The saintly month of June

Thu 19 May 2011
Brazil, Sunvil Traveller

 Brazil from £1,895 pp with Sunvil Traveller

Celebrate love and rural life in northeastern Brazil during a trio of lively festivals. 13 June is dedicated to St Anthony, the patron saint of weddings; on 24 June, St John's Day, locals appeal for a good corn harvest; and on 29 June they pray to St Peter, guardian of the clouds. Men don farmers' clothes and women adopt pigtails and paint freckles on their faces. A touring itinerary costs from £1,895 pp (two sharing) including flights (London) seven nights’ B&B (three in Recife, four in Porto de Galinhas) and a private tour of festivals and transfers.