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The Best Attractions In Florianopolis

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Florianópolis is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland. It has a population of 477,798, according to the 2016 IBGE population estimate, the second most populous city in the state , and the 47th in Brazil. The metropolitan area has an estimated population of 1,111,702, the 21st largest in the country. The city is known for having the country's third highest Human Development Index score among all Brazilian cities . The city is considered safe by Brazilian standards. In 2014, Florianópoli...
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  • 1. Santo Antonio de Lisboa Florianopolis
    Santo Antônio de Lisboa is a district of the city of Florianópolis, the state capital of Santa Catarina in Brazil.It is known for having strong Azorian culture due to the immigration in the 19th century. The seat of the district is Santo Antônio de Lisboa. The neighbourhoods of the district include: Barra de Sambaqui Cacupé Sambaqui
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  • 2. Jurere Internacional Florianopolis
    Jurerê International is an affluent neighborhood located in Brazil, state of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis city. It is a residential area developed by Habitasul Group. Famous Brazilian actors and soccer players make it their destination for holidays, making Jurerê a high-end destination. This neighbourhood is the product of extensive town planning and became a reference in the subject. The neighbourhood is named after Jurerê beach. The region has a number of good hotels and restaurants. The general safety of the neighbourhood and good services make it a usual destination of well-to-do families.
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  • 3. Praia Mole Florianopolis
    Mole Beach is located in the city of Florianópolis, Brazil. The beach extends 960 metres and the width varies from 10 m to 120 m. It is one of the many LGBT touristic spots of Florianópolis. Mole beach is also known for its strong and long waves making it ideal for surfing. The beach is also a traditional point for the youth of this island. The beach is frequented by surfers and gliders who use the hillside in the south as a slope for take-off. Normal length of the wave varies from 50 m to 150 m which fast and powerful coming from both left and right direction. The direction of wind is usually west, northwest and southwest. The swell direction is east, north, south and northeast. The wave swells from 1 metre to as high as 2.5 m. The tides are rising and falling having low and mid-tide po...
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  • 6. Barra da Lagoa Beach Florianopolis
    Barra da Lagoa is a small fishing village in the city of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The village is set on the mouth of a tidewater channel that flows in and out of the Island's sizable lagoon, the Lagoa da Conceição. The channel is at the end of a long beach made up of Praia Barra da Lagoa and Mozambique Beach which form a single 14 km stretch of beach.Barra da Lagoa is home to a turtle preservation centre operated by Projeto TAMAR.
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  • 7. Praia do Santinho Florianopolis
    Praia dos Ingleses is a beach located in the neighborhood of Ingleses do Rio Vermelho, in the north of the Santa Catarina Island 31 km from the Centro downtown district of Florianópolis the capital of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The beach is 4.83 km long, open ocean, blue warm water, the right side of the beach has calm water ideal for taking children and the elderly and on the other side, the waves are strong and conducive to surfing, bodyboarding and Standup paddleboarding. And a lot of sand where sandboarding is practiced by people of all ages on the beach's dunes. Boating tours are also conducted. Praia dos Ingleses is one of the busiest destinations on the island year round. In the summer it is the resort with the second largest concentration of Argentine tourists, second on...
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  • 9. Forte Beach Florianopolis
    The Carnival of Brazil is an annual Brazilian festival held between the Friday afternoon before Ash Wednesday and Ash Wednesday at noon, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter. On certain days of Lent, Roman Catholics and some other Christians traditionally abstained from the consumption of meat and poultry, hence the term carnival, from carnelevare, to remove meat.Rhythm, participation, and costumes vary from one region of Brazil to another. In the southeastern cities of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Vitória, huge organized parades are led by samba schools. Those official parades are meant to be watched by the public, while minor parades allowing public participation can be found in other cities, like Belo Horizonte, also in the southeastern region. The n...
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  • 15. Indigenous Museum Florianopolis
    Christianity is the largest religion in Brazil, with Roman Catholics having the most adherents. Brazil possesses a richly spiritual society formed from the meeting of the Roman Catholic Church with the religious traditions of African slaves and indigenous people. This confluence of faiths during the Portuguese colonization of Brazil led to the development of a diverse array of syncretistic practices within the overarching umbrella of Brazilian Roman Catholicism, characterized by traditional Portuguese festivities. Until recently Catholicism was overwhelmingly dominant. Rapid change in the 21st century has led to a growth in secularism , and Evangelical Protestantism to over 22% of the population. The 2010 census indicates that under 65% of Brazilians consider themselves Catholic, down from...
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