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Displayed on bubble-shaped stands, Galeria Melissa’s hip, gaudily-colored prime sellers—plastic shoes made in collaboration with design stars like Karim Rashid—look like art objects from outer space. The shop aims to be Sao Paulo’s “go to” place for cutting edge styles and ideas. Housed in a space created by Muti Randolph, the architect behind the electronic music temple D-Edge’s retro-futuristic beat box design, Galeria Melissa updates itself every three months by renewing the prints and graphics on its walls, a jungle of striking tints and bold shapes.

According to the international boom in ecological and adventure tourism, lodgings have sprung up all over the Brazilian Amazon region in the past four or five years.Travelers with a sense of the exotic and a tolerance for the unpredictable can now book a stay in the jungle. One night at the Tiwa Amazonas Ecoresort costs 595 reals, $298, at 2 reals at the dollar.

A display depicts local fauna at Tiwa Amazonas Ecoresort.

The Tiwa Amazonas Ecoresort, which opened in 2003, has 52 air-conditioned rooms on stilts over a lagoon, plus a common area with a restaurant, bar, game room and a view of the Manaus skyline.

A forest around the Amazon Riverside Hotel.

The Amazon Riverside Hotel has arranged hammocks at the dock for guests keen on doing nothing but watching the river flow.

Every lodge tries to offer something its competitors do not. The Anavilhanas Jungle Lodge offers tours of the nearby archipelago.

From left, piranha, a caiman and a monkey, all denizens of the Amazonian jungle.

A tourist from São Paulo plies a wooden canoe around the Anavilhanas archipelago.

The rain forest is like a wallpaper at the restaurant at the Anavilhanas Jungle Lodg.

 The villa is located in Carambo, a region at the foot of thousand feet high Mantiqueira Mountain on the border of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The villa stands alone at the hill, surrounded by peaceful forests and springs.When you have a glance at the out side of the villa street, there’s a view of white tower which holds the kitchen, chemneys, water tank, heaters and a horizontal ruler comes up as the roof garden.

The level between the street and the villa is intermediate, where cars can be parked. This level takes up to the roof garden with barbeque, where guests can chill and eat, or through a little tunnel leading at the courtyard outside from the living room.

This is a party house with glass sliding doors allowing a vast view which meets the dazzling distant outlook and opening to the courtyards. Wooden sliding doors are designed for the bedrooms in case to darken its interior.

The house has a wonderful pool, where guests can dive during the hot summer vacation.

The construction of the pool and its solarium holds underneath a pool table room, a storage and the pool equipment, which opens up to the third plateau.

Salvador is a marvelous city sited on the northeast coast of Brazil and as well as is the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. The city is third populous city in Brazilia, after Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Salvador is also famous with its special cuisine, music, spectacular buildings, monuments from the 17^th century and with its population of Black African. Salvador has tropical climate with hot temperature and high humidity. Rainforests are mark by high rainfall.

The city is an important cultural centre with the large number of museums, including: Afro-Brazilian Museum, Sacred Art Museum, headquartered in the former Convento de Santa Teresa de Ávila , established by the Discalced Carmelite nuns in the mid-16th century, Museu de Arte da Bahia, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Memorial dos Governadores Bahia, Museu Gastronômico da Bahia, Fundação Casa de Jorge Amado and many others.

This brazilian city is also home to a vibrant theater scene and funk music. For examples there’re a lot of dancehalls. The Ball incorporates the specific way of dancing break, the decoration, the organization of permanent dance groups. These dancehalls are a place for everyone to come together to have fun before the start of another work week. The group members do all their battling on the dance floor, using their dance moves as their weapons to demonstrate their dance skill and superiority.

Colonna Park Hotel is sitted at the dos Buzios peninsula in Brazil, perched atop a hill with wonderful views. Joao Fernarides and Joao Fernandinho are silky white beaches with pure waters located adjacent the hotel.

Colonna Park Hotel has an exotic location and complete facilities.The hotel is 180 kilometres away from Rio De Janeiro.

In each room you will find a full range of modern convenience, such as air-conditioning,minibar, television, cable TV, non-smoking rooms, smoking rooms. The Italian resturant at the hotel is a perfect place to enjoy some cocktails and enjoys to the rythm of bossa nova music. The place also provides a pool with bar, a sauna and steam bath, as well as a car rental.

For business meetings there’re modern equipped hall with tha latest technologies.

Hotel Unique is situated in the heart of Jardins, the most rich quarter in Sao Paulo, near by Ibirapuera Park. This hotel is very closed to the Paulista Avenue & Ave Luis Carlos Berrini, Juscelino Kubistcheck and Faria Lima the most important business areas of Sao Paulo as well as the Jardins shopping areas which is 15 minutes from Congonhas and 40 minutes from Guarulhos International Airport.

Modern architecture, green copper façade makes this hotel unlike any other. The building rises like a gracious ocean liner in dry-dock. High internal spaces such as the lobby are excentuated and illuminated with walls of beige marble, and sharp, geometric themes make the spectacle even grander. Circles and squares, ellipses and sine curves flow in and out of each other, softened by wooden flooring, sleek white furnishings and transparent glass tables and fittings.

Each room has Plasma TVs, CD/DVD players with access to hotel’s DVD library, complimentary high speed internet access, two phone lines, cordless phones, minibar, laptop safe, work station, italian Jacuzzi tubs, separate showers, bathrobes and slippers, hairdryers, 220V & 110V outlets, concierge, valet parking & car service, WI-FI available in public areas, champagne offered upon check-in, welcome amenity in the room and turndown service.

The Food and Drink space is represent of rooftop SKYE restaurant & bar with breathtaking views of Sao Paulo, the Wall Bar & Cyber Café, 24hour room service.

The hotel also posses 2,000 sqm modern conference and event center Espa̤o Unique Рfor up to 2500 guests divided in 10 meeting rooms, proposals for Video Conference, Meetings, Banquets, Weddings, Concerts are available upon request, state of the art equipment, materials and service.

The design was made by Ruy Ohtake and João Armentano.