Brazil, the useful information

That it is necessary to know at a trip to Brazil flight time:
Moscow - Paris 4 hours,
Moscow - Madrid 5 hours,
Paris - Rio of 11 hours,
Madrid - Rio of 10 hours,
Rio - Manaus - 3.50 hours,
Manaus - San Paulo 3.40 hours,
Rio - Iguasu 1.50 hours,
Rio - Salvador 1.50 hours.

Usually the representatives of the Brazilian tour operators meet tourists at the airports of Brazil with names on paper.

During transit be attentive, follow instructions TRANSIT or show your tickets to any employee and ask to show, where you wild go. The information by phones of a receiving party and guides is given at voucher reception.

The PASSPORT. During beach rest it is desirable for you to leave it in the hotel safe in number or on reception (there are approximately 1-2 dollars a day), but in the rest of the time you wild have the passport at yourselves and show on request of officials, following laws of Brazil. The passport also is necessary at flight onboard national or international airplanes. Try not to lose your card of arrival which stands out at customs at an arrival as it is required to you at departure from the country.

The VISA REGIME. For visa registration in the Brazilian consulate the documents be required to you: the Questionnaire of visa inquiry filled in English or Portuguese language, the passport, which period of validity expires not less than in 6 months, 1 photo 3x4, the power of attorney on the child till 18 years, a return ticket, acknowledgement on booking and payment of hotel or the invitation from a receiving party, the medical insurance. The visa is made about 5 days. Typical terms of stay under the tourist invitation - till 2 months, on private - till 3 months, on business - till 3 months. Restrictions on movement are not present. In the country without the special order, foreigners can be no more than 6 months.

CUSTOMS. It is impossible to drive transit drinks from Brazil in hand baggage. In baggage it is possible to hand over drinks and other liquids. Commercially imported by video - the cinema - audio equipment of not Brazilian manufacture is taxed. It is duty-free imported on one of following subjects: a camera, a videocamera, a radio receiver, a player, a notebook with computer memory.

Export is forbidden: drugs, fire-arms, an ammunition, medicines, radioactive materials. Foreign currency import is not limited (declared), national - is limited. Export of the imported foreign currency minus expenses in the country, national - under the licence of the Central Bank of Brazil is resolved.

Attempt of export from the country of any wild animals, without the corresponding permission of instances, coordination and quarantines, is considered in Brazil a crime. It is authorised to American Indian tribes to make traditional ornaments of feathers of exotic birds of Amazonia, claws of a jaguar, an armour of a battleship and other, however sell their Indians can only under special state licences and only culture establishments, for example, to ethnographic museums.

CURRENCY. Monetary unit in Brazil is the BRAZILIAN REAL. The parity of the Brazilian real and dollar 1usd = 2.1 BRR, or is easier 1 real = to 13 roubles (04.11.2008). There are banknotes advantage in 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 reals and coins - in 1 real, 1, 5, 10, 50 centavo.

We recommend not to exchange at once a considerable quantity of money as at departure from the country at a return exchange you can lose some sum. In the places visited by tourists, it is possible to pay off dollars. The lowest exchange rate - in hotel, the highest - in a cash dispense. Banks are opened from Monday till Friday from 10:00 till. Changes work usually from 9:00 till. In Brazil it is possible to use usual credit cards: VISA, AMERICAN EXPRESS, MASTERCARD, etc.

TIME. Brazil is in four time zones.
Time lags behind from Moscow at 5 o'clock (Rio, Brasilia) from last Sunday October till last Sunday February. Since last Sunday February till last Sunday March - at 6 o'clock. Since last Sunday March till the second Sunday of October - at 7 o'clock. Since the October second Sunday till last Sunday October at 6 o'clock. LANGUAGE. In Brazil an official language - Portuguese. At the airports, resort places, large shops and hotels speak also in English.

MEAL And DRINKS. The majority of restaurants is offered by a wide choice of dishes, both international kitchen, and the national Brazilian. The most well-known dish - feijoada prepared from a black string bean with smoked meat of the diversified assortment. Meat in Brazil excellent and cheap enough, uses the greatest demand FILET MIGNON. In a city also incalculable quantity of restaurants of the meat named CHURRASCARIA. The Brazilian beer is considered one of the best in the world. The most popular marks BRAHMA, ANTARTICA and SKOL. It is not less pleasant GUARANA - a useful fruit drink from Amazonia. The Brazilian wines, gins and rums rather good and inexpensive.

CHURCH. Brazil in essence the Catholic country, therefore in a city many Catholic churches. There is also a Russian church: about Rua Mo te Aleg e №210. A synagogue: Rua Capelao Alva o da Silva №15.

CLOTHES. Considering a hot climate, is most comprehensible to use easy cotton clothes. Beach dresses are democratic enough. For winter evenings it is quite good to have an easy sweater. Evening dresses simplified enough. Around Amazonia and Pantanala the dense, closed clothes are recommended.

The BEACH. The basic tourist beaches of Rio - Copacabana, Ipanema. A fine beach and in Barra де Tijuka. We recommend to take with themselves on a beach the sun-protection umbrellas offered in hotel, and also to use the sun-protection creams reducing action of the dangerous tropical sun several times. You can get them in city drugstores. The best creams - marks Su dow, Su block, numbers 15-30. Leaving on a beach, leave valuable things (hours, money, jewelry and documents) in the hotel safe. You can take on a beach the camera or a videocamera, but at full confidence that during your bathing they will be under supervision. In Rio very artful oceanic wave and short shoal, therefore to bathe dangerously enough. After will darken, on a beach it is desirable not to be, as at this time there there is no police.

The CLIMATE, WEATHER. In the country six climatic types are presented: equatorial, tropical, tropical high-mountainous, tropical Atlantic, subtropical. The average annual temperature makes approximately 28С in northern part of Brazil and 20С - in southern. The most part of rains drops out around Amazon. In Rio de Janeiro at the height of summer the temperature rises to a mark 36 (June-August) in Rio 22-30. Sezony of rains are expressed in Amazonia and Salvador. Though and at this time for 2 rainy days it is necessary 1-2 solar.

TRANSPORT. Strongly developed bus service between cities. The most preferable type of transport in Rio - a taxi. If the counter in the car is not present, it is recommended to discuss a fare to the trip beginning. Cars of yellow colour with the standard marks TAXI always can be stopped in the street. The night tariff for a taxi from 21:00 till operates. There are two their types: yellow taxi and a radio-taxi. Yellow taxi are cheaper, but their rare driver knows though a word in English. Two tariffs - day (figure 1 lights up) both night (23-6) and celebratory (2). Besides, there are 2 zones of service - southern (by a taxi the letter "S") and northern ("N"), at departure for which the tariff increases almost in 2 times. On the average it is possible to be guided by cost 1 dollar \1 km. In buses tickets are got at the conductor, a stop on demand. The trip by the public bus can become the present adventure, besides unsafe. It is much better to use tourist buses (green colour with the big windows), plying along beaches and between cities. In Rio and Fortaleza there is an underground - cheap and conditioned. But, unfortunately, any branch does not come nearer to a beach zone.

PHONE. To call to Russia from Brazil it is necessary to type - 007 + a city code + № phone. Consider that sometimes it is necessary to type a communication statement code. The cheapest way are telephone cards. Yellow payphones are intended for intracity conversations, dark blue - for long-distance and international. There is an automatic communication with the majority of big cities. A telecommunication service is rather expensive. To call to Brazil from Moscow it is necessary to type 8-10-55 (a country code) +21 (a code of Rio de Janeiro) further a phone number. Emergency phones: Fire protection - 193, police - 190, first aid - 192, tourist police - 511-51-12; 511-57-67.

The ELECTRICITY. Electricity - different pressure in different states. In Rio de Janeiro and San Paolo almost everywhere electric pressure of 110 or 120 volt (in expensive hotels can be 220) in Salvador and Manaus - 127 or 220 volt.

HEALTH. Necessarily take with itself medicines necessary for you and the medical preparations, the activated coal and-or a type preparation иммодиума as from change of a climate and unusual food the stomach can be upset. In the majority of hotels the doctor, both in the afternoon, and works at night. There is a risk of an infection of a hepatitis In, especially at sexual contacts, blood transfusion etc. Inoculations, for the tourists following in big cities and on inoculation falls are not obligatory. Preliminary vaccination against a yellow fever and a tablet from a malaria for those who goes to area of Amazonia and Pantanala Is recommended. It is desirable to use repellents in these areas. The inoculation becomes in polyclinic № 13 on street Neglinnaja, 14 in Moscow. Its action is calculated for 10 years.
The polyclinic address where it is possible to receive also any inquiry: Moscow, m. the Kuznetskyi most, street Neglinnaja, 14, 30.
Concerning water: it is recommended to drink water CAXAMBU, SAO LOURENCO, LINDOIA. SAFETY.

We urgently recommend to you not to walk at night in unfamiliar places, not to come into poor quarters, not to carry gold, not to change money in the street, to leave on a beach without supervision clothes, cameras, to accept invitations from unfamiliar people. Leave documents, money and jewellers in the hotel safe. In resort tourist places of Rio, Manaus, in small towns of Bahia, at Foz do Iguasu, in Florianopolis and other tourist places - it is safe, but it is not necessary to provoke, showing expensive things and accessories.

SHOPS. The majority of shops are opened from 9.00 till (Monday - Friday), from 9.00 to 13.00 (Saturday). Large shops are opened till 22.00 o'clock, supermarkets can work round the clock, benches in a resort zone work till the night. The basic place for shopping is an area Ipanema. The wide choice of qualitative summer jersey, man's suits and leather footwear. Interesting and entertaining souvenirs - american indian vessels, africano amulets or products from mahogany pau-brazil. The best place for purchase of souvenirs - the fair "Hippie" passing in Sunday. Rio has also large shopping centres - Rio Sul and Barra Shopping. Purchases by which it is necessary to do in Brazil - natural jewels: brilliants, emeralds, topazes. They above quality and are much cheaper, than in Russia.

TIP. At expensive restaurants and bars of 5-10 % from the account (if the service charges do not enter into it); in cheap snackbars - 1-2 reals; in cafe on a beach - are not accepted; to the porter in hotel or the airport - 1 real; to the taxi driver - approximate the account in the big party.

CAR RENT. Offices of the largest companies on rent of cars (Helts, Avis, Natio al, etc.) are in the airports and large hotels. To hire the car, it is necessary to have the international rights and a credit card. Nevertheless to take better cars in rent only good модителям since drivers are active, the city geography very difficult, for a parking practically is not present empty seats, heavy fines, cost of rent of a car from 50$ a day.

EMBASSIES. Embassy and consulate of Brazil in the Russian Federation Moscow, street Bolshaya Nikitskaia, 54, Consular department: 363-03-69; Language: Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, Russian. Consular department reception of visitors: from 09:00 till and from 14:00.