Brazil's sightseeing moves between the spectacular and the essential. The Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain landmarks deliver horizon-wide views that photographs don't diminish. The bohemian hillside neighbourhoods and the historic arches below carry the city's older registers. The São Paulo art collections — including the most important collection of Western art in the Southern Hemisphere — are less photogenic but deeper. The historical centre of Salvador da Bahia, the Amazon basin lodge network, and the Pantanal wetland wildlife extend the country's sightseeing range into terrain of extraordinary variety. Tours by locals add the missing layer. Take it all in.