Who pretend to enjoy the Amusiment Park or who just would like to visit the south of Brazil should definetivelly include the European Valley in the list. It is a very peculiar part of the state of Santa Catarina - Brazil where the marks of the European colonization are still very evident and the quality of live and warm receptivity are just some of the wonders that this land has to show us.
Blumenau, a middle sized city, can be considered the European Valley Capital, as it is centrally located and it offers a lot of different attractions to the visitants. There, everything is somehow related to the German traditions and archtecture. From the people, who proundly keeps through generations along the German language, way of life and traditions, like the already famous Brazilian Oktober Fest, until the natural charm that the German archtechture offers, everything there sounds like a fairytale to the tourists.
Besides this unique city shows to its visitants that it is possible to have a very high level of life quality inside the Brazilian borders... You can find there a large number of well stablished residential areas, large roads and an impressive comercial, educational and health related infra-structure. The number of malls, supermarkets and restaurants are very enough as well.
But once you are in the European Valley in Santa Catarina - Brazil you won't want to leave without visiting the most "German Town" in Brazil, and it is Pomerode-SC.
Pomerode is a charming and beautiful village about 20 km away from Blumenau and full of original attractions, such as the possibility of visiting some colonial families who open their homes and receive the tourists telling them the history and the way of life that their German ancestors had since they arrived in Brazil in the XIX century. There are some typical German restaurants, a beautifil entrance portic to welcome the visitors and some historical museums as well. The local Market place also offers a great variety of local products such as artesanals gifts and different kinds of cheese. In resume, you should not miss it.
In conclusion, a good way to arrive in this region is via the Joinville airport, from where you can find fair airticket prices (the other two options of airports - Florianopolis and Navegantes - have in general more expensive airtickets fares as these two cities are very touristics). Joinville is located around 100km away from Blumenau and the roads in the state of Santa Catarina are quite fair, so you may want to land in Joinville, rent a car in the airport and drive through the State. Moreover the city of Joinville, although it is not a touristic one, have some interesting attractions like its Public Market and the Ballet Bolshoi Academy, the only one outside Russia. So it is a very good idea to spend at least some hours in this city as well.
GENERAL TIPS:
- Beto Carrero World is a great amusement park, but you may want to avoid visiting it during some holidays and in the very high season (January), because it can be really crowd.
- Blumenau and the European Valley in Santa Catarina can be visited during the whole year, but in October, there is the Brazilian Oktober Fest in the Germanic Village in Blumenau, that is the biggest beer party outside Germany.
- There are three main airports closer to the European Valley, the Florianopolis one, the Navegantes one and the Joinville one. All of them have regular flights from the main Brazilian and some South America Capitals. A good tip is to search in these 3 options before you buy your ticket. The 3 of them are well located and have good roads infra-structure to Blumenau and its region.
- The people from Santa Catarina, "Catarinenses", are very receptive with tourists. Some of them speaks English and a large number of them speaks German.
- For the Brazilian standards, Blumenau and its region are very safe places. And also have a relatively low cost of life. The hotels and touristics attractions, in general, have fair prices also.
- The regional typical food is the German food, which you can find in a large number of specialized restaurants spread over the place.
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