Travel guide
Brasília
A modernist capital from scratch
🗓️ Best time: May–September💰 Mid-Range · ~$90/day📍 Brazil
A modernist capital from scratch
Brazil's purpose-built capital and a UNESCO monument to modernism — Oscar Niemeyer's soaring white civic buildings laid out in the shape of an airplane across the central plateau.
A car or ride-hailing — the city is spread out by design.
Tour Niemeyer's civic axis by car — the modernist landmarks are made to be seen in sequence.
Use ride-hailing at night, avoid displaying valuables, and stick to well-touristed areas.
Bars around the Asa Sul and the lakeside.
