João Pessoa

João Pessoa needs 2 days: watching the sunrise at Ponta do Seixas, the easternmost point of the Americas, in the morning, and touring Solón de Lucena Park or the urban forest of the Jardim Botânico -one of the largest remnants of Atlantic rainforest within a Brazilian capital- for the rest of the day. September-January brings the driest weather. It's inexpensive by Brazilian standards. It's the first city in the Americas to see the sun each day, and its coast is nicknamed «where the sun rises first», with urban beaches like Tambaú and Cabo Branco keeping a calmer pace than other northeastern capitals.