, the murder of innocent people (a mother shot dead), corruption, insane "tariffs," skyrocketing healthcare costs for Americans, the abduction of foreign figures to secure oil, the requirement to disclose social media accounts, and now... threats and blackmail to forcibly take Greenland—a region that belongs to Denmark and thus the European Union!

The reality is that simply posting this could get me denied entry to the U.S.!

In this context, I just can’t keep spending money there. I loved my trips, but there are so many other countries with stunning landscapes to explore.

So I get why you’d want to travel there. I did, and I loved it. But once a country no longer respects any of the values that made us love it, why go?

How can we even consider traveling to a country that threatens to take one of our territories by force?

Hello,

First attempt at a travel journal for me and first post after 7 years away from this forum. 😮 I went to the island of La Palma for 15 days in September 2025. After visiting Lanzarote in February, I was looking for a different and greener island. Well, I wasn’t disappointed. 😎

We stayed in Breña Baja on the east coast of the island, 5 minutes from the airport. This choice was mainly motivated by the desire not to change accommodation during the stay and to be in a "central" location close to amenities. It worked out well, but if I were to do it again, I’d split the stay in two by getting another place in the north of the island to explore that area, which really appeals to me. Note that the island is "climatically divided in two": the west coast is sunnier and drier, while the east coast is often foggy or cloudy. It’s quite impressive when you come out of the LP-3 road tunnel connecting the two sides—you feel like you’ve changed regions even though it’s less than 3 km apart.

Flight options weren’t plentiful (no direct flights from France), so I went with Iberia, connecting in Madrid for 250 € round-trip per person excluding checked baggage (80 € round-trip for one 23 kg suitcase on this route). Make sure to buy the checked baggage at the same time as your flight, as it’ll cost about 15 € more if you add it later. I booked the tickets 5 months in advance directly on Iberia’s website. You could also take a low-cost airline to Tenerife or Gran Canaria and then a flight with a Canarian carrier, but in my opinion, that only makes sense if you’re visiting one of those islands first, as the connection isn’t "guaranteed." The ferry is an option from Tenerife (about 2.5 hours crossing).

Our departure from Lyon was initially scheduled for 6 AM but took off at 9 AM so the crew could rest after the late arrival of the previous flight. This let us grab breakfast on the airline’s dime—thanks, EU Regulation (EC) No 261/2004. 😉 Iberia took a week to reimburse me after I submitted my passport, receipts, and bank details via their online claim form.

Our small but spacious CRJ-1000 Air Nostrum Bye-bye, Bugey nuclear plant And hello, Madrid—or rather, its very dry region. Our layover was initially 4 hours but shrank to 1 hour due to the previous flight’s delay. That worked out for us because Terminal 4 at Barajas is way less comfortable for resting than Lyon’s T1.

Landing with a view of Playa de la Cangrejera and del Pozo. When I say the east coast is often cloudy... 😇 First sight of "plátano" plantations. Banana farming makes up 50% of the island’s GDP!

More to come soon. [;]

Hi, I’m heading to Brazil soon and wanted to know the price of drinks in restaurants/hotels—like wine, beers, or cocktails—just to budget. Also, is there any risk with ice cubes? Thanks!

hi,

We’re planning a trip to Brazil in March 2026, just the two of us, for 10 days without using an agency. Rio, the falls, and Bahia too. How can we get around there? Train? Car rental? Plane? Are the roads easy to drive on? Is Rio safe to explore on our own? We’d love any travel journals with ideas for places to see, as well as books to help us plan the whole trip. Thanks in advance for all your tips! See you soon, cheers

Hi everyone,

Next April, I’m planning a trip (the 1st) to Brazil. I’ll have 12 days there (not counting the 13th day for the return). I’ll arrive on 22/04 in the early evening in Rio de Janeiro. The return flight is from São Paulo on 04/05 in the afternoon. I know 12 days is very little for such a big country, which is why I’ll focus on a relatively small area: the southeast (though "small" is relative!). I’ve started mapping out the main stops for my trip, which would be: - Rio de Janeiro: 4 to 5 days? - Ilha Grande and maybe Paraty: 2 to 3 days - Iguazu Falls: Brazilian and Argentinian sides: 2 days - São Paulo: 1 to 2 days

What do you think? Is this reasonable? There are about 250/260 km between Rio and Paraty. I’d like to make the trip by rental car. What do you think? A car is definitely much more practical and faster than the bus. 12/13 days is short—I can’t afford to lose too much time in transit. To get to Ilha Grande, I understand there’s a ferry that shuttles between the mainland and the island. From which city can you take the ferry? Mangaratiba? Conceição de Jacareí? Angra dos Reis? If I arrive by rental car, where can I park it? I think cars are banned on the island, right? That’s where I’m at with my planning. So many questions! 😕 A big thank you to anyone who takes the time to read my post and shares their valuable tips! 🙂

Good evening, We're leaving from January 26 to February 7 with our two kids, aged 23 and 27. I'm hoping to visit Iguazu, Rio, Ilha Grande, or Cabo Frio. I have a few questions. - Should we visit Rio with a guide, considering we want to explore favelas and hike to reach the main sites? And how many days should we plan for it? - How many days for Ilha Grande, and is the weather favorable during this period? Is it a must-see? - What do you think of Cabo Frio? In terms of organization, is it better to visit Iguazu at the beginning, middle, or end of our stay, departing from São Paulo or Rio? We haven’t bought our flight tickets yet, so I can arrange to arrive or depart from Rio/São Paulo. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences and opinions!

Hello everyone.

Preamble:

Sooner or later, you’ve got to take the plunge! I thought lockdown would be the perfect time to start this travel journal, but between working from home and gardening, I just didn’t have the time (or the motivation). Plus, long-haul trips weren’t really on the cards back then... But then I stumbled upon my photos and thought, "I’ve got to share my latest adventure in Brazil—you guessed it!"

First, a little flashback: some of you (yes, really, in DMs!) pointed out the big gaps in my travel journals—India in 2019, Vietnam in 2018, so many missed opportunities!

Truth is, for India, I traveled with a private guide and honestly didn’t have much to add to the tons of well-documented journals already out there. Plus, I still haven’t decided if I love or hate India... So, how do you share your feelings when you’re not even sure yourself? As for Vietnam, I had plenty to say—even though the itinerary was pretty classic—but I’ll admit the vibe on this part of the forum at the time kinda put me off for a while... And time flies, and memories fade... Anyway, just wanted to clear that up for my (many or few) readers. *Tudo bem*, let’s get started!!

Hi,

After reading tons of posts, blogs, and travel journals... there’s almost nothing about exploring Brazil by camper van. All the RTW (round-the-world) trips seem to skip this country. So why? Safety seems to be the main (and only?) reason. But we cross Pakistan, for example. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. PS: If you’ve got any links about this destination by camper van, I’d love to check them out.