Cream, bleach, ivory or snow – when it comes to easy breezy Brasilian style, wearing white is just right! 

POPULATION: 14 million +

CAPITAL: Salvador a.k.a the “Capital of Happiness”

MAJOR CROPS: Sugar & Tobacco

MOVE IT! Capoeira, a form of martial arts that mixes dance & music, originated in Bahia

READ UP: Brasilian fiction writer Jorge Amado was born here 

SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP: Bahia’s famous Mercado Modelo is the biggest center to purchase handicrafts in Latin America!

VISITING? DON'T MISS: All the beautiful colonial palaces, churches and convents of Bahia that date back to the 1600’s! 

Want to channel the tropical luxe looks of Brasil? Slip into dresses so bright, they’ll have to wear shades...

Established: 1949
What is it? An open-air museum of botanical wonders
Where is it? Barra de Guaratiba, a 45 min drive from downtown Rio
Created by: Roberto Burle Marx, the father of modern landscape architecture in Brasil. It was his personal retreat!  
Number of plant species on the property: 3,500
Size: About 100 acres – that’s a big backyard! 
Previous occupants: Bananas
Visiting? Don’t miss: A restored Benedictine chapel from 1681, a 200 million year old petrified log and Burle Marx’s personal art studio