Campos do Jordão is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in southeastern Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.The population is 52,405 (2020 est.) in an area of 290.52 square kilometers (112.17 sq mi). The city is situated 1,628 meters (5,341 ft) above sea level and is the highest city in Brazil.



There are numerous outdoor activities for tourists and winter residents. These include hiking, mountain climbing, treetop cable swings (arborismo), horseback riding, and ATV and motorbike riding. July, of winter season vacations, sees an enormous influx of visitors (more than quadrupling the city's population), due in part to the winter festival of classical music.



Its attractions throughout the year include German, Swiss, and Italian cuisine restaurants, bars, and a cable car. There are many pousadas (inns) and chalets. Also, in order to cater to a large number of visitors, several bars, lounges, discos, and clubs open during the winter months.


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The city's economy is based mainly on tourism and and many of the wealthiest residents of Sao Paulo have winter houses there

Buildings are mostly vernacular architecture from German, Swiss or Italian models

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Lots of Nazis and others fled Europe after the fall of Berlin.

Commentor:
Lots of Nazis and others fled Europe after the fall of Berlin.

Almost 80% fled to argentina

walkbrazil4k:


Almost 80% fled to argentina

Yes, but a great number still made its way to Brazil.

Commentor:


Yes, but a great number still made its way to Brazil.

Yea but, Germans have been living in brazil as far back as the 1800s even before the war and the Swiss City is not because of nazis that fled and Juan peron the former president of Argentina was a nazi sympathizer he helped alot of naxis flee Europe

That area will be expensive to live…

What part of São Paulo is it located?

Teslason:
That area will be expensive to live…

Yes that's true

Teslason:
What part of São Paulo is it located?

It's a mountainous region