Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Destinations
Santa Leopoldina (7am, 10.40am, 2.20pm;
1hr 20min); Santa Maria (8.30am, 11am, 6pm; 1hr); Vitória
(10 daily; 2hr-2hr 20min).
Information
For tourist information visit the Prefeitura at
Av Jerônimo Verloet 145 (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm;
T
27 3259
2268;
W
santateresa.es.gov.br).
Money and exchange
A branch of the Banco do Brasil
with an ATM is opposite the Prefeitura.
ACCOMMODATION AND EATING
Booking ahead is essential during the
Festa do Imigrante Italiano de Santa Teresa
, an annual celebration of Italian
culture and traditions that takes place over a four-day period, coinciding with the last weekend of June.
Italian food
rules
in Santa Teresa, and is probably the most obvious sign of its roots. Don't expect Tuscan levels of perfection, obviously, but
it's all pretty good.
2
★
Bar Elite
Rua Coronel Bonfim Júnior 104
T
27 9736
8488.
This classic old café/bar is hard to beat for ambience,
retaining an old Italian feel with the bar on top of an antique
vitrine, old photos lining the walls, locals reading the paper
and dusty bottles of wines in cabinets along the wall, all
inside a 1919 building opposite the church. Stick with beer,
wine and
cachaça
- the coffee is served sweet from a flask.
Hours tend to be irregular in practice.
Daily 9am-8pm.
Café Haus
Av José Ruschi 287
T
27 3259 1329,
W
restaurantecafehaus.com.br.
Charming little café
specializing in gourmet Brazilian coffee and delicious cakes
and sweets (you can also buy local products in the shop). It
also offers more substantial German and Italian dishes;
think creamy lasagne and amazing flambéed bananas.
Mon-Sat 9am-10pm.
Claid's Biscoitos
Av José Ruschi 241
T
27 3259 1368,
W
claids.com.br.
This local institution produces classic Italian-
style
biscotti
worth sampling and taking away - flavours
include coconut, chocolate, cashew, almond, pepper, bacon
and even champagne.
Mon-Sat 9am-6pm.
Hotel Pierazzo
Av Getúlio Vargas 115
T
27 3259 1233,
W
hotelpierazzo.com.br.
This is your only option in town.
It's a no-frills ageing hotel with basic but adequate, clean
en-suite rooms (wit
h ceilin
g fan and local TV) and a decent
breakfast included.
R$120
Piaceri Alla Tavola
Rua Colonel Bomfim Júnior 70
T
27 3259 2999.
The pasta, pizza and other typical Italian
dishes here are excellent quality, most produce is sourced
locally and mains cost around R$20. The restaurant is
housed in an attractive nineteenth-century home.
Tues-Sun 11am-3pm & 7-11pm.
Pousada Vita Verde
Estrada de Aparecidinha
T
27
3259 3332,
W
pousadavitaverde.com.
This is the most
comfortable place to stay, 2km from the town centre, with
a converted farmhouse that has two c
halets a
nd seven cosy
suites set amid beautiful countryside.
R$110
Santa Maria de Jetibá
he road between Santa Teresa and
SANTA MARIA DE JETIBÁ
(the ES-261) passes
through hilly terrain, densely cultivated with coffee bushes, interspersed with pine
plantations and, on the steepest of hillsides, patches of Mata Atlântica. Santa Maria
is another thriving country town, but this time with Pomeranian (German) roots.
Virtually the entire population is descended from mid-nineteenth-century immigrants
from Pomerania (now part of Poland) and today remains bound together by a common
heritage based on the continued use of the
Pommersch Platt
dialect and membership in
the Lutheran Church.
The main commercial centre lies at the southern end of town, along
Avenida
Frederico Grulke
, a busy thoroughfare lined with shops, and tiny
Praça Saudável
,
with its German-themed kiosks. Nearby, the
Prefuitura
or “Radhaus” is a giant,
Hanseatic-looking structure, with the fairly ineffectual tourist o
ce (really a small
craft shop) nearby.
Museu da Imigração Pomerana
Rua Dalmácio Espíndula • Tues-Sun 9am-5.30pm • Free
The history of the area's settlement is commemorated by the small
Museu da
Imigração Pomerana
near the town hall at the end of Rua Dalmácio Espíndula.
Inside is a handful of artefacts chronicling life in the town, with labels in English
(and German).
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE SANTA MARIA DE JETIBÁ
By bus
Buses run between here and Santa Teresa at 5.10am, 1pm and 3pm (1hr) from along Av Frederico Grulke.
