GENERAL INFORMATION
All the information you need for your trip to Brazil
DOCUMENTS: For Italian citizens do not require visas d 'entrance to enter Brazil. The border police must present their passport with a minimum validity of 6 months from the date of departure and return ticket from Brazil. The residence permit will be issued for 90 days on arrival. Keep the copy of the form must be returned since the start. Upon arrival in Brazil is released cartão de entrada / saida (paper input / output), free, valid for 90 days, which must be returned to the time of departure. The recent Italian legislation (November 2009) provides for the mandatory individual passports for children, whose periods of validity are differentiated by age. Learn more at the police headquarters, the Brazilian Embassy or Consulates in Italy.
VACCINATIONS: Vaccinations are not required to visit Brazil. The vaccine against yellow fever is recommended for all domestic and foreign tourists who wish to visit the following Brazilian states: Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Brasilia, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins. Do not forget: you must make the vaccine with minimum antecedence of 10 days of departure. For tourists who were in transit in the last three months or who are from certain countries - Angola, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameron, Colombia, Ecuador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, French Guiana, Liberia, Nigeria , Peru, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Venezuela and Zaire is required International Certificate against Yellow Fever. - Polio Vaccine: For children aged between three months and six years, you need an International Certificate of Vaccination against polio. - Doubts and other vaccines: Consult the nearest Brazilian Consulate or Brazilian Embassy to clarify and obtain other information on vaccination in Brazil. Health care: it is advisable to take out private health insurance before departure, covering not only any healthcare costs or admissions to hospitals, but also the repatriation or transfer of the patient to another country.
CURRENCY: The Brazilian currency is the Real (R $), which is worth € 0.43 (May 2011). For current exchange rates, visit the Bank of Italy http://www.uic.it and / or the more simple consultation http://www.cambioeuro.it.
CREDIT CARDS: The main international credit cards are accepted in hotels, shops and restaurants in Brazil.
ELECTRICITY: 110/220 volts in major cities. Where different hotels have adapters. Time zone and local time: Brazil has four time zones and more a part of the country use Daylight Saving Time from mid-October to mid-February. Then in the main cities (Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Fortaleza and Belo Horizonte) the time difference with Italy is less 3 hours from October to February, less than four hours in March and less than 5 hours from April to October.
HOURS PUBLIC SERVICES: banks in Brazil are usually open Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 15.00. Post offices are open Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 18:00, Saturdays from 9:00 to 13:00.
TELEPHONES: To call Brazil from Italy need to dial the international code 0055 followed by the area code without the zero, and the eight-digit phone number of the user. To call to Italy from Brazil, however, you have to dial 002 139 (21 is the code for the telephone company Embratel which handles international calls), followed by the area code with the leading zero and the desired number. As for the phones, the network uses the GSM 900/1800 system, the same Italy. And 'advisable, however, check with your operator about any roaming charges. Remember, finally, to always carry an adapter for wall outlets. Furthermore, in Brazil electric current is not standardized and ranges from 110V to 220 V. It should, therefore, take along a transformer.
Emergency services in Brazil:
* Police: 190
* Ambulance: 192
* Fire: 193
* Breakdown assistance (Car Club do Brasil): 0800 241129 (24-hour 24)
CLOTHING: By day: light clothing and practical, preferably cotton, swimwear, sarongs, shorts, sunglasses with dark lenses, bandana or hat. Comfortable shoes, preferably open sandals and slippers. Evening: Usually in restaurants men can go with shorts below the knee and sandals. Most local tourists do not require a formal dress. In case you want to eat dinner in a famous churrascaria, in general, the dress code for men is sporty, but formal. For women it is advisable to bring a sweater to cover his back, because the air conditioning of churrascharie restaurants or indoors, is very strong. However many of the night clubs are more common outside and no air conditioning so you should wear very light and informal.
LANGUAGE: The official language in Brazil is Portuguese. But the Portuguese spoken in Brazil has an accent and a rate different from that spoken in Portugal.
MEDICINES: In Brazil there are excellent pharmacies and applies the wise practice of selling the medicines according to the required amount and not in boxes. It is in any case necessary to have with you a small pharmacy personnel annoveri, in addition to the habitual use of medicinal ointment for insect bites, a mosquito repellent, disinfectant intestinal and possibly alcohol, bandages and plasters. Even after only a very moisturizing is necessary to alleviate the effects of the sun.
WATER: In Brazil, running water is not potable so never drink tap water
KITCHEN: The kitchen brought by Portuguese settlers found new elements of a tropical environment, joined the customs of the natives and later received the influence of the ingredients used by African slaves, creating the Brazilian cuisine. Brazilian cuisine has ancient traditions which still breathe in the rite of "feijoada", typical Brazilian dish. It is prepared usually on Wednesdays and Saturdays and the recipe is still what it was: some parts of the pig are cooked along with blacks beans, sausage, salami, smoked meat. In Bahia, the dishes of African origin emerge from the skilled hands of Bahian nice. Mashed potatoes, beans and cassava flour accompany the scope scented. The meat in Brazil is good and served in "churrascarias" cooked on the grill, in large and succulent cut portions directly into the pot guest. Along the coast there are many ways to prepare seafood, with countless recipes of fish, shrimp oysters, clams and lobsters delNordest wonderful. The huge variety of fruits eaten naturally, in juices and colorful smoothies are everywhere. The Northeast of Brazil is a true festival of flavors, aromas and culinary pleasure. The food in Brazil is very affordable and offers a large choice of restaurants of different categories where you eat very well, all accompanied by the most famous Brazilian drink: the "caipirinha".
TIPS: The account in the restaurants include a 10% service charge. I usually leave a tip for the waiter. Brazil is not mandatory tip for taxi drivers even if it's a good idea to always leave something, considering the favorable exchange rate that benefits the tourist.
MUSIC: There are many nightclubs in the city, you can choose among countless possibilities to spend a social evening and fun; dancing in the many nightclubs, very similar to ours; in "dancetarias" they dance samba and listen South American rhythms genuine, with live music. Brazilian music has always been characterized by great diversity and thanks to musical influences from three continents continues to develop new forms completely original. The samba, still influences other rhythms like the latest "pagodas". One of the most famous exponents of the samba was probably Carmen Miranda, known for her fiery temper and for his hairstyles fruit. Bossa nova, of a more peaceful and influenced by American jazz, became popular in the '50s with musicians such as João Gilberto and songs such as "The Girl from Ipanema". The tropicalism appeared in Brazil around the 60s and had capiscuola artists such as Caetano Veloso and Gil eGilberto presents a mix of different musical influences, including classic Italian songs by repeatedly referring to the Brazilian government of that time. More recently it has become very popular the lambada, influenced by Caribbean rhythms and axé music created by bands of the State of Bahia.
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