Discover Campos

Let’s check out another day of our Itinerary in Campos do Jordão?!?!?

Jaguaribe Village (Vila Jaguaribe): is a neighborhood formerly called Retiro de São Matheus or Vila de São Matheus do Imbiri, founded in 1874 by the Portuguese Matheus da Costa Pinto. Over time, the doctor from the State of Ceará, Domingos José Nogueira Jaguaribe Filho benefited the population with several improvements. In this way, the people, in recognition of their work, made a petition asking the State Governor to change the name of the village. From that moment on, the village became known as Jaguaribe Village. Today, a residential, quiet and tree-lined neighborhood, where you can find the Woodcut House Museum (Museu Casa da Xilogravura), the Araucária Chocolate Factory and the Our Lady of Health Church (Igreja Nossa Senhora da Saúde).

Woodcut House Museum (Museu Casa da Xilogravura): the only Brazilian museum dedicated to woodcuts, that is, engravings made by printing a mold carved in wood on to paper. Founded in 1987, by professor and writer Antônio F. Costella, in a building, dating from 1928, which housed the Monastery of Saint John (Mosteiro São João). Today a non-profit institution, maintained by Publisher Mantiqueira and belonging to the University of São Paulo, it has a collection of more than 2.000 works, a specialized library, a woodcut workshop and a typographic workshop. The museum is open from Thursday to Monday from 9am to 12pm and from 2pm to 5pm. For more information, visit the website.

Capivari Park (Parque Capivari): surrounded by a lot of green, Capivari Park has pedal boats, zip lines, bolted climbing, tree climbing, a cable car that is connected to Elephant Hill (Morro do Elefante – 1st cable car in Brazil. For more information, visit the website), souvenir shops and snack bars, it is also the boarding point for the Cable Car ride and the Lookout Train that leaves from Emílio Ribas Station and the Campos do Jordão Railroad Memory Center (EFCJ – open from Wednesday to Monday, from 9am to 11:30am and from 1pm to 5pm). Capivari Park is open daily from 9am to 7:30pm (except weekends and holidays when it opens from 9am to 9pm), admission is free, but attractions are charged separately and parking is also paid. For more information, visit the website.

Elephant Hill (Morro do Elefante): considered one of the most visited spots in Campos do Jordão, Elephant Hill has a garden, a viewpoint (which provides a view of Capivari Village and other neighborhoods), souvenir shop, restaurant and Elephant Park (dedicated to telling stories about elephants, and has different statues of these animals, such as an elephant in pajamas. Free entrance. For more information, visit the Facebook page). Its name comes from the curves that form the mountain, which resemble the outline of an elephant. Standing more than 1.800 meters above the sea, there are two ways to reach the hill: by car (a journey of approximately 10 minutes from the center of Capivari Village) or by cable car.