Quiet coves
Small beaches.
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Governador Celso Ramos is a small coastal town of about 15,000 people north of Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, on a peninsula full of coves, calm beaches and fishing villages with an Azorean character. Settlement began in the eighteenth century with immigrants from the Azores who came to hunt whales, founding Armação da Piedade, one of the old whaling stations. As it had no room to grow, its people moved to Ganchos, today's municipal seat. It split from Biguaçu in 1963 and took the name of former governor Celso Ramos in 1967. The municipality includes part of the Arvoredo Marine Biological Reserve, one of southern Brazil's best diving sites. Visitors come for its small, quiet beaches and seafood and oyster restaurants, away from the crowds of Florianópolis.
Small beaches.
At Arvoredo.
And oysters.
Governador Celso Ramos, north of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina state
Azorean immigrants who came to hunt whales in the eighteenth century.