97 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Brazil - Atlas Obscura

Unusual
Attractions
in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Largo do Boticário

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

icecream

Added by icecream

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil

Vale da Lua

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

Added by rejanesm

Gruta Do Lago Azul: The Blue Lake Grotto

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

Dylan

Parnamirim, Brazil

World's Largest Cashew Tree

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

retrofuturistic

Added by retrofuturistic

Vila de São Jorge, Brazil

Glowing Termite Mounds of Emas National Park

Impressive by day, dazzling by night... these termites have a well-decorated (and deadly) abode.

Jeff Wagg

Added by Jeff Wagg

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Parque Lage

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

Manacapuru, Brazil

Ariau Towers

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.

Kergin

Added by Kergin

See All 97 Things to Do in Brazil See All 97 Places

Unique
Food & Drink
in Brazil

Ice Cream Bean

Gastro Obscura

Ingredients & Condiments

Ice Cream Bean

The South American bean that looks like cotton candy and tastes like ice cream.

Gastro Obscura

AbiInman

Added by AbiInman

Rollinia

Gastro Obscura

Fruits & Vegetables

Rollinia

Brazil's spiky yellow fruit has lemon meringue–flavored insides.

Gastro Obscura

Jared Rydelek

Added by Jared Rydelek

Amarula Brigadeiro

Gastro Obscura

Amarula Brigadeiro

Pair a Brazilian confection with a sweet South African liqueur, and a unique treat is born.

Gastro Obscura

Leigh ChavezBush

Added by Leigh ChavezBush

Ayahuasca

Gastro Obscura

Ritual & Medicinal

Ayahuasca

One vine unlocks the powers of a psychedelic shrub.

Gastro Obscura

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

See all 20 things to eat in Brazil See all 20 things to eat in Brazil

Explore Brazil

Launch Map

Brazil Leaderboard

Places Added

Places Edited

Places Visited

Recent Brazil Activity

Clur wants to go to Dedo de Deus

Clur wants to go to Museu de Arte de São Paulo

DammitDan wants to go to The Capuchin Monkeys of Manduri

DammitDan wants to go to Maned Wolves of Santuário do Caraça

MonicaB has been to Parque Trianon

Stories
About Brazil

The <em>Capela Nossa Senhora das Neves</em> is notably built out of wine.

Inside a Brazilian Chapel Made Out of Wine

During a drought, church-builders mixed their mortar with the local vintage.

by Danielle Bauter

January 22, 2019

At Shin Suzuran, Takano handles nettle leaves.

How Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon Created a New Cuisine

Native fish sashimi and green papaya pickles provided a taste of home.

by Rafael Tonon

December 28, 2018

The mounds were once hidden by the forest.

Northeast Brazil Is Dotted With Millions of Enormous Termite Mounds

The soaring cones cover a landscape nearly the size of Great Britain.

by Jessica Leigh Hester

November 19, 2018

An agouti, perhaps trying to remember where it last placed its Brazil nuts.

Brazil Nuts Are Brought to You by Rodents

The snack wouldn’t exist without the help of one furry critter and its unusually sharp teeth.

by Abbey Perreault

September 14, 2018

A glimpse inside the burnt museum. The meteorite is one of the only objects to survive.

Students Are Collecting Photos to Remember Brazil’s Destroyed National Museum

After a fire tore through the institution, visitors' images have become an informal archive of its collections.

by Sarah Laskow

September 04, 2018

Brigadeiros are a mainstay in Brazil, especially at parties.

The Political Lore of an Iconic Brazilian Sweet

Wartime rationing and women's suffrage helped popularize the brigadeiro.

August 27, 2018

Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos, photographed in 1992.

How One of Brazil's First Openly Gay Soccer Referees Changed the Game

The man known as Margarida refused to let prejudice affect his flashy officiating style.

by Christina Ayele Djossa

Watch a Trail Guide Take an Eerie Walk Through a Flooded Nature Preserve

When the clear waters of a Brazilian river overflowed earlier this month, it made for movie magic.

February 22, 2018