Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Your first trip to Brasília will disorient you before it delights you, and that’s normal. Lúcio Costa’s airplane-shaped Plano Piloto replaced street names with sector codes (SQN, SHS, SCN, and more), and almost nothing here is walkable between sights.