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Every area of Santa Catarina

From the ferry-loud downtown of Florianópolis to the frost line above São Joaquim — every area we cover, described from the ground.

Centro

Centro

Praça XV de Novembro and the yellow Mercado Público in downtown Florianópolis

OLD TOWN

Florianópolis Centro

The working heart of the island — mainland-facing, ferry-loud, cheap rooms above the market and a real 5pm rush hour.

Florianópolis Centro

City

City

Beach club umbrellas and calm water at Jurerê Internacional

BEACH CLUB STRIP · 1 hotels

Jurerê Internacional

The showoff beach — private clubs, R$800 day-bed minimums and December Ferraris. Off-season it's a completely different place.

Jurerê Internacional
Sunset over the lagoon with dunes visible at Lagoa da Conceição

LAGOON DISTRICT · 2 hotels

Lagoa da Conceição

Backpacker central — cheap pousadas, a proper bar street, 15 minutes from Joaquina beach and the dunes.

Lagoa da Conceição
Family beach with schooner boats moored offshore at Canasvieiras

FAMILY BEACH

Canasvieiras

Argentinian-flooded family beach — cheap rooms, schooner tours, everyone speaks Spanish and the water is calm.

Canasvieiras
Wide beach with dunes at the north end of Praia dos Ingleses

NORTH BEACH

Ingleses

Big, cheap and Argentinian in summer — 5-kilometre beach, working-class pousadas and dunes that connect to Santinho.

Ingleses
Long open beach with the offshore Ilha do Campeche visible

SURF NEIGHBOURHOOD

Campeche

The island's south-side surf and skate scene — wide open beach, Ilha do Campeche offshore, real neighbourhoods behind.

Campeche

Vega

Vega

High-rise skyline curving around the beach at Balneário Camboriú

HIGH-RISE COAST · 1268 hotels

Balneário Camboriú

Brazilian Miami — 6-kilometre wall of towers, huge beach, a legitimate nightlife scene and cable car across the bay.

Balneário Camboriú
Wide Meia Praia beach with calm water and low buildings

FAMILY COAST · 595 hotels

Itapema

The quieter neighbour to Balneário — long calm beach at Meia Praia, family pace, easy day trips to Bombinhas.

Itapema
Clear blue water at a small cove beach in Bombinhas peninsula

CLEAR-WATER PENINSULA · 752 hotels

Bombinhas

Cluster of small beaches with the clearest water in the state — snorkelling, marine reserve, terrible summer traffic.

Bombinhas
Fishing boats moored in the calm bay at Porto Belo

MAINLAND BAY · 612 hotels

Porto Belo

The gateway town to the Bombinhas peninsula — cheaper base, decent beach, boats to Ilha de Porto Belo.

Porto Belo
Wide beach at Praia Alegre with the coloured facades of Penha behind

THEME PARK COAST · 1036 hotels

Penha

Home to Beto Carrero World — Latin America's largest theme park — plus a decent working beach and cheaper family rooms.

Penha
Container terminal cranes and the Rio Itajaí-Açu waterfront in Itajaí

PORT CITY · 185 hotels

Itajaí

Container port, seafood market and Marejada festival — functional city 15 minutes from Balneário and the Navegantes airport.

Itajaí
Calm arc of beach with families and umbrellas at Praia de Bombas

FAMILY PENINSULA BEACH · 528 hotels

Bombas

The family-friendly northern neighbour to Bombinhas — calmer water, easier parking, same clear-water peninsula.

Bombas

Sierra

Sierra

Half-timbered German-style architecture on Rua XV de Novembro in Blumenau

GERMAN VALLEY TOWN

Blumenau

Brazil's largest Oktoberfest, half-timbered downtown, breweries — and floods every few years when the Itajaí-Açu rises.

Blumenau
The white belltower of Joinville cathedral above the low downtown

INDUSTRIAL CITY

Joinville

Santa Catarina's biggest city — industrial, planned, functional. Dance festival in July, one of Brazil's best ballet schools.

Joinville
Half-timbered farmhouse with red geraniums in Pomerode countryside

MOST GERMAN TOWN

Pomerode

The most German town in Brazil — half the population speaks Pomeranian at home, half-timbered farms and a proper 12 km rota.

Pomerode
Colourful colonial facades along the waterfront in São Francisco do Sul historic centre

COLONIAL PORT ISLAND · 5 hotels

São Francisco do Sul

One of Brazil's oldest cities — 1504 Portuguese port, colonial centre, calm-bay beaches on an island east of Joinville.

São Francisco do Sul
Frost on grass at sunrise below the Morro da Igreja cliff face

HIGH SIERRA

Urubici

Highland town at 980 metres — canyons, Brazil's coldest recorded temperature, waterfalls and the Morro da Igreja cliff.

Urubici
Snow on the ground with a wooden gate in the São Joaquim highlands

APPLE HIGHLANDS

São Joaquim

Brazil's highest city — apple orchards, most reliable snowfall in the country, wine at altitude and a national park.

São Joaquim
Alpine-style wooden houses with flower boxes in Treze Tílias

AUSTRIAN VILLAGE

Treze Tílias

Little Tyrol in Brazil — Austrian founders in 1933, Alpine architecture, woodcarving tradition and Tirolerfest in October.

Treze Tílias

Henares

Henares

Surfers walking down to a wide beach at Garopaba with green hills behind

SURF TOWN

Garopaba

The south coast's surf capital — quiet fishing town in winter, packed with surfers and southern-hippy travellers in summer.

Garopaba
Cliffs and empty beach at Praia da Vila in Imbituba

WHALE COAST

Imbituba

Working port town with the Projeto Baleia Franca research base and the beaches that Rosa doesn’t have room for.

Imbituba
Curved beach with green hills behind at Praia do Rosa

ROMANTIC BEACH · 1 hotels

Praia do Rosa

Postcard south-coast bay — pricier pousadas on green hills, whales in spring, honeymoon and boutique-hotel scene.

Praia do Rosa
Colonial waterfront buildings and fishing boats at Laguna's historic centre

DOLPHIN COAST

Laguna

Colonial fishing town where fishermen and wild dolphins cooperate to catch mullet — historic centre and long ocean beaches.

Laguna

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