Why don’t you come to Brazil to witness the World Cup? Or are you thinking about traveling to Brazil for the FIFA World Cup or Brazil holidays this summer? First, you’ll need to think logistic and plan for yourself. Here are some Brazil travel tips on destinations, accommodations, transportation and more for things to do in Brazil.
Geographic location
Twelve cities hosted the matches throughout Brazil. The maximum distance among the host cities of in Manaus and Porto Alegre belongs (over 3,000 km). Topography among the cities also vary considerably, there are cities located in the Amazon rainforest (in Manaus) while eight of the host cities located on the sunny shores.
Rio and Sao Paulo are the two largest cities of Brazil which have enormous subway systems that are very convenient for tourists. Brasilia is a capital of Brazil since 1960 which was a rather backward city in the past yet it has now become a modern city.
You need to have a passport and visa to get to Brazil. Brazil tourist visa costs about 220 USD for 3 months.
Choose appropriate time and place
Unless you plan Brazil holidays for entire month, you will have to decide time and place in Brazil. The least expensive way is staying in a host city and takes in whatever games are scheduled while you’re there. At a minimum, you can see four football matches in each location, typically spread over 11 days. On the other hand, if you want more exciting late-round action, you can head for one of the three cities that will host late-round games or to Brasilia or Rio for the finals.
If you are a close fan of a certain team in 32 teams, at least you can keep track of three matches. You have to learn the schedule of your favorite teams on the FIFA website, then following consistent schedule not to miss any opportunity to watch your interesting team.
The least expensive way is that you will choose a host city and stay there till the football match ended. You will see four of the close location of the World Cup football match taking place in about 11 days.
World Cup is an opportunity to do business with hoteliers, restaurant in Brazil. Room rates increased several times the normal level. On the day’s match, three-star hotel prices from 179 USD / night will be increased to 513 USD / night.
All other services are also expected to increase the price on the day of the World Cup. Perhaps people hope it will partially offset enormous amount that the Brazilian government had spent for this World Cup.
On the other hand, you can choose to see the fierce battle in the knockout stages and the final match of the World Cup taking place in the two big cities of Brasilia and Rio. Or try to visit some Brazil tourist attractions.
Transportation
Basically, Brazil does not have the long distance trains. If you buy plane tickets to travel between host cities are too expensive. The only way left is the bus. But luckily, there are also some host cities which are quite close together, Natal and Recife are only two separated cities by less than five hours bus. It takes approximately six hours between Sao Paulo and Curitiba.
Again, following the well-established traditional event, Brazilian hoteliers have decided to make a good share of the year’s profits during the World Cup. A typical example: I found the Copacabana Praia Hotel – three-star hotel with good mark at TripAdvisor site for 513 USD per night during July and only 179 USD per night a few weeks later. Normally, you’ll encounter similar inflation at local restaurants and shops as well.
Things to do in Brazil
Unlike other mega events like the Olympics, World Cup has something going on all the time. Even in Rio, early round matches are only every three days, and the final match is a week after the semis. This means you’ll have lots of time for sightseeing some Brazil tourist attractions.
Besides some interesting areas such as the Amazon rainforest or the Mato Grosso, you can come to some busy cities like Rio or Sao Paulo, or sunbathing on the beaches in some favorable coastal areas. You will discover Rio and Sao Paulo are two sleepless night city like New York. Also, if you want to expose themselves on the warm sunny beaches, you just move north Brazil, where in June and July is a good time of the year.
Overall, you should try to be patient as well as have an appropriate tactic to travel to the biggest football clubs on the planet.