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working with Dehouche Travel out of Rio de Janiero. I

spoke with a representative on the phone once but have

mostly been emailing back and forth. We finalized an

itinerary (which I LOVE) and now he is asking me to wire half the

money to a swiss bank account. When I asked if I

could use my credit card he said that they prefer not

to because of the charge that they receive. I am

beginning to feel uneasy about this and was wondering

if anyone has used or knows anything about Dehouche. http://www.dehouche.com

We are also in the same situation and I am a bit nervous about the swiss bank account. Did this end up working out for you?

We just got back from out honeymoon. It was fabulous!!! I was also very nervous about wiring cash outside the country. Everything was perfect and the amenities were even better then described.

Hi anyone can help me? I will be in Argentina and brazil for my honymoon in March 2007, I see that you already done this, does anyone help ion guiding me regarding places and hotels from what you did in your honeymoon? Or if you can give me your intinerary in order to give an idea please?

I would'nt try to organize something as important as a honeymoon yourself - Dehouche do it perfectly - the best of everything, champagne in unexpected locations, many great experiences etc. and probably less expensive than someone not based in Latin America could put together a way worse trip..

No offense, but you're talking about sending money to a Swiss bank account, and the 5 or 6 posts are all from people who seem to be new members here (?)

I am in exactly the same position as you now. Did you book through Dehouche? They have been recommended however I'm nervous about transferring money into a Swiss bank account

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working with Dehouche Travel out of Rio de Janiero. I

spoke with a representative on the phone once but have

mostly been emailing back and forth. We finalized an

itinerary (which I LOVE) and now he is asking me to wire half the

money to a swiss bank account. When I asked if I

could use my credit card he said that they prefer not

to because of the charge that they receive. I am

beginning to feel uneasy about this and was wondering

if anyone has used or knows anything about Dehouche. http://www.dehouche.com

We are also in the same situation and I am a bit nervous about the swiss bank account. Did this end up working out for you?

We just got back from out honeymoon. It was fabulous!!! I was also very nervous about wiring cash outside the country. Everything was perfect and the amenities were even better then described.

Hi anyone can help me? I will be in Argentina and brazil for my honymoon in March 2007, I see that you already done this, does anyone help ion guiding me regarding places and hotels from what you did in your honeymoon? Or if you can give me your intinerary in order to give an idea please?

I would'nt try to organize something as important as a honeymoon yourself - Dehouche do it perfectly - the best of everything, champagne in unexpected locations, many great experiences etc. and probably less expensive than someone not based in Latin America could put together a way worse trip..

No offense, but you're talking about sending money to a Swiss bank account, and the 5 or 6 posts are all from people who seem to be new members here (?)

I am in exactly the same position as you now. Did you book through Dehouche? They have been recommended however I'm nervous about transferring money into a Swiss bank account

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working with Dehouche Travel out of Rio de Janiero. I

spoke with a representative on the phone once but have

mostly been emailing back and forth. We finalized an

itinerary (which I LOVE) and now he is asking me to wire half the

money to a swiss bank account. When I asked if I

could use my credit card he said that they prefer not

to because of the charge that they receive. I am

beginning to feel uneasy about this and was wondering

if anyone has used or knows anything about Dehouche. http://www.dehouche.com

Tripadvisor staff has removed this post because it did not meet Tripadvisor's forum guidelines with regards to off-topic chat.

Well, I've found their mention in enough reputable mags and websites that I'm taking the plunge!

Either way, it'll be an incredible story to tell!

we're booking with Dehouche and about to pay by bank transfer to switzerland. does anyone recommend against?

i read only fab articles about them in mags including conde nast traveler etc and they have been extremely helpful at short notice and we love the itinerary which is exactly what we want for our 2nd time to brazil. pls let me know

so, for the record - we paid, and everything checks out. and they were also knowledgeable and always very nice to deal with

Has anyone heard if this company is legit or not? I see that one traveller was going to post once they returned, but so far no one has posted after they returned from vacation. Anyone have any information on Dehouce?

Oh yes! They are fantastic. We just talked with Paul at Dehouche recently and would like to book a second trip with them soon. They are just starting to launch their marketing campaign in the US.

You won't regret choosing them!

Yup they're legit. We took our honeymoon in Nov-Dec in 08 w/ Dehouche. Really was a great trip! Our stay in Rio could've been better, but we really didn't like the hotel. La Maison wasn't near as nice as we expected, but I told Paul at Dehouche and he really appreciated the feedback... I think they're wanting to run a pretty top notch operation.

They're trying to branch out to America and I told him that I was a little hesitant about the wiring money thing too btw...

all in all, I'd most likely toss a call their way again to see what new adventure they could drum up for us.

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Insider’s Guide

The insider advice on this page is from one of Wendy’s Trusted Travel Experts for Brazil and beyond: Paul Irvine of Dehouche.

Paul’s love affair with Brazil led him to ditch his career in London’s financial industry 15 years ago to open a boutique travel firm in Rio de Janeiro. Today, from his home base in Rio, he arranges private custom-tailored trips throughout South America but with particular pull in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, where he regularly digs up intel on fabulous new hotels, hidden beaches, and wilderness adventures, and checks in with his hand-picked guides, drivers (both cars and speedboats), and private-jet pilots. His connections across the continent open doors for his travelers—imagine bottling your own blend with a winemaker in Mendoza, or taking a privately owned 50s-era Chevrolet for a road trip in Uruguay—and his relationships at the hottest hotels often translate to upgrades and gifts for his clients. His vibrant itineraries incorporate as much nature, sea, and culture as possible, and although he likes to leave flexibility in each trip to allow for those spontaneous moments that are often the most memorable, his staff is also on hand 24 hours a day to attend to any client’s need.

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What to See and Do

Don’t miss Parque Lage . Many people have heard of Rio’s Botanical Gardens, which regularly come in third on must-see lists, after the Christ statue and Sugar Loaf. Few, however, venture a little farther down the same road to the spectacular Parque Lage. Nestled in the shadow of Corcovado, the park consists of a slightly ramshackle but charming tropical garden, originally laid out by the English landscaper John Tyndale and including touches of British romanticism, such as a Baroque folly and grotto that somehow don’t seem out of place in the midst of Rio’s exuberant rain forest. The crowning glory is an Italianate villa, which today is home to a visual-arts school and an excellent café—one of the most delightful places in the city for breakfast or afternoon tea.

Don’t bother Copacabana has an iconic status to foreigners—and it’s probably the most beautiful of Rio’s many beaches, with its perfect horseshoe shape. But those who think it’s still the hottest address in town are behind the times: Ipanema and Leblon are more fashionable these days and thus attract the best restaurants, bars, shops, and cafés. Copacabana has improved a lot in recent years and the Arpoador end (where the Hotel Rio Emiliano is located—see “Hotel worth the splurge”) is actually a great place to base yourself with views of Sugar Loaf while still being just a short walk to Ipanema. The far end by Avenida Princesa Isabel, though, still remains a little seedy, especially late at night. If you do want to see what all the fuss is about, go for the legendary Sunday brunch by the pool at the Copacabana Palace hotel (think oysters, caviar, and bottomless Champagne).

Hidden gem Instituto Moreira Salles , an art museum with a focus on photography, often with truly exceptional exhibitions on display. The museum is housed in a small mansion in the residential area of Gavea, with tropical gardens designed by the world-famous garden designer Roberto Burle Marx. Don’t miss the café for some of Rio’s finest cakes and coffee.

Ipanema Beach.

Cheap thrill One of Rio’s quintessential experiences is completely free: the beach ! Any Carioca will wax lyrical about the democratic merits of the hundreds of kilometers of sand that hem the coastline—once those skimpy bathing costumes are on, everyone is equal, from telenovela star to favela resident. The Rio beach is about so much more than getting a tan and cooling off in the ocean. This is the place to socialize, to eat and drink, to play ball games, and of course to take part in the most popular Carioca pastime of all: flirting. Different tribes have their different patches, be it the trendy surfers of Posto 9 or the families of Posto 11 (postos are the numbered lifeguard stations that demarcate the beach), so pick your spot, pull up a deck chair, and enjoy the show.

Big thrill Rio is one of the most spectacular cities in the world to see from above, but there’s no need to fork out the big bucks for a helicopter ride; try your hand at a spot of hang gliding to enjoy the same bird’s-eye view while you gently ride the thermals 1,500 feet above the city’s Tijuca rain forest.

Bragging rights For those after the full Carnaval experience without necessarily visiting during Carnaval, Paul can arrange for a private show by one of Rio’s top samba schools at any time of year; this can even take place in the villa that used to belong to samba legend Elis Regina (and which is off-limits to the public), adding an invaluable historical background to the evening.

Famous Brazilian contemporary artist Marcos Chaves will serve as your host for a day of private viewings at galleries and studios , where you’ll meet some of the artists, curators, and gallery owners that are part of Rio’s flourishing art scene. If you’re already a collector, this is a chance to get ahead of the curve and spot the next big thing.

Paul has an exclusive arrangement with the bar halfway up Sugar Loaf: They rope off a section of the mountain, overlooking Copacabana, and their top barman will lead you through a private master-class in the art of making the perfect caipirinha , Brazil’s national cocktail.

Downtime With acres of tropical forests—complete with hidden waterfalls—right in the city, as well as numerous mountaintops and public parks, Rio is not short on spectacular picnic spots . Head over to Niteroi, the city that sits across the Guanabara Bay from Rio. It’s worth a trip anyway to visit the famous Oscar Niemeyer–designed Contemporary Art Museum. After seeing the exhibitions, take a cab up the hill to the Parque da Cidade and picnic by the hang-gliding ramp, which has one of the most spectacular—and least known—views of Rio. You can see every major peak of the city (Sugar Loaf, Corcovado, Pedra da Gavea), all lined up on the far side of the bay.

How to spend a Sunday Grab one of the orange Itaú bikes and cycle to La Bicyclette in Jardim Botanico for a breakfast of cappuccinos and the best croissants outside France. Then take a stroll through these stunning gardens. Founded in 1808, they are a fabulous blend of formal landscaping and jungle chaos—you’ll regularly see monkeys and toucans here. Next, head to the Copacabana Palace for Sunday brunch. The buffet is packed full of delicious seafood, the (admittedly hefty) price includes free-flowing Champagne, and the grand setting by the pool will instantly whisk you back to its glamorous heyday in the 1930s. After brunch, hit the beach; on Sundays, one lane of the beach road is shut down, giving space for all manner of Carioca peacocking, from fitness fanatics to chi-chi dog walkers. Leave the bike to join the melee and work off some of your indulgences with a gentle stroll toward the Arpoador fort. Finally, finish the perfect Sunday at the Jockey Club. Walk through the palatial colonial entrance and take the elevator to your reserved table on the upstairs terrace opposite the winning post, where you will have uninterrupted views across the track. Amble down to the leafy paddock, enjoy the view of Christ the Redeemer, and then return to your table to place a bet and watch the drama unfold. On the off chance you start feeling a little peckish again, luck has it that there is a new branch of renowned São Paulo steakhouse Rubaiyat within the racetrack grounds.

Where to Stay and Eat

The Rio Emiliano is the first new beachfront five-star hotel in Rio’s Zona Sul in almost a decade. Photo: Rio Emiliano

Hotel worth the splurge When the Rio Emiliano opened in 2017, it came as a breath of fresh air to the city’s luxury hotel scene—the first new beachfront five-star hotel in Zona Sul in almost a decade. The hotel’s most striking feature is its unique façade, designed by Arthur Casas, with sliding white blinds that provide the balconies with customizable shade and privacy. This feature, together with the fact that no buildings overlook the rooftop swimming pool, make the hotel a top choice in the city. The design is clean and simple (more minimalist than the Fasano, for example) but the use of vertical tropical gardens, Brazilian designer furniture, and wooden flooring ensures there is still a strong sense of place. The overall effect is a happy medium between sleek city hotel and laid-back beach resort. Rio is not always known for its sleek service, but the Emiliano bucks the trend on this front too, with incredibly switched on (and implausibly good looking) butlers personally assigned to each room. All of Paul’s travelers receive special treatment and amenities, including a free 15-minute massage and complimentary Havaianas sandals.

Restaurants the locals love Rio has its fair share of famous steak and barbecue houses, but one in particular is almost entirely overlooked by most visitors to the city—the humble Churrascaria Majorica in the Flamengo neighborhood. The atmosphere is 100 percent local eatery rather than fancy restaurant, and its Picanha Especial may just be the best steak to be had in Rio.

Venture even farther from the hallowed beaches of the Zona Sul to the Sao Cristovao neighborhood and Aconchego Carioca , set in a tumbledown colonial townhouse. The owners were among the original pioneers of the gastronomic revolution that put traditional Brazilian cuisine back on the menu of the country’s top restaurants. This place mainly focuses on northeastern cuisine; the c amarão na moranga (a creamy shrimp stew served in a pumpkin) is the best you’ll taste this side of Pernambuco. Be sure not to skip past the petisco (bar snacks) section of the menu: Start your meal with a portion of bolinho de feijoada:  Brazil’s national dish ( feijoada, traditionally a stew of various meats and black beans served with rice) presented in a perfectly executed bite-size fried version; best washed down with a traditional caipirinha or one of the many Brazilian craft beers also on offer.

Restaurante Aprazível. Photo courtesy Restaurante Aprazível.

Dish to try Brazil’s cuisine is very regional. Minas Gerais, for example, is famous for its hearty stews and slow roasts, and Rio Grande do Sul for its barbecue houses or churrascarias . In its assumed role as the country’s cultural capital, Rio has great examples of all these, but perhaps the most unusual cuisine for a first-time visitor is that of Bahia, where West African influences contribute liberal use of coconut milk, dendê  (palm) oil, and hot chilies. The quintessential Bahian dish is moqueca, a fish stew with a rich coconut sauce, eaten with crunchy farofa (manioc flour), fluffy white rice, pirao (fish paste), and copious amounts of hot sauce. Restaurante Aprazível , in Santa Teresa, serves a particularly good version. Perhaps it’s the spectacular hilltop setting or the unusual Amazon village-meets-colonial mansion decor, but somehow this one hits the spot every time.

Meal worth the splurge Long gone are the days when Rio lingered in the shadow of São Paulo when it came to gastronomy. The Cidade Maravilhosa now has several fine-dining establishments that can more than hold their own on international terms, among them Oteque in Botafogo. Having trained in London and run an acclaimed restaurant in his native São Paulo, chef Alberto Landgraf finally chose Rio de Janeiro for his passion project, overseeing every detail from the laidback minimalist décor to the Carioca-chic playlist. But, of course, it is the cuisine where Alberto’s talent really shines, with a changing eight-course tasting menu highlighting the best of Brazilian produce. Refreshingly for Rio, the abundant fresh local seafood also plays a starring role. In 2020 the restaurant earned its second Michelin star, one of only four restaurants in Brazil to hold this accolade. Paul has worked with Alberto for several years and can arrange for him to take travelers on a private tour around some of his favorite foodie destinations, including local markets and hole-in-the-wall eateries, before sitting down at Oteque’s chef’s table for an evening to remember.

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Best Times to Go

January and February (except Carnaval): It’s summer, there are a lot of events and parties going on, and Cariocas (Rio residents) are at their most relaxed. Temperatures regularly hit 105 degrees, though, so if you suffer in the heat, the next-best time of year is May through August . Though this is technically the winter, the thermometer rarely drops below 75, and it’s also the driest period. There are often off-season festivals and events (literary, gastronomic, jazz) that attract mainly Brazilian crowds. It’s also a great time of year to combine your Rio holiday with a trip to the Pantanal or the Amazon.

Worst Time to Go

Unless you are specifically after a crazy-party experience of world-class proportions, then for goodness’ sake, don’t come for Carnaval . Hotels have minimum stays, and prices are three times the normal high-season rates. On top of this, traffic is terrible—streets are blocked off for blocos, or street parties—and the samba plays all night long.

Biggest Rookie Mistake

People tend to allot too little time to Rio ; to be able to glimpse the real Rio, you need to spend a couple of days on the beach and a day or two exploring the city’s sites. This isn’t a city that you can capture the flavor of in a single overnight on the way to Bahia or the Amazon or Iguaçu Falls (never mind that those places are all a good distance away, given Brazil’s size).

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Rio is so often photographed that it’s going to take a little more than the standard Christ the Redeemer shot to push your Instagram likes into triple figures, so if you are looking for something just as spectacular but more original, head to the Vista Chinesa at the golden hour (preferably sunset, although the silhouettes at dawn can also be spectacular). This Chinese pavilion, tucked high in the Tijuca Forest, has a vantage point over the whole of the Zona Sul, including Corcovado, Sugar Loaf, and the lagoon.

The Souvenirs

A bottle of cachaça and a wooden cocktail muddler for making caipirinhas.  The best  caipirinhas  are made with simple (i.e. cheap) cachaça that you can pick up in any supermarket, but bringing back a bottle of artisanal cachaça from a small distillery might impress your friends more. Academia de Cachaça in Leblon has a great selection.

For kids (and adults!), the ubiquitous  Havaianas flip-flops are a fail-safe gift—of course, they are available back home, too, but in Brazil you can find them in a dazzling array of designs for a third of the price. You’ll see them for sale all over town.

Word of Warning

Don’t book a taxi from the service desks inside the arrivals area at the airport ; the drivers usually try to charge two or three times the actual cost of a run from the airport to downtown. Instead, take a yellow taxi from the taxi queue outside the terminal.

Must-have Apps

Although more and more people speak a bit of English, a little Portuguese goes a long way, so a language app such as Cool Gorilla or Odyssey Translator is useful.

Rio has a network of free bikes; to use them you need to download the Bike Rio app.

Tipping Tip

In restaurants, it’s common to tip 10 to 15 percent depending on how happy you are with the service. Keep in mind, though, that most restaurants add a service charge, in which case you do not need to tip extra. Brazilians do not tip taxi drivers, but you can round up to the nearest real.  

Airport Intel

If it’s busy and your flight time is fast approaching, skip directly to the front of the line —it’s expected! (Likewise, don’t make a scene if someone does this to you.)

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A sweater or shawl . Yes, it’s always warm in Rio, but the restaurants are freezing.

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Positioned enviably close to the equator, with some of Brazil’s most beautiful beaches and a fascinating history there are many reasons to visit Salvador da Bahia, say luxury Brazilian travel experts Dehouche who tailor vacations and honeymoons in Brazil. Though Salvador receives the second highest number of foreign visitors after Rio, it doesn’t have anything like the high profile Rio has abroad. If Rio is Brazil for you, Salvador represents an altogether different reality say Dehouche . Some facts you may find surprising

1) Salvador was one of the first cities to be established in Brazil and was the country’s capital until it was succeeded by Rio de Janeiro in 1763. Today it is the third most populous city in Brazil after São Paulo and Rio.

2) Situated on a near triangular peninsula that protects the bay of all saints from the Atlantic Ocean, Salvador can be separated into the ‘cidade baixa’ (lower town) of the port and the ‘cidade alta’ (upper town) Salvador’s historical centre, which includes the today UNESCO protected Pelourinho. The two areas have been connected by the Elevador Lacerda since 1873, an art deco construction, which has become a symbol of the city. Not only does the elevator make navigating the city much simpler, it also affords stunning views of the marina.

3) Rio’s carnival may be the most famous internationally, but Salvador’s carnival is gaining increased exposure and Rio residents Dehouche must concede that today it is actually bigger than Rio’s. Baianos certainly know how to throw a party and whenever you choose to visit, Salvador’s streets seem to be enjoying some kind of colourful celebration; from the Festa do Bonfim to the Festa de Yemanjá, the massive convergence of cultures and traditions here means there’s always an excuse for costume and revelry.

4) Salvador is credited as being the birthplace of modern forms of Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian dance come martial art which was originally banned amongst African slaves. Capoeira withstood the prohibition and in the former half of this century masters like Bimba and Pastinha founded Capoeira schools in Salvador which helped to standardise and popularise Capoeira not only throughout Brazil, but all over the world. If you’re curious to learn more, Dehouche can arrange a visit to one of these schools, where regular performances are still held.

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A guide to São Paulo, the Brazilian city defined by its creative subcultures

In Brazil’s largest city — an ever-evolving metropolis of intertwined cultures — diasporas from across the globe use music, art and dance to make their mark.

I’m still two blocks away when I hear the samba beat, subverted by a deep, assertive bass. At the far end of a pedestrian lane paved in white tiles, a Beaux Arts villa called Casa de Francisca glows red and purple from within. Its tall second-storey windows are flung open to reveal hundreds of party-goers. Behind the villa, there’s São Paulo’s historic centre, the silhouetted at night.

Once home to a musical instrument shop, then a radio broadcaster, before becoming an empty shell, the building now has more people inside than it’s ever hosted before. When I enter, it feels as though they’re testing the structural integrity of its Corinthian pillars. A fusion of black, white, mixed, Indigenous, macho and gender-fluid people, the crowd bounce and shout out lyrics, white shirts billowing, trilbies toppling. Their eyes are on the DJ booth where Angola-born writer-musician Kalaf Epalanga is spinning kizomba — a sweeping genre embracing Afrobeats, Portuguese pop, fervent hip-hop and plaintive soul. When Kalaf eases into a slower tempo, couples pair off in sweaty synchronicity, or make out under the tiered chandelier. Two tall mirrors on the stage reflect the scene back to me.

Emerging from Angolan clubs in southwestern Africa during the war-torn 1980s, kizomba culture has rippled through the Afro-Portuguese diaspora like waves across the Atlantic. It’s difficult to define because it’s considered an attitude — a matrix of Latin rhythms, new wave synthesisers and early techno, but also fashion bravado and survival spirit that’s found a footing in São Paulo. The Afro-pop Cape Verdean crooner Djodje is kizomba; so, too, is the Rio-based Afrobeats DJ Joss Dee. The literal meaning of kizomba in the Kimbundu language, one of several spoken in Angola, is ‘party’.

In this city of around 12 million — the world’s largest Portuguese-speaking centre and Brazil’s most populated city by a country mile — Kalaf has a huge fanbase. And this celebration of kizomba, held in partnership with Kalaf’s fellow artist, friend and countryman Nástio Mosquito, is their way of testing the waters for a permanent Kizomba Design Museum in the city, with Casa de Francisca one possible home for it. The pair are clearly on to something.

After his set, we sit down together and Kalaf puts it to me like this: “The African diaspora in the Western world take whatever jobs are available from the bottom of the pyramid,” he drawls. “They’re immigrants, invisible all week long. No one knows their story. But come Friday they’ll get their best outfits from the dry cleaner, call the barber, take pride in their presentation. That’s why we call it kizomba design.” Nástio, his afro wilder than Kalaf’s and prematurely grey, says it’s quite the opposite to fado, a Portuguese music genre of melancholic songs and rhythms that originated in the 19th century. “Fado was all longing and pain. Kizomba celebrates. It shows there’s a different way to live under stress. It says: ‘We have today, so let’s dance, let’s drink, let’s f**k.’”

The following morning I see them both about 20 minutes away at Megafauna, a sunlit bookshop where they’re hosting a standing-room-only kizomba symposium. The books stacked to the ceiling represent a diverse range of authors that reflect São Paulo’s true mosaic. From the 16th century until 1888 — horrifyingly late for abolition — Brazil took in more enslaved people from Africa than any New World country. And, since the postwar industrial boom, many of their descendants have ended up in São Paulo. More than half of all Brazilians are Black or mixed race. Yet, they still largely live on the margins. “A lot of Brazilians are disconnected to their roots,” Nástio tells me, “but they’re gaining agency.”  

Megafauna sits on the ground floor of the rambling Edificio Copan, a 38-storey S-shaped tower built in striking ribbed concrete by the late, great Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in the 1960s. There’s an art gallery upstairs, a cafe next door chiselled out of a raw concrete shell, a vintage boutique and 1,160 apartments in the floors above. The artists have chosen this landmark to lure their audience from the four corners of town. “It’s important that our culture can access places like this,” says Nástio.  

This quarter of the historic centre has suffered its share of neglect. Though São Paulo’s crime rate is lower than that of more touristy Rio de Janeiro, Kalaf admits “this is not a city to play with”. He tells me to be vigilant, and to hide my phone in the streets from thieves on bikes. Still, he loves the kizomba vibe around Edificio Copan. “São Paulo doesn’t have the beautiful nature of Rio. It’s rough around the edges, so people only have each other and the culture to embrace.” Kalaf isn’t just referring to Africans like himself but the whole spectrum of people taking over the pavement outside Edificio Copan. “The immigrant influence defines the fabric of the city. It quickly gives you a glimpse of what Brazil represents,” he says. “I have the same feeling in New York — this big Babylon with people from all over the world.”

Topical & tropical

I see what he means over lunch at Z Deli, a leather-booth diner in a mid-century building near Edificio Copan. Z is run by one of the 20,000 Jewish families who sought asylum in São Paulo over the 20th century. A 10-minute walk away is the Jewish Museum, a former Byzantine-style synagogue opened in 2021 to exhibit Brazilian-Jewish artefacts. Similiarly, Z’s menu showcases a distinct hybrid flavour that straddles continents. I order what I think is a pastrami sandwich. What I get is shredded meat and spring onions on a bed of fries with a dollop of mayo, a jar of hot sauce and a local Guaraná-brand ginger soda. Brazilian and Jewish cultures would seem to have little in common besides fate.

And yet, simmering in São Paulo, they come together with fascinating synergy. Just east of downtown, past an awkwardly placed motorway, is Liberdade, spiritual home to hundreds of thousands of Japanese Paulistanos — the largest community off Japanese soil. I head there with Fernando Filet, a tall, tanned tour guide who leads me beneath red lampposts shaped like paper lanterns. Liberdade’s tight knot of streets can’t contain the crush of pedestrians buying Hello Kitty-themed pasteles (dumplings) and Amazonian-fish yakitori, so vendors spill out onto a viaduct.  

Looking down at the traffic below, Fernando shares a description from the late Anthony Bourdain, who visited while filming his shows No Reservations and The Layover. “He said, ‘São Paulo feels like LA threw up on New York’.” Fernando quotes this to all his clients because Bourdain — who loved the city — had a point. You don’t tend to hear bossa nova paeans about the criss-crossing highways and graffiti-scrawled streets sprawling out from Liberdade. They’re functional but fun, smelling of Italian trattorias and Lebanese falafel huts. Then, as we approach broad, busy Avenida Paulista, they smarten up. Flanked by audaciously designed brutalist towers, Avenida Paulista has a retro character and unconventional beauty that appeals to me. Fernando points out a cool 1970s building by starchitect Paulo Mendes de la Rocha, which flares out over the pavement like a bellbottom.  

But I prefer the street’s São Paulo Museum of Art, or MASP, a giant glass box hoisted in the air by stout concrete legs painted a shouty shade of red. When its architect Lina Bo Bardi immigrated to Brazil from Italy in the late 1940s, she imported Italian modernism and the notion of public gathering spaces. “She was a woman of the people,” says Fernando. On the piazza, framed by MASP’s red legs, the community spirit is palpable, filled with skateboarders toting boom boxes and families on promenade. Fernando urges me up to the vast glass gallery overhead, where paintings by globally renowned artists such as Modigliani and Picasso sit alongside emerging Brazilian ones, their works encased in glass and planted in concrete foundations. From here we can peer out of the glass walls and watch the late-afternoon sun meet the skyline.  

I could spend a week basking in grand-gesture museums like MASP, but I’ve promised my new kizomba mates I’d check out the scene in Barra Funda, north of downtown. On a sunny morning I meander among its charming painted stucco terraces. There’s an antique shop under a deep awning and a bakery festooned with azulejo tiles selling Portuguese custard tarts. An electric-green maritaca parrot wolf-whistles from the shoulder of an old man as I duck into HOA Galeria.  

Brazil’s first Black-owned art gallery, HOA is hell-bent on shifting the narrative of Latin American art from the colonial to the personal, experiential and revolutionary. Inside, it’s somehow brighter than outside, all blazing brushstrokes and thrumming video. The same goes for Mendes Wood around the corner — a gallery where endless vaulted rooms grab you and keep you rapt with installations exploring Blackness and otherness, by brilliant artists finally getting a platform. In fact, there’s a gallery every 500 metres — and judging by the cocktail of languages I overhear, visitors have come from everywhere to appreciate them.  

Covid had an unexpected positive impact on this neighbourhood, once known for Korean immigrants and industry. Home life pivoted to the pavements and when the city opened up again, restaurants, bars and galleries moved into the area’s once-empty warehouses. People took notice. Just off Rua Barra Funda, I watch the young, beautiful and tattooed file into Mescla, a cafe with communal tables and a Bolivian chef experimenting with Cuban, Andean and Mediterranean cooking. In an area spoiled for wine bars, everyone lines their stomachs here.  

That evening it’s back to Casa de Francisca to watch rapper Dino D’Santiago, a Portuguese artist of Cape Verdean descent, fire up the crowd into absolute, arm-swinging rapture. I can’t help but get up out of my vintage cinema seat. “We’re rocking the place,” Nástio says, when I can hear again. The crowd snaps into perfect sync for the Electric Slide line dance. They know every move, every word. Kalaf says that’s not surprising. “All these people have the same cultural touchstones, and they don’t experience their stars playing in town.”

I ask him about those two big mirrors flanking the stage. He tells me that self reflection is part of the design emblematic of kizomba. “This culture is fragile,” he says. “Our traditions are ephemeral, oral. Our story is nowhere, but when we look at ourselves and we look at each other, we can see it.”  

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It's about to get more difficult for Americans to visit Brazil - here are crazy the new requirements

• Brazil is postponing the requirement of a visa for citizens Australia, Canada and the United States until April 10, 2025
• The permit was scheduled to go into effect Wednesday, hours before the government announced it would be delaying it
• People interested in obtaining a visa will have to show proof that they have at least $2,000 in their bank account 

Brazil  is postponing its visa requirement for United States citizens - ones that require people to show bank accounts in addition to requests for visa. 

 The government previously announced that travelers from the United States as well as Australia and Canada  were going to be required not only to obtain visa but show they have at least $2,000 in the bank. However,  hours before it was supposed to go into effect Wednesday,the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva decided to delay it. 

This time the delay will stretch until 2025. The Lula administration had previously postponed it to January 10.

Now, beginning April 10, 2025, citizens from those three countries will have to present the visa, which will cost $80.90 and is available only online.

The visa will be valid for ten years and travelers will be limited to staying 90 days per year.

The mandatory requirements ask of all prospective visitors to submit a letter of intent detailing why they are traveling to Brazil, how long their trip will last, their lodging location and phone number.

Visitors will also have to show proof of travel tickets, residence and income, including their last three bank account statements or six most recent pay stubs.

In addition, the Brazilian government requires that each visitor has a minimum of $2,000 in their account.

Anyone not meeting the requirement will need a sponsor to complete a notarized affidavit of support and provide their last three bank statements.

The tourism industry largely opposes the visa requirement, claiming that imposing the travel document would significantly dissuade citizens from the Australia, Canada and the United States from visiting, according to Brazilian outlet G1.

The visa requirement was removed in 2019 by the administration of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

But under Lula, the government proceeded to reinstate the travel document as a form of retribution because the United States, Canada and Australia required Brazilian citizens to present the travel permit at their ports of entry.

Congressional members objected to Lula’s travel decree and threatened to hold a vote before the lower house and the Secretariat of Institutional Relations reached an agreement to put off the visa.

According the Brazilian Tourist Board, at least 4.78 international travelers visited the South American country across the first 10 months of 2023. 

At least 483,000 citizens from the United States vacationed in Brazil between January and September of last year.

Brazil Delays Visa Requirement for American Tourists Until 2025

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April 10th, 2024 at 9:20 AM EDT

Brazil keeps pushing back its visa requirement for tourists from Australia, U.S. and Canada. Given the value of these markets to Brazil, maybe it should scrap the requirement altogether.

Dawit Habtemariam

Brazil postponed reinstating its visa requirements for tourists from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. until 2025, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signing a decree that included that action on Tuesday.

“The decree… postpones the start of [visa] collection to April 10, 2025,” said the tourism board, Embratur .

In 2019, Brazil changed its rules, allowing citizens from the U.S., Canada, and Australia to travel to Brazil without visas — after years of requiring them.

The Brazilian government planned to reinstate the visa requirement last October. But it postponed the change until January and then until this month. It has now postponed the change until April 2025.

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Embratur has been implementing an international dissemination strategy to inform the press, airlines, operator associations, and tourism agencies of the postponement. 

The U.S. is Brazil’s second-largest international tourist market. Nearly 670,000 Americans visited Brazil in 2023, according to Embratur.  In the first two months of 2024, North American arrivals in Brazil were 11% higher than in the same period of the previous year.

New Visa Rules in 2025

Starting April 10, 2025, Americans, Canadians, and Australians will have to apply for the visa. Its cost stands at $80.90. The visa’s validity length is as follows:

• Americans: 10-year period. 
• Canadians: 5-year period.
• Australians: 5-year period.

Tour operators have warned that the new rules would make Brazil less competitive.

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US travelers hoping to visit the beautiful beaches of Brazil will have to acquire a visa first beginning in 2025 — meaning they’ll have to share their bank statements with the South American country.

Beginning April 10, 2025, Brazil-bound travelers from the US, Canada and Australia need to be approved for a visa before their trip, CNN reported .

The application includes providing proof of income by either showing their last three checking or savings account statements or their previous six pay stubs, according to the Brazilian government’s website . Those who do not meet the threshold of $2,000 or more will need a sponsor.

Fortunately, the application process for an e-visa can be done online rather than at a consulate in person.

The visa fee is $80.90 with a 10-year validity and stays are limited to 90 days per year, the US Consulate in Brazil announced .

Additionally, Americans must provide a letter of intent outlining the duration and purpose of their trip and include information about where they will be staying.

They additionally must prove their US citizenship and show return tickets.

Brazil is reinstating the visa requirement for US tourists, who until 2019 had needed visas, according to CNN.

E-visas were introduced for just one year before the entire system was completely abolished.

Processing times for the Brazil visa system will be an average of five working days but officials “strongly recommend” applying two months before a trip.

The Brazilian Embassy and US State Department did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

For Brazilians planning to travel to the US, the process is much more complex, and visa systems between countries typically are established based on reciprocity, CNN reported.

Nearly all Brazilians must schedule an in-person visa appointment at their nearest embassy and prove they have the financial means to afford their planned trip. The visa costs $185.

Between January and September 2023, some 483,000 Americans visited Brazil — second only to its neighbor Argentina, according to TravelPulse.

Last year, the European Union decided to delay its controversial pre-travel program for American travelers, set to begin last May, until 2025 after several roadblocks.

The European Travel Information and Authorisation System , of ETIAS, will apply to visitors without visas from 60 countries, including the US, UK and Canada.

The program is needed to enter 30 European countries , including Spain, Germany, France and Greece.

Applicants must provide passport information, and personal info such as their place of birth and their parents’ first names, education level, current occupation, anticipated trip details and any criminal convictions.

It also entails an $8 fee.

ETIAS visas are valid for three years or until your passport expires. Visitors can enter European countries as often as they want for short-term stays — typically for up to 90 days in an 180-day period.

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working with Dehouche Travel out of Rio de Janiero. I

spoke with a representative on the phone once but have

mostly been emailing back and forth. We finalized an

itinerary (which I LOVE) and now he is asking me to wire half the

money to a swiss bank account. When I asked if I

could use my credit card he said that they prefer not

to because of the charge that they receive. I am

beginning to feel uneasy about this and was wondering

if anyone has used or knows anything about Dehouche. http://www.dehouche.com

Same question.... we're thinking of using Dehouche but a bit concerned about the Swiss bank thing, that they're not registered with a Tourist Association ... etc Has anyone used them?

Same here, I'm trying to find out if this company is legit??? All the email correspondences I have had included quotes from Magazines out this month. I can't find these magazines that I would like to see for myself.

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We used Dehouche for a holiday last November and they were great. I was nervous but they were highly recommended by a friend who used them to do a shoot for Marie Claire and there were no problems with transferring money etc.

Thanks for the input. I've been concerned that Dehouche seemed too good to be true. I think we are going to book our honeymoon through them.

Regards and happy travels.

Any news from you "iffy" travellers/ money wirers? Did everything go smoothly or did your uneasiness cause you to back out??

We are traveling the first week of August and everything seems to be a go. I have no worries, in fact have now expect a great trip, using Dehouce.

Our package is wonderful and personalized; we are so excited for our honeymoon in Brazil ! This is a luxury travel agency not much used in the US (or so it seems), so I think that is why doing business through Swiss banks seems so shady. I'll post more once we've returned.

Hope this helps.

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Thanks for the quick response!

I'm trying to plan a honeymoon as well and stumbled across them. Glad to hear everything is going smoothly... I'm a big skeptic, but they're talked about in some not-so-minor travel mags, and I just wanted to check.

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working with Dehouche Travel out of Rio de Janiero. I

spoke with a representative on the phone once but have

mostly been emailing back and forth. We finalized an

itinerary (which I LOVE) and now he is asking me to wire half the

money to a swiss bank account. When I asked if I

could use my credit card he said that they prefer not

to because of the charge that they receive. I am

beginning to feel uneasy about this and was wondering

if anyone has used or knows anything about Dehouche. http://www.dehouche.com

Same question.... we're thinking of using Dehouche but a bit concerned about the Swiss bank thing, that they're not registered with a Tourist Association ... etc Has anyone used them?

Same here, I'm trying to find out if this company is legit??? All the email correspondences I have had included quotes from Magazines out this month. I can't find these magazines that I would like to see for myself.

This post was determined to be inappropriate by the Tripadvisor community and has been removed.

We used Dehouche for a holiday last November and they were great. I was nervous but they were highly recommended by a friend who used them to do a shoot for Marie Claire and there were no problems with transferring money etc.

Thanks for the input. I've been concerned that Dehouche seemed too good to be true. I think we are going to book our honeymoon through them.

Regards and happy travels.

Any news from you "iffy" travellers/ money wirers? Did everything go smoothly or did your uneasiness cause you to back out??

We are traveling the first week of August and everything seems to be a go. I have no worries, in fact have now expect a great trip, using Dehouce.

Our package is wonderful and personalized; we are so excited for our honeymoon in Brazil ! This is a luxury travel agency not much used in the US (or so it seems), so I think that is why doing business through Swiss banks seems so shady. I'll post more once we've returned.

Hope this helps.

Tripadvisor staff has removed this post because it did not meet Tripadvisor's forum guidelines with regards to off-topic chat.

Thanks for the quick response!

I'm trying to plan a honeymoon as well and stumbled across them. Glad to hear everything is going smoothly... I'm a big skeptic, but they're talked about in some not-so-minor travel mags, and I just wanted to check.

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The Eagles will have a marquee matchup when they open the 2024 season with the first-ever NFL game in Brazil.

That's because the NFL announced Wednesday that the Eagles will face the Green Bay Packers on Friday night, Sept. 6, at Sao Paulo's Corinthians Arena.

The Eagles were announced as the home team back in February. Sao Paulo is Brazil's largest city in population with about 12 million residents.

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A storied rivalry

The Packers, of course, are one of the NFL's most storied franchises. They finished 9-8 last season and made the playoffs as a wildcard team. They upset the No. 2 seeded Dallas Cowboys 48-32 in the first round of the playoffs before losing 24-21 to the San Francisco 49ers the following week.

Green Bay is led by quarterback Jordan Love, a first-round pick in 2020 who sat for three seasons behind Aaron Rodgers. But Rodgers was traded to the Jets last season, giving Love the chance to start.

The Eagles, meanwhile, are coming off an 11-6 season in which they lost five of their last six games, followed by a first-round loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They revamped a good part of their roster, signing running back Saquon Barkley and adding free agent edge rusher Bryce Huff, linebacker Devin White and safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson among other moves.

The two teams have met 46 times with the Packers holding a 28-18 edge. They last met on Nov. 27, 2022, at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles won that game 40-33.

Why the Eagles-Packers are playing in Brazil

The Eagles last played overseas in 2018, when they beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 24-18 in London. Last season, the NFL issued a directive that it wants its teams hosting an overseas once every eight years.

That's because the NFL is planning to have as many as eight overseas games beginning in 2025. The NFL can do this after going to a 17-game schedule in 2021. That enabled AFC and NFC teams to alternate between having an extra home game each season.

Eagles chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie said at the NFL owners' meetings two weeks ago that the team was willing to give up one of its nine home games this season in order to play the first-ever game in Brazil.

"As part of the international priority, every team is going to host a neutral game," Lurie said. "We stepped up and thought, ‘Let’s do it in South America and Brazil, a really dynamic country ... We are big supporters in trying to make the NFL a more popular game around the world."

The Eagles will still have eight games at Lincoln Financial Field this season. The Eagles know all of their opponents , but the dates and times will be announced sometime in early May.

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Travel, ticket information

At last check, round-trip airline fares from Philadelphia to Sao Paulo will cost at least $1,000. The trip takes about 8½ hours of flight time. Sao Paulo is two hours ahead of Philadelphia.

Fans can check for ticket and travel packages through On Location, the official hospitality partner of the NFL, at onlocationexp.com/nfl/nfl-brazil-tickets. The packages aren't available yet, but they can include game tickets, deluxe hotel accommodation, game day transportation. Those fans placing a deposit can get access to the packages before they go on sale to the general public.

Contact Martin Frank at [email protected]. Follow on X @Mfranknfl.