Beauties of Campos

And on the last day of our Itinerary, nothing better than a few more natural and man-made beauties!!

Amantikir: designed and built by Walter Vasconcellos (also known as Dr. Garden), who after visiting several parks around the world, started to think that his hometown also deserved it, so in 2007, together with some clientes/friends opened the Amantikir Park. The name Amantikir comes from the indigenous people who gave rise to the world Mantiqueira, which means the “mountain that cries” (this term comes from the legend that a beatiful Indian woman fell in love with the Sun and he also fell in love with her. That way there was no more night and the jealous Moon told God Tupã about the romance, who placed an imposing mountain over the India woman. Since then, every day, she cried with longing for the Sun and its waters to fill the mountain veins, overflowing rivers and waterfalls run through the Serra da Mantiqueira). The park has about 700 species of cultivated plants, is formed by 28 gardens, was inspired by several parks in the world; has been considered since 2013 by TripAdvisor as the number 1 attraction of Campos do Jordão, and has three objectives: diversity, sustainability and education. Amantikir is open every day of the year, including holidays, from 8:30am to 5pm, with an entrance fee of R$60 (full), R$30 (half) and R$20 (for local inhabitants from Friday to Sunday). For more information, visit the park’s website.

Felícia Leirner Museum (Museu Felícia Leirner): opened in 1979, and made official as a museum in 2001, the Felícia Leirner Museum brings together 85 works, made of bronze, white cement and granite, by the artist Felícia Leirner. The works are arranged according to the artist’s criteria, following the phases of her trajectory: figurative (1950 – 1958), on the way to abstraction (1958 – 1961), abstract (1963 – 1965), organic (1966 – 1970) and landscape cutouts (1980 – 1982). In 1987, the museum was considered one of the most important of its kind in the world by Sculpture Magazine, from the International Sculpture Center, in Washington D.C. The museum shares its space with the Claudio Santoro Auditorium, opened in 1979 under the name Campos do Jordão Auditorium. It was only in 1989 that the auditorium was renamed to what it is know today, in honor of the conductor who died in the same year, who was the first principal regent of the Symphony Orchestra of Brasília and internationally recognized as a great composer of contemporary music. The auditorium was designed by Gian Carlo Gasperini, na Italian architect who lived in Brazil. The area still has more than 90 species of native animals, such as toucans, parrots, anteaters and coatis. The Felícia Leirner Museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 9am to 6pm, and admission is R$15,00 (full) and R$7,50 (Half). For more information, visit the website.