family and groups
Vale do Café offers all kinds of structure to bring your family together in immersive cultural and natural activities. Around the majestic Paraíba do Sul river, which feeds life in the metropolises of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, there are many programs.
The Cachoeira do Canal Waterfall is beautiful and has easy access, the Javary Lake, or the Lago Azul Lake with kiosks for your picnic offers sports courts. The “fish & pay” at Fazenda Santo Antônio, Haras Tamba Tajá, Fazenda Cachoeira Grande ensure good moments. The “fish & release” from Pousada Nova Gironda is wonderful.
Learn Golf at the Fazenda de Palmas, find out about the processes of its award-winning Pindorama cachaça at its distillery, or visit the buffalos and organic gardens at Fazenda Alliança. Head for lunch at Uaná Etê Bistro (by reservation), Sabores do Nando for home cooking, or Rancho Quindins – specially loved by kids. If you search shopping that interests the whole family, go on Saturday mornings at the Santa Feira in Hotel Santa Amália, with various artisans and farmers, visit the orchids at the Orchid Factory in Paty do Alferes, savour chocolates at Terra do Chocolates, goat cheeses at the Capril Santa Terezinha…
Or even pick you zucchinis, peppers, cherry tomatoes, gherkins and peppers from the surreal Seal Hortifruti greenhouses. In the cultural side you should visit the Cazuza Cultural Center, with a collection of the renowned singer and composer, the Café Escola Coffee School, the Casa da Hera Museum, the Magnetic Observatory of Vassouras, the Francisco Alves Museum… the viaduct Paulo de Frontin to show the fantastic engineering from the same architectural office that made the Eiffel Tower…
Don’t forget to schedule a visit to Quilombo São José for afro brazilian traditions, the magnificent headquarters of Fazenda Cachoeira Grande, Fazenda União, Fazenda Chacrinha, Fazenda São João da Barra or Fazenda São Luiz da Boa Sorte farms.
For your accommodation, Hotel Farms with their large country structures, such as Vilarejo, Santa Bárbara, Santo Antônio Pesqueiro and Mangalarga, host very well families.
Find on our map the selection of special places to help you organize your tour