South America Art + Coastal pictures

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Experience the diversity of this megacity’s cultural offerings, visit religious buildings or practice Portuguese with locals in nightclubs or shady parks.

Myriad shades of blue water surround the twin mossy hills that rise from the ocean surface and tower over the beach.

Over just a few decades, this charming fishing village has grown into a traveler’s oasis with restaurants, nightclubs and a picturesque beach.

More than just a stretch of sand, Rio de Janeiro’s most famous beach is where locals and visitors from all over the world come to relax, strut, pose and play. 

Myriad shades of blue water surround the twin mossy hills that rise from the ocean surface and tower over the beach.

Delve into the island’s military past with a trip to the stone remains of a fortress on a grassy cliff.

Otherworldly rocks rise from the ocean on this secluded shoreline that is often listed among Brazil’s most beautiful beaches.

Myriad shades of blue water surround the twin mossy hills that rise from the ocean surface and tower over the beach.

Delve into the island’s military past with a trip to the stone remains of a fortress on a grassy cliff.

Swim in the glorious rock pool of this picturesque stretch of sand that lies beneath a historic fort and a church.

Swim in the glorious rock pool of this picturesque stretch of sand that lies beneath a historic fort and a church.

Myriad shades of blue water surround the twin mossy hills that rise from the ocean surface and tower over the beach.

Spanish colonial houses, exquisite food, musicians in traditional dress, oceanfront entertainment and fine museums make the Peruvian capital a feast for the senses. 

Admire the rock pools, cascades and foam streams at the base of this clifftop viewpoint at the end of a muddy road.

Admire the rock pools, cascades and foam streams at the base of this clifftop viewpoint at the end of a muddy road.

Myriad shades of blue water surround the twin mossy hills that rise from the ocean surface and tower over the beach.

Swim in the glorious rock pool of this picturesque stretch of sand that lies beneath a historic fort and a church.

Otherworldly rocks rise from the ocean on this secluded shoreline that is often listed among Brazil’s most beautiful beaches.

Swim in the glorious rock pool of this picturesque stretch of sand that lies beneath a historic fort and a church.

Otherworldly rocks rise from the ocean on this secluded shoreline that is often listed among Brazil’s most beautiful beaches.

Swim in the glorious rock pool of this picturesque stretch of sand that lies beneath a historic fort and a church.

Admire the rock pools, cascades and foam streams at the base of this clifftop viewpoint at the end of a muddy road.

Delve into the island’s military past with a trip to the stone remains of a fortress on a grassy cliff.

Myriad shades of blue water surround the twin mossy hills that rise from the ocean surface and tower over the beach.