• The Monastery and the Palace of Boa Vista
Those who seek peace and tranquility can begin their visit to Campos do Jordão through the Benedictine Convent of San Juan. In this religious precinct, the sisters offer every day a Gregorian chant recital perfect to feel at peace on earth. The concerts take place at 5:45 pm and admission is free. It is also possible to visit the monastery for the rest of the day, as well as to purchase handicraft objects made by the sisters.
The Palace of Boa Vista is also known as Governo Palace, since it is the official winter residence of the Governor of the State of São Paulo. In addition to its political and historical importance, the palace also houses an important collection of Brazilian art of the twentieth century. There are guided tours with specialized monitors.
• Baden Baden brewery, beer in its purest form
The Baden Baden Brewery is a curious place, especially if we take into account that it is in Brazil, a tropical country where the official drink is the caipirinha. It is a very popular establishment in Campos do Jordão, the perfect place to see and be seen. Travelers, tourists and VIPs come to its pleasant terraces, where in addition to tasting excellent beers (they even have their own micro-distillery, where they make eleven different types of beer) it is also possible to try delicious dishes. Baden Baden is located in a shopping center located in the tourist district of Vila Capivari. Although the brewery is open all year, the micro-distillery can only be visited through concerted visits. This unique facility, whose name is Baden Baden Microcervejaria, is located in the district of Santa Cruz (also in Campos do Jordão). It is possible to arrange visits by filling in the form that appears on your website.
• Felicia Leirner Museum: sculptural and personal art
Contemporary sculpture finds its raison d'être in the Felicia Leirner Museum (Rua Arrobas Martins, 1800 - Alto da Boa Vista), an impressive place inaugurated in 1979 where it is possible to admire ninety sculptures that the artist Felicia Leirner donated to the Brazilian government , after fifty years of full dedication to his work. The museum is an open space, where the abstract forms of the sculptures have their best backdrop in the green of nature. Made in very heterogeneous materials such as white cement, clay or metal, the works of Leirner shine with their own light within the five sections in which they are organized, and that are shelling the trajectory of the artist according to the style of each type of sculpture: Figurative, The Path of Abstraction, Abstract, Organic and Cuttings of the Landscape.
• Winter Festival, an essential event
The Campos do Jordão International Winter Festival is the most important classical music event not only in Brazil, but throughout Latin America. It is celebrated during the month of July, and every year the organization brings great figures of contemporary classical music to the town. In parallel to the celebration of the Festival, Campos do Jordão also celebrates many activities during the month of July in other parts of the city. Master classes, concerts in theaters and scholarship programs are just some of the parallel events that take place during a month in which the best music is the protagonist. The International Winter Festival was attended by personalities of the stature of Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich or Kiri Te Kanawa.
• The Borboletario
Walking in the midst of hundreds of colorful butterflies, which raise their subtle flight in the middle of nature, seems like a dream, and it is: but it can become a reality in Campos do Jordão. To live this indescribable experience, it is enough to pay a visit to the Mariposario, or to speak properly, to Borboletario Flores that Voam. Located next to the Horto Florestal, the site is dedicated to the most beautiful insects: the butterflies. In him it is possible to admire ninety-five species, to which more spectacular.
• Horto Florestal
It is a park of 8300 hectares where the fauna and flora of the Sierra de Mantiqueira are preserved intact. It is considered one of the most touristic points of Campos do Jordão and has everything you need to spend a fantastic day in nature: information and interpretation points, picnic areas, restaurants.
• El Morro del Elefante and the Cable Car
With the curious name of Morro del Elefante (Morro do Elefante) it is called in Campos do Jordão one of the two most spectacular viewpoints of the city. Located very close to the tourist district of Vila Capivari, its height is 1800 meters. To get to this magical destination it is necessary to take the cable car that departs from the foot of the Morro, which is part of the Estrada de Ferro. You can also go on foot, but that's more for athletes and adventurers.
• Bosque do Silencio: passion for arborism
The arborismo is an activity that every day has more followers. It consists in touring the treetops through scales, Tibetan bridges, lianas and other vertiginous means that bring us closer to the sky. In Bosque do Silencio, located 2 kilometers from the center of Vila Capivari, it has four routes for all levels and with different durations. It is a space organized and managed by the firm Altus Ecological Tourism.
• Chocolate factory, sweet temptation ...
The passion for this addictive sweet is such in Campos do Jordão that the city has a factory-museum where you can taste, but also learn more about its preparation. It is the Araucaria Chocolate Factory, a product that has been on the market for fourteen years, sweetening the lives of Brazilians. In the factory you can contemplate the manufacture of sweet pleasure through glass panels.
• Estrada de Ferro, a walk through history
Travelers who want to know more about the history of the places they visit will adore the Estrada de Ferro of Campos do Jordão: a railway with two routes that reveal fascinating information about the birth of the city and about the colonization of the Sierra de Mantiqueira. The first route goes from Emilio Ribas to San Cristóbal (8 kilometers), surrounding the city; the second, meanwhile, joins Campos de Jordão with Santo Antonio in a pleasant journey that covers 19 kilometers in total.
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