Brazil is blessed with powdery white-sand beaches, verdant rainforests and rhythm-filled metropolises. Its attractions extend from frozen-in-time colonial towns to otherworldly landscapes of redrock canyons, thundering waterfalls and coral-fringed islands. World's best-selling guide to Brazil; Expanded coverage of the World Cup 2014's 12 host cities: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvador, Manaus and more. Features: Riverboat travel, the southern Wine Ctry, and Carnaval.