Santa Catarina

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Santa Catarina: Incomparable!

At a Glance

Virtually unexplored by North Americans, Santa Catarina offers a world of new sensations, combining pristine natural sceneries with an intriguing cultural mix and beaming warmth everywhere.

Endowed with dazzling beaches and breathtaking mountains and canyons, the region is home to German, Austrian, Italian, Portuguese, Hungarian and Polish settlements that proudly preserve their rich architecture, colorful music and dance, and sublime gastronomic delights.

For those seeking ecotourism or water sports, Santa Catarina is ideal for canoeing, rafting, rappelling, paragliding, hang-gliding, scuba diving, and snorkeling – and all this surrounded by an amazing lush evergreen Atlantic forest!

The state has a natural vocation for tourism, blending awesome natural beauty with the advantages of a good quality of life, incredible hotel options, services and facilities infrastructure, and safety.

Several itineraries may be developed from North America combining Brazil with other destinations in South America, such as, Argentina, Chile and Peru.

 

Climate

The climate in this region is subtropical, with its four seasons well defined.

Summer in Santa Catarina occurs between November and March, when the temperatures normally range between 90°F (30°C) during the day and decreases to 75°F (24°C) during the evening. In few occasions the temperature may reach up to 100°F (38°C) throughout the day and around 80°F (28°C) during the evening.

The period from June to August is considered winter, when the daily temperature stays around 70°F (21°C). It can be a little bit chili during the evening, when the temperature drops to 59°F (15°C). On the mountains, it is very common that the temperatures will range between 63° F (17°C) and 40°F (5°C).

The typical rain season in Santa Catarina occurs in September and October, and in April and May. But it is also common that it rains for some 15 to 30 minutes in the summer, a short rain fall that normally occurs in the late afternoon. The positive side of the rain is that it refreshes the air and maintains the green environment.

The relative humidity is pleasant, around 70% during the summer.

Time and Power Voltage

Santa Catarina follow the “Brasília Time”: three hours behind the Greenwich - UTC-3.

Once a year – normally between October and February – summer time is adopted, in order to save energy. During summer time all the clocks are advanced in one hour.

The electric voltage is 220 volts.

 

Getting here

Getting to Brazil from the United States and Canada is quite simple when one takes into account the great number of daily flights to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Major airlines include: Tam, American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta, Continental and Air Canada.

Florianópolis, the capital of Santa Catarina, is only a 50 minute flight from São Paulo, and an hour and fifteen minutes from Rio de Janeiro. Heading down South, Buenos Aires is an hour and a half away on a direct flight. Tam, Gol and Varig fly from and to Florianópolis.

Travelling within Santa Catarina is comfortable and easy. Tourists can easily move about the region by car or bus along its well-maintained highways and roads.

The Hercílio Luz airport (FLN) is 25 minutes from downtown Florianópolis.

 

Major airlines for international flights from the US and Canada to São Paulo (GRU) or Rio (GIG) include:

-          Tam

-          American Airlines

-          United

-          Delta

-          Continental

-          Air Canada

 

Airlines for connecting flights from São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina include:

-          Tam

-          Gol

-          Varig

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On SCT

Santa Catarina.Travel (SCT) is a tourism promotion program run by International Business Intelligence Asia-Pacific Consultoria Limitada (IBI Asia-Pacific), a consulting firm that specializes, among other services, in the destination management of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

IBI Asia-Pacific, works as the international arm of Santur, the Santa Catarina Tourism Board, for the US, Canadian and Portuguese markets. The Tourism Attraction Program is managed by Jose Martin Desmaras Luzuriaga, Joceli Marina Cardozo and Janete Cristina Balduíno.