An increasingly popular country to visit for Brits is Brazil and there are many reasons why people want to go there. Firstly and very importantly is the weather. Brazil is south of the equator so whilst the UK is in winter it’s summer over in Brazil, and the summers are not like in the UK, they are long, hot and dry. If you visit the North East of the country, which is very close to the equator, temperatures rarely go below 30 degrees in summer. As well as it being very warm it is also dry. Winter in the North East is not much colder than the summer but the downside is that there is a lot of rain, therefore summer is definitely the time to go.
Not only is there good weather in Brazil there is also a great deal of attractions to see. If you take the most popular destination in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, there are some of the most famous landmarks in the world to visit. Probably the most famous places to visit are the beaches; there is Copacabana, made famous by the Barry Manilow song and Ipanema from the Bossa Nova song by Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Girl from Ipanema. These beaches are not just famous from songs being written about them; they was also featured in a number of films and documentaries about Brazil. One of the most famous films which featured Copacabana was the critically acclaimed City of God which looks at the life of young men growing up in the Favelas of the city.
One downside of visiting Brazil is the cost of the flights, though it’s relatively cheap when you get there, it is expensive to fly to Brazil. The very cheapest flights are around $500 going up to over $1,000 in summer, and especially for the New Year. What’s strange about the price of flights to Brazil is that there are many destinations further away that are cheaper than Brazil. For example it can often be cheaper to fly to Australia and Brazil even though it’s twice the distance. The reason for the cost of flights is that, even though it’s becoming more popular, there are still not a large number of airlines flying to Brazil from the UK.