Poços de Caldas in Brazil
The city is right on the São Paulo state border, some 150 km north of the hydro resorts around Lindóia. Sited at 1180 m on the crater of an extinct volcano in a mountainous area, it has an excellent climate. The resort, a traditional honeymoon centre, has thermal establishments for the treatment of rheumatic, skin and intestinal diseases (you need a local doctor's certificate to use these facilities; ask at the resort for recommendations). Venetians from Murano settled here and established a crystal-glass industry.
Ins and outsPoços de Caldas is 272 km from São Paulo, 507 km from Rio and 510 km from Belo Horizonte. The
rodoviária
is 3 km from the centre and receives buses from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. A monorail runs down main avenue, Avenida Francisco Sales, to the cable car station.
From Poços de Caldas it is possible to visit the
Véu das Noivas
with its three waterfalls illuminated at night; the tall statue of
Cristo Redentor
at 1678 m, which can be reached by cable car and is popular with hang-gliders;
Pedra Batão
, an 80-m granite rock; and the Japanese teahouse at the
Recanto Japonês
.
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