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Title: Lonely Planet Brazil (4th Ed) by Nick Selby, Andrew Draffen ISBN: 0-86442-561-9 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Perfect
Comment: I just spent one month in the Rio area and Sao Paulo with my wife. We took both the Insight Guide to Brazil and Rio, and this book. I never used the Insight Guide books, they were awful. They only had pretty pictures.
On the other hand, the Lonely Planet book ruled! The book gives detailed info on how to do things everywhere in Rio, and even has great sections on the pequena cidades in the interior. For example, we went to Teresopolis (north of rio) and the info on Teresopolis was very helpful.
I would especially recommend going hang-gliding or para-gliding on Sao Conrado in Rio. The Lonely Planet guide explains how to do it. I did it, and it was better than any dream I've ever had, though terrifying at takeoff!
The insight on places to eat, and places to stay, is the MOST helpful. If you're very wealthy, you don't care--you'll just stay at one of the best places and eat at the two or three most famous places. But if you're constrained by a budget, this book clearly indicates how to maximize your dollar.
If you're going to Brazil for an adventure, and not just to sit on Copacabana and go to the Sugerloaf, this book is a must.
Rating: 4
Summary: Missing some options here.
Comment: All right, out of the box, knowing nothing about Brazil, I'd toss five stars on it in a second. However, just got back from a honeymoon with wife, who is Brazilian, and we take exception to some things:
Fortaleza: Imperial Othon rooms are not 5-star, but the service and staff are. Make that known. Its location is ideal, but better rooms can be had at the Melia Confort (not a misspell).
Also, add Al Mare as an excellent dinner choice; right on the shoreline, superb food and service, and very cheap if you're used to paying $80 USD for this kind of meal.
Recife: hated it. Boa Viagem beach near Holiday Inn was so-so. The Holiday Inn had clueless staff, cheerfully unhelpful. Worst was Patio de São Pedro: don't go, don't even bother, unless your idea of fun happens to be a flea market in Newark. Some heads-up on dining: liked the Flaminggo (not a misspell) on Boa Viagem, but inexplicably had no soccer telecast for the sub-17 game against France; did not like Bargaço, which attempted to foist a classy veneer on sub-par dinner offerings, and the prices were disparate with the food as well.
Rio: fave city, but does any hotel staff know their city outside of Fortaleza? The Everest Rio is a decent 5-star hotel if you imagine it 10 years ago. At least they had 24-hr room service.
Prices do change, but the LP doesn't generally steer you wrong. A guide needs more updates, however, and the 5th edition was too long in coming for me to grant a fifth star. One final suggestion: my travel style is generally fearless but I like a good hotel and can pay for a good meal, so list some "non-backpacking" alternatives to places to stay and eat and see.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very useful if you're willing to be flexible
Comment: I referred to this book at least 3-5 times a day while in Brazil. We spent some time in the countryside and some in major cities. I would say that it was reasonably useful for both city and countryside with a range of lodging and restaurant options. We stayed in a great little hostel and were treated very well. The other advantage is that there were other backpackers there, so we took a tour with other travellers and met some really great people (both local and other tourists). Occasionally places go out of business (more so restaurants than lodging) so we arrived into the airport with no reservations, managed to take a bus into town (schedule and location were very accurately described in the guide) and found a room at a very comfortable hostel. Some of the bars listed were hard to find in Sao Paolo, we got lost in a bad neighborhood one night, but overall locations were fairly accurate. You can probably just travel with this book and a little knowledge of Spanish or Portugese (if you speak Spanish, people try to understand). The people are extremely friendly, and supplement the basics contained in the guide. Make friends with a local, they are extremely friendly and can probably show you thinkgs that are more "of-the-moment".
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Title: Say It in Portuguese (Brazilian) by Dover ISBN: 0486208095 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1955 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Brazil (Brazil, 5th Ed) by John Noble, Andrew Draffen, Robyn Jones, Chris McAsey, Leonardo Pinheiro ISBN: 1864501464 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Brazilian Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Language Survival Kit) by Mark Balla, Mark Bella ISBN: 0864421761 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Footprint Brazil Handbook by Ben Box, Mick Day, Jane Egginton ISBN: 1903471443 Publisher: Footprint Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Travelers' Tales Brazil (Travelers' Tales Guides) by Annette Haddad, Scott Doggett ISBN: 1885211112 Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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