A hands-on couple runs the best contemporary restaurant in town, specializing in Franco-Italian dishes that only grace their eight tables on Friday and Saturday nights. Zé Eduardo handles the kitchen, where mains like duck confit with soft polenta and mustard sauce or Uruguayan beef are dished up; his wife, Margaret, runs the dining room. Reserve.
Bistrô Palatare
Santa Catarina
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Igreja Luterana do Espírito Santo
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Lutheran churches loom over town; the most beautiful is Igreja do Espírito Santo, a gem inaugurated in 1877 that still stands east of the center.
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The Castelinho da XV, now a Havan department store, is a replica of the city hall of Michelstadt, Germany.
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The 33m Cristo Luz statue holds a sombrero from which a spotlight illuminates the city at night, sometimes in streaming colors. During summer, live music…
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Camboriú's pride and joy is this six-hectare urban reserve. In addition to 500m of walking trails, the real coup is the amusements, which are sold…
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4. Igreja Luterana do Espírito Santo
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Learn about Blumenau’s beginnings in this group of houses that were occupied by the city’s founder, Herman Bruno Otto Blumenau, in the 1850s. His daughter…
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The small Museu da Cerveja is dedicated to the city's long history of beer brewing.
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The Mausoléu Dr Blumenau is the final resting place of Dr Blumenau himself, founder of the city.
8. Catedral São Paulo Apóstolo
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Awash in red granite and stained glass, Blumenau's main cathedral is massive and not much of a looker, save its cedar entryway carvings and 45m tri-bell…