Candelária

Botucaraí Ridge, in Candelária

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

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

See

Aristides Carlos Rodrigues Museum

• Aqueduct. 304-meter-long brick aqueduct built in 1862. 
• 1 Aristides Carlos Rodrigues Museum (Museu Aristides Carlos Rodrigues), Av. Pereira Rego, 1000, ☏ +55 51 3743-8171. 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. 
• 2 Imperial Bridge (Ponte do Império). Stone bridge on the Botucaraí Way, an important road during the Imperial Era. Built in 1879-1880. 

Eat

• 1 Restaurante Dona Tereza, Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1292, ☏ +55 51 3743-1120. 
• Restaurante e Pizzaria Aba, Rua 15 de novembro, 330 (next to Hotel Michels), ☏ +55 51 3743-1793. 
• 2 Restaurante Vieira´s Grill, Rua Bento Gonçalves, 416, ☏ +55 51 3743-3876. 

Sleep

• 1 Cande Hotel, Av. Julio de Castilhos, 1030, ☏ +55 51 3743-1600. 
• 2 Hotel dos Viajantes, Rua Andrade Neves, 389, ☏ +55 51 3743-1042.