Lago do Itapeva

My city is one of the highest in the country, is in the hills of Serra da Mantiqueira with altitude until 2.000m above sea line. It is famous for cold, despite being a tropical country, we have in our winter temperatures like -3, -5 degrees Celsius. For this reason our winter festival (international festival of classical music), is famous and attracts millions of tourists every year. Another unique feature is our architecture is entirely based in Europe.

The whole city of Campos do Jordao is a mall in the open. At night we have many store, restaurants and leisure centers. during the winter festival a lot of companies make presentations of new products and bring cultural events and entertainment for children, teens and adults.

The main tourist center is the town square of Village Capivari with a acoustics Shell for presentations of the festival and concerts of all kinds, we have a cable car to the hill Morro do Elefante from where you can obeservar throughout the city. We have another attractions like a State Park with an area of 83km2 preserved with wonderful rain florester and animals, recreation centers, natural landscapes with sports activities such as tree climbing, rock climbing, hangglider, paraglider, mountain biking, hiking and more...

The city of Campos do Jordao is famous for being a destination of charm in winter, it is called the Brazilian Swiss, many rich people have the winter home here. Living here is a little more expensive than in a big city.