The lookout
Over the hairpins.
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Bom Jardim da Serra is a small town of about 4,400 people on the Santa Catarina highland plateau, at 1,232 metres; it is one of Brazil's coldest towns, with occasional snow, and its land holds the famous lookout above the Serra do Rio do Rastro road. Its history is tied to São Joaquim, of which it was part until 1967. From the eighteenth century drovers crossed its land between the coast and the plateau on the trail opened by Francisco de Souza Faria in 1728, and settlers from Lages and Rio Grande do Sul arrived in the nineteenth century. Its land holds the Funil, Ronda and Laranjeiras canyons, the Barrinha and Pelotas falls, and part of the São Joaquim National Park. From its lookout on the plateau edge, visitors watch the road's famous hairpins winding down towards the coast.
Over the hairpins.
Funil and Ronda.
Sometimes in winter.
Bom Jardim da Serra, Planalto Serrano, Santa Catarina state
Sometimes in winter; it is one of Brazil's coldest towns.