Best Way To spend 2 - 3 weeks between Christmas and New Year in Brazil - Brazil forum

Best Way To spend 2 - 3 weeks between Christmas and New Year in Brazil

Pablo888 Serial expat

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last year

Starting this new thread as a means to figure out whether there is an expat bucket list of places to go or things to do in Brazil between Natal and R茅veillon.

Would love to build a rotating bucket list of places where expats would meet during the holiday season and what activities to engage in....

Here are some of the questions that typically come to mind when planning Christmas and New Year trips

Travel costs and accommodations - this tends to be peak season - any tips
Destination and why to head there during that time
What to do there
Any place where people typically meet - as a potential expat future event
Other...

Thank you for your ideas and sharing.

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GuestPoster376 Guest

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last year

Interesting question. In our case being based in Rio we've mainly stayed local in Copa, or even Angra dos Reis, as the number and variety of distractions are much greater here than elsewhere. But, we also like that aspect of it.

We've also gone to Trancoso/Arrail d'Ajuda and Praia de Pipa/Natal during this time period as well. It's the wrong time to travel due to the doubling or even tripling of prices however.

My attitude is to try to spend as little on travel costs and hotels if you already have a place to live in a popular area. Angra is awesome as we drive there, yet can still stay in a luxury pousada, thus cutting costs. Book now, but that applies to almost everywhere desirable.

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Pablo888 Serial expat

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last year

Thank you for the feedback.聽 The golden nugget here is: book early.

Has anyone in the forum tried the house swapping idea?聽 The idea here is - do a house swap for the second home if the second house is the home base?

Peter Itamaraca Serial expat

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last year

@Pablo888

Actually booking accommodation over the Christmas period is a cost effective way to travel in Brazil. Brazilians tend to spend time at home over Christmas (particularly Christmas Eve night and Christmas Day), so hotels, etc are very reasonably priced. Avoid New Year, however!

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roddiesho ViP

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@Pablo888 Honestly, here in my little village in Northeastern Brazil with my wife and constant companion Simba, as well as a lot of wildlife, I have no desire to go anywhere else in Brazil. Having said that there are only two things on my Bucket List. One, of course is creating my YouTube channel which keeps me very busy. The other, dependent on a successful YouTube channel, is my custom Dune Buggy from Super Buggy in Natal. My guess is they would not deliver, so I would have to travel to Natal.

Roddie in Retirement