JK Filming Locations

Diamantina is a city in southeastern Brazil. It’s known for the 18th- and 19th-century wooden mansions lining its narrow streets. The Diamond Museum displays artifacts from the city’s diamond mining past. Nearby, the blue and white Metropolitan Cathedral of Santo Antônio da Sé has baroque-style altars. Diamantina is also a gateway to the waterfalls, wildlife and cave paintings of Biribiri State Park, to the north.

Rio de Janeiro is a huge seaside city in Brazil, famed for its Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, 38m Christ the Redeemer statue atop Mount Corcovado and for Sugarloaf Mountain, a granite peak with cable cars to its summit. The city is also known for its sprawling favelas (shanty towns). Its raucous Carnaval festival, featuring parade floats, flamboyant costumes and samba dancers, is considered the world’s largest.

Santos, a coastal city in southern Brazil's São Paulo state, is a major seaport stretching from the mainland to São Vicente Island. The island's urban center borders the Bay of Santos, known for its wide beach and adjacent 5.3km-long garden. The Museu do Café, occupying a 1922 commodities exchange preserved in the historic district, explores the area's key role in Brazil's coffee trade.

Tiradentes is a town in southeastern Brazil. It's known for its baroque colonial-era architecture, in particular the Igreja Matriz de Santo Antônio. This church features hundreds of kilos of gold decoration and a facade designed by Brazilian sculptor Aleijadinho. Nearby, the Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário is an 18th-century church built by slaves. Handicraft shops line the town’s central square, Largo das Forras.