Candelária

Candelária is a town in the Central East of Rio Grande do Sul. It is part of the Paleorrota Geopark.

Botucaraí Ridge, in Candelária

Understand

Get in

• RS-287 (Dinosaur Highway) - east from Santa Maria or west from Novo Hamburgo
• RS-400 from the north or RS-410 from the south

Get around

See

Aristides Carlos Rodrigues Museum

• Aqueduct. 304-meter-long brick aqueduct built in 1862. 
• Aristides Carlos Rodrigues Museum (Museu Aristides Carlos Rodrigues), Av. Pereira Rego, 1000, ☎ [phone]. This museum has paleonotology and archeology exhibits of fossils and items found in the area, as well as an exhibit on German colonization of the town. 
• Botucaraí Ridge (Santo Cerro). This mountain ridge, approximately 570 meters high, receives religious pilgrimages at Good Friday, Easter, and Christmas. 
• Carlos Larger Beach (Praia Carlos Larger). Popular gathering spot during the summer months. 
• Ferradura Falls (Cascata da Ferradura), Roncador. A secluded 52-meter waterfall on the Roncador Brook. 
• Imperial Bridge (Ponte do Império). Stone bridge on the Botucaraí Way, an important road during the Imperial Era. Built in 1879-1880. 

Do

Buy

Eat

• Restaurante Dona Tereza, Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1292, ☎ [phone]. 
• Restaurante e Pizzaria Aba, Rua 15 de novembro, 330, ☎ [phone]. 
• Restaurante da Prainha, Rua Balneário, 1100, ☎ [phone]. 
• Restaurante Vieira´s Grill, Rua Bento Gonçalves, 416, ☎ [phone]. 
• Restaurante Santa Clara 1, Av. Pereira Rego, 1548, ☎ [phone]. 
• Restaurante e Churrascaria Miúcha, RSC 287 (near the entrance to the town), ☎ [phone]. 

Drink

Sleep

• Cande Hotel, Av. Julio de Castilhos, 1030, ☎ [phone]. 
• Hotel dos Viajantes, Rua Andrade Neves, 389, ☎ [phone]. 
• Pousada do Sol, Rua 15 de novembro, 851, ☎ [phone]. 

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