#26086 Campinas and Belem, Brazil*

Campinas – Itinerary Highlights:

• Bosque dos Jequitibás – The city's oldest park, with giant native trees and a small zoo.
• Mercado Municipal – Local cheeses, tropical fruits, and the famous oversized sandwiches.
• Holambra – A Dutch-founded flower town with windmills and tulip fields, one hour away.
• Historic Downtown – The Metropolitan Cathedral, built with whale oil in the mortar.

Belém – Itinerary Highlights:

• Ver-o-Peso Market – The largest open-air market in the Amazon: river fish, healing herbs, and fruits you've never seen.
• Estação das Docas – Riverside warehouses turned into restaurants and craft shops, best at sunset.
• Theatro da Paz – A grand opera house built with rubber-boom fortunes.
• Mangal das Garças – A riverside park of herons, butterflies, and a tower with views over the bay.
• Basílica de Nazaré – Home of the Círio, one of the largest religious processions on earth.
• Amazonian Flavours – Taste tacacá, pato no tucupi, and açaí the way locals eat it — with fish.