11 editor picks across Brazil.
11 day trips worth the trip across Brazil, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Brazil guides.
Paraty is 240 km from Rio de Janeiro and holds Brazil's first cachaça geographical indication; visit the Maria Izabel and Engenho D'Ouro distilleries.
TipMaria Izabel makes organic cachaça from cane grown at Sítio Santo Antônio, by Paraty bay, and has done so since 1996.
Petrópolis is 70 km from Rio de Janeiro: tour the Bohemia brewery museum with tastings, then eat fresh pasta at Bonaccia Osteria by chef Rafa Costa e Silva.
TipDiário do Rio reported the Bohemia bar and restaurant closed in September 2025; the brewery tour and museum stayed open.
Sao Roque's Roteiro do Vinho links over 30 wineries, restaurants and farms across three country roads, an hour from Sao Paulo by the Castello Branco highway.
Sao Paulo's favorite mountain retreat runs on fondue, chocolate shops and trout, concentrated around the Capivari district three hours from the capital.
Niterói faces Rio de Janeiro across Guanabara Bay: buy fish at the São Pedro market, then eat at Gruta de Santo Antônio, Veja Rio's 2026 best in Niterói.
TipThe market has 37 fish stalls on the ground floor and 5 restaurants upstairs, where you can have a fish you chose cooked.
Santos' Museu do Cafe fills the old Coffee Exchange Palace with tastings of Brazil's top beans, an easy day trip paired with the port city's seafood.
Teresópolis is 91 km from Rio de Janeiro; Fazenda Genève makes French style goat cheese and has a cheese shop, a restaurant and a cafeteria on its farm.
TipThe farm is at km 16 of the Teresópolis-Friburgo road in Venda Nova and is on the 2026 Rota Queijeira Serra do Rio.
Penedo, the Finnish-colonised district of Itatiaia, lies about 180 km from Rio de Janeiro and is known for cafés, chocolate, ice cream and trout restaurants.
TipThe 24th Temporada da Truta runs from 2 October to 1 November 2026, and the Kirpputori producers' fair is held at Clube Finlândia on 10 October.
Holambra, founded by Dutch immigrants, pairs windmill lined flower fields with a cuisine built on edible blooms, two hours from Sao Paulo by car.
Embu das Artes fills its cobbled center with a weekend crafts fair near Largo 21 de Abril, plus restaurants serving Brazilian and international plates.
Vassouras is 125 km from Rio de Janeiro; at Fazenda Cachoeira Grande a guided house visit ends with coffee, pão de queijo and homemade cake or biscuits.
TipVisits start at 11:00 and 15:00 daily and the farm takes no visitors without a booking.
Day trip · 9.5 hours
Discover the beauties of Arraial do Cabo from Rio de Janeiro! An incredible day with shared transportation, delicious lunch and an unforgettable boat trip along paradi...
Day trip · 13 hours
Travel to the white-sand beaches of Arraial do Cabo in this private tour from Rio de Janeiro. Visit the crystal water at Prainhas do Pontal do Atalaia and stop to see ...
Day trip · 12 hours
Skip crowded boats. Sail Arraial do Cabo with a guaranteed EN/ES/PT guide, a group capped at ~45 (not 80), and stops at Ilha do Farol, Gruta Azul & Praia do Forno. Zon...