One uniquely Brazilian option is barbecued cheese – queijo coalho – sold by vendors carrying portable grills. As with Copacabana, the seas can be at times dangerous to swim in, so although ...

the white sands of Ilha Grande provide a quintessentially Brazilian experience without the crowds that make Rio's best beaches some of the busiest on Earth. Its virgin Atlantic forests and sublime ...

A vast expanse of barren white sand dunes enclosing vast freshwater lagoons ... Among the best are Baía das Caraúbas, "a dreamy cluster of bungalows on a stretch of virgin beach" near ...

These are the best beaches ... Cretan beach is its mile-long pink sand beach, which makes it an even more exceptional stretch of paradise. What to do: Obviously, sunbathing and swimming are ...