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Town in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Gramado is in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in Southern Brazil. Although practically unknown abroad, Gramado is an extremely popular tourist destination for Brazilians due to its cool weather, European architecture, family-friendly activities and ecotourism options at the neighbor municipality of Canela.
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surrounded by Araucaria wood that gets full of flowers in summer. Very popular walking spots. Features pedal boats.
Mini-mundo
Outdoors collection of world monuments, such as Neuschwanstein castle, Ouro Preto and Bariloche airport, built in 1:24 scale.
Rua coberta
Shopping street with acrylic roof that looks beautiful with Christmas lights.
Christmas-themed picturesque park, features Santa Claus Grove, Ms. Santa Village, Toy Factory, Wish Tree and Bear Cottage.
Features City Hall, Elisabete Rosenfeld Theater, the Municipal Historic Archives, the Prof. Hugo Daros Municipal Museum, sporting and religious facilities.
Palácio dos Festivais
Hosts famous Gramado Cinema Festival, and regular cinema sessions year-round.
Dreamland - Museu de Cera de Gramado
Chicago-style pizza.
Fondue.
By bus
Gramado is served by Citral, which has the franchise to explore intercity bus services in Gramado and Canela area.
By car
The main access route between Porto Alegre and Gramado is via the BR-116 and RS-373 highways. An alternative route that also connects Porto Alegre and Gramado are the RS-020 and RS-115 highways.
By bus
Public buses are operated by Gramado Turismo (Portuguese only). They are cheap but meant for locals, not for visitors, and are hardly useful to visit tourist attractions.
On foot
The city center of Gramado, which contains many of the city's attractions, shopping and gastronomy, can be easily and it's better explored on foot.
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