Gramado
I haven't any photos of Gramado and I haven't mentioned it yet, although we did visit Gramado last weekend along with Canela. Is it already a week ago! This website
which has some photos which give a good idea of what Gramado like describes it as a
"A Swiss village in Brazil, known for their chocolates, hydrangeas, and annual film festival."
We ended up in Gramado on the weekend of the annual film festival. You couldn't move. It was jam packed with people, all with umbrellas and thick coats as the weather was terrible.
A friend described the film festival as the 'Cannes' of Brazil. There was definitely the red carpet and steps leading up into the film theatre with all the appropriate trappings and news coverage for Brazilian celebrities. It was possible to buy tickets to see the films - however, when I asked about disabled parking (parking was a nightmare in Gramado during this festival), and wheelchair access to the film theatre so that we could avoid all the steps (even though it would have been nice to be on a red carpet just once!) - I was told there was no wheelchair access and no disabled parking! I wonder what the situation in Cannes is like!
Despite all this Gramado is worth a visit, ideally in the warmer weather when the hortencias (hydrangeas) are all in flower. There are banks and banks of these. Another speciality of the area is fondue, either chocolate, meat or cheese.
We didn't feel too bad about missing it all this time as we have visited Gramado before in years gone past and we hadn't visited the National Parks around Canela before.
I haven't any photos of Gramado and I haven't mentioned it yet, although we did visit Gramado last weekend along with Canela. Is it already a week ago! This website
which has some photos which give a good idea of what Gramado like describes it as a
"A Swiss village in Brazil, known for their chocolates, hydrangeas, and annual film festival."
We ended up in Gramado on the weekend of the annual film festival. You couldn't move. It was jam packed with people, all with umbrellas and thick coats as the weather was terrible.
A friend described the film festival as the 'Cannes' of Brazil. There was definitely the red carpet and steps leading up into the film theatre with all the appropriate trappings and news coverage for Brazilian celebrities. It was possible to buy tickets to see the films - however, when I asked about disabled parking (parking was a nightmare in Gramado during this festival), and wheelchair access to the film theatre so that we could avoid all the steps (even though it would have been nice to be on a red carpet just once!) - I was told there was no wheelchair access and no disabled parking! I wonder what the situation in Cannes is like!
Despite all this Gramado is worth a visit, ideally in the warmer weather when the hortencias (hydrangeas) are all in flower. There are banks and banks of these. Another speciality of the area is fondue, either chocolate, meat or cheese.
We didn't feel too bad about missing it all this time as we have visited Gramado before in years gone past and we hadn't visited the National Parks around Canela before.
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