Popular beach holiday destinations in South America

In Rio de Janeiro, mornings break with golden sunlight spilling across mosaic-tiled promenades and the salty tang of sea air settling on your skin. The city’s ...

Narrow, cobbled lanes wind out from the old fishing harbour, their low lamps throwing gentle gold across surf-worn walls as the Atlantic breeze tangles with the...

As morning mist retreats over Florianópolis, light spills golden across rolling dunes and endless Atlantic surf. There’s a salty tang to the breeze and the air ...

Natal shimmers where the turquoise Atlantic meets rippling dunes and sun-bleached sand. The light here is tangible — hot, radiant, lasting late into the evening...

Salvador greets you with a breath of sea air, thick with salt and the sweet tang of dendê oil. Cobbled streets echo with drums and laughter, while pastel ...

The air on Ilha Grande tastes of salt and green—lush, wet forest breathing up from the hills, the scent of guava and wood smoke twisting through the morning ...

Sunlight flares over Recife’s inky canals, casting long shadows of mango trees on cobbled streets. You feel the sticky sweetness of tropical air, cut now and ...

Paraty stirs awake in a hush, veiled by the smoky blue mist trailing over jungle peaks that tumble down to its cobbled lanes. Mornings here taste of briny air ...

Early morning on Morro de São Paulo feels like a secret being whispered by the Atlantic breeze. The scent of salt and wet earth lingers as coconut palms rustle ...

Early sunlight flickers on a turquoise tide as you step onto Ponta Verde’s powdery sand, the salty breeze cutting through the sweet aroma of coconut stalls. ...

Early morning mist rolls in off the Atlantic, blurring the lines between silver sand and restless sea. Along La Brava, the tang of ocean air is sharpened by a ...

There is a hush to Fernando de Noronha that catches you unawares—a softness in the breeze, the distant hush of rolling breakers, the call of seabirds floating ...

There is a salty tang in the breeze before the sun has properly risen, frost-tipped waves rolling in to meet the long stretch of sand and the hum of the ...

There's a pulse running through Balneário Camboriú that’s unmistakable the moment you arrive. Salt-tinged breezes slip down the Avenida Atlântica, tangling in ...

There’s a salt-sweet smell on the ocean breeze as Viña del Mar wakes, sunlight flickering off the Pacific in fragmented golds and silvers. Streets bustle with ...

Ubatuba is a municipality in the northern coast of São Paulo state, just in the border with the Rio de Janeiro state. Ubatuba is a true paradisiac area, being ...

Sea breeze softens the Caribbean heat as you step onto San Andres, stirring the scent of salt and coconut from the beach shacks. Roads thrum with scooters ...

Dawn washes the city in a soft, rose-gold light as the Atlantic breeze carries the briny scent of tide and the light sweetness of tropical fruit. João Pessoa ...

Cabo Frio greets you with a crystalline light that bounces off lagoons and sweeps through powder-fine sand, sharpening every colour and folding salty air into ...

The hum of surf drifts through the salty air as the Pacific glimmers under a pale morning sun. Iquique unfolds between rust-coloured cliffs and endless sea, its...

Ilhabela is an archipelago and a municipality in the North Coast of São Paulo. It is considered one of the natural paradises of the São Paulo coast, along with ...

Golden evening light spills across La Serena’s colonial streets, softening the edges of honey-toned churches and swaying palm-fringed plazas. The Pacific breeze...

A gentle Atlantic breeze stirs across Aracaju as sunlight flickers through palm fronds and the call of distant parakeets cuts through the mellow hum of the city...