South America : Brazil : South : Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina is a state in the southern region of Brazil. It is situated between Parana and Rio Grande do Sul.
Regions
Cities
- Florianópolis - the capital
- Balneário Camboriú
- Barra Velha
- Blumenau
- Joinville - the biggest city
- Garopaba
- Piçarras
- São Francisco de Sul
Other destinations
- Santa Catarina Island (commonly called Florianópolis)- between São Paulo and Porto Alegre, this island is one of the top travel destinations in south Brazil, with its 42 beaches and incredible landscape
Understand
Talk
Get in
Get around
See
Do
Eat
Drink
- Beer - high quality beer from local microbreweries Einsebahn and Bierland, in Blumenau, Schornstein in Pomerode, and Zehn Bier in Brusque
- Wine - investments are being made to produce good wine in São Joaquim
- Cachaça - high quality cachaças can be found in Luis Alves and many other small cities, and Florianópolis also has a few good brands, as Cachaça Intisica
Sleep
Get out
This page was last edited at 06:16, on 27 December 2008 by Wikitravel user Texugo. Based on work by Damien Mathews, George Miziuk, Valtteri Päivinen, Philipp Schäufele, Nick Roux, Stacy Hall, Paul N. Richter, Michele Ann Jenkins, Ryan Holliday and Rob Payne, Wikitravel user(s) Dark Paladin X and Episteme, Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel and others.