Forest of the Tijuca National Park of Rio de Janeiro
More than 150 years ago, began one of the first large-scale reforestations in the world. Over thirteen years, more than 220 thousand typical seedlings of the Atlantic Forest were planted in what is now the forest of the Tijuca National Park of Rio de Janeiro, in fact one of the largest, most beautiful and most visited urban forests in the world. In its enclave of 3,953 hectares in the middle of the city, the Tijuca forest is home to the famous Corcovado dominated by the statue of Christ the Redeemer. In
The Pedra Branca State Park is an environmental protection unit in the western part of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It is recognized as one of the largest urban forests in the world and the largest in Brazil. With an area of ??12,500 hectares, it covers all areas over 100 m high in the Massif da Pedra Branca and occupies land in 17 different districts of Rio de Janeiro, which make up about 10% of the urban area. The highest point of the park, the 1,025 meter high Pico da Pedra Branca, is also the highest point
Armação dos Buzios, known as “Buzios” is a resort in the Lakes Region of State Rio de Janeiro, with paradisiacal beaches and crystal-clear waters and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Brazil.
Buzios was “launched” in the 1960s by French actress Brigitte Bardot, who recalled in a 2014 letter: “Long live Buzios! It is in this little lost and unknown city that I have been the happiest in my life! It had nothing, not even electricity - but sublime and wild landscapes, and deserted beaches, dream beaches! '[...] I have a great love for Brazil and Brazilians, I am
