Florianopolis
Best time to be there
Before you visit Brazil decide what you want to see: Brazil is a continental country, with large temperature variations from north to south. Visit the Pantanal from July to December, the Amazon Jungle from March to August, Rio de Janeiro from September to May and the Northeast year round.
Fly to
Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro (British Airways)
flying time
14 hours 15 minutes
time difference
GMT -3 hours
Visas
Not required for UK passport holders
Health Requirements
Yellow Fever certificate if arriving from an infected area
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Florianopolis is the capital of the island, Santa Catarina. Surrounded by 42 beaches, it has a landscape sprinkled with lakes, sand dunes and small islands along its coast.
The waves are so good that both national and international surfing championships are held here.
Steeped in history, Florianopolis boasts a series of fortresses built to withstand invasion by the Spanish and Dutch during the 16th and 17th centuries. Originally colonized by the Azorian Portuguese, Florianópolis retains many traces of its early years. The small village of Santo Antônio de Lisboa is an example of the architecture of that period and in Ribeirão da Ilha, the oldest part of the capital, the inhabitants still speak the Azorean dialect, which is difficult to understand at first.
Cuisine has become more sophisticated over the years, due to the Brazilians and foreigners who moved here and includes delicious seafood, all caught locally.
Suggested Florianopolis Accommodation
Ponta dos Ganchos
Santa Catarina's natural emerald splendour of forest and sea serves as the backdrop to one of Brazil's most exclusive hideaways, Ponta dos Ganchos. Dotted around a private peninsula...
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Guest Testimonial
Our consultant (Annie Jensen) really was excellent designing a great itinery minimising our time waiting around for transfers and both hotels, Four Seasons Bali and Oberoi Lombok exceeded our expections.
- SL, Hertfordshire
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Bwindi Community Hospital
Near Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp provides health care to rural communities living adjacent to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, among some of the poorest people in the world.
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