Camboriu Beach ("Balneário Camboriú" in Portuguese)a.k.a. Southern Atlantic's Marvel, is one of Southern Brazil's major tourismhubs. Its resident population is 100,000 strong, but in summertime it welcomesup to one million tourists. At that time its temperature goes as high as104º F (40º C), when it draws young and senior citizens alikeafter sunny days and lively night life, as well as beaches and sports.Sea water is lukewarm the year round. Argentinians own roughly 10% of thereal estate and come over regularly, even after late summer, in droves,primarily, senior citizens who stay as late as May. Chartered in 1964, this county has soon become one of Southern Brazil's"must" resorts on account of its beautiful landscape and good infrastructure.Lately, thousands of Beto Carrero World-Bound tourists have checked intoCamboriu's fairly large good hotel network, a short thirty-minute drivefrom that thematic park. Beto Carrero World, the world's fifth largestof its kind, is located in a neighboring town called Penha. Camboriu Beach, Santa Catarina State's foremost resort, is an ever expandingcity whose house-building business is the State's biggest. Because of itsfacilities and liveliness, Camboriu Beach is theentretainment hub for the gorgeous outlying resorts which can be reachedby bus, car or boat. Two of those beach resorts stand out: Porto Belo and Bobinhas , where the sea meets the rough wild coast surroundedby the coastal woods of Mata Atlântica. Camboriu Beach's major event is the New Year'sEve , with fireworks bursting all along its 3.740-mile (6 Kms) longshoreline. Beach sports and nightlife are Camboriu'strademark. The midbeach is the most sought-after, but the Southern region, knowas Costa Brava (Wild Coast), also draws crowds because of its sheer beauty. Not only, those visiting Beto Carrero World stay at Camboriu hotels,a sizeable number of those going to the Oktoberfest and other of SantaCatarina State's traditional October festivals do the same. Those festivals bring over up to 1.5 million tourists a year,which helps drum up business and set tourism in motion off season. The Santur Park (a roadside landmark withits zoo, botanical garden, amusement park, souvenir stores, food plaza,archeological museum and convention hall), a few minutes away fromdowntown Camboriu by car, draws more throngs than any other attractionalong Inter-State Highway 101 (BR-101) that cut across Santa Catarina. Camboriu Beach is not culturally-geared yet. However a tourism and hotelbusiness college was recently established here, an architecture and urbandevelopment college is being built up (1996) and a nursing college is onthe blueprint stage; when operational, its will be linked to a universityhospital. Although not headquartered within Camboriu's borders, an oceanographycollege, set up in a neighboring town (Itajaí), has played a majorrole on Camboriu's development planning, through tailored research programs. A cultural center is about to be dedicated (1996); it is expected tofurther arts in this community. Incidentally, Camboriu's best know artistis a photographer, Lair Leoni Bernardoni , whohas had photo expositions in various parts of the world and has photosregistered at the Image Bank. In fact, this site's background was producedfrom one of MS.Bernardoni's photos, electronically reproduced and altered. Visit Camboriu Beach; we are friendly hospitable people who will rollout the red carpet for you. Tourism is our business and you will love it.
REGIONAL LINKS
SantaCatarina Department of Tourism Florianópolis Site
Balneário Camboriú Site
Redel - Balneario Camboriu Internet Provider
Santa Catarina University
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