Petrópolis

Distant 66 kilometers from the city of Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis is located on Serra da Estrela, in Rio de Janeiro State. It offers a mild climate, with temperatures ranging from 14 to 23 Celsius degrees. It’s generally a lot colder at night, even in the Summer, so it’s a good idea to have a jacket around. In Winter it is advisable to use heavier clothing, even when it is not so cold in Rio de Janeiro. Specially in Spring and Summer, the town is often covered by a humid and heavy fog, to which its citizens refer as the “ruço”. Appearing normally at late noon, the “ruço” usually comes quickly from nothing and sometimes may be really heavy. It is not advisable to travel when such fog occurs, as it becomes impossible even to see the ink markings on the road.

Teresopólis

City of a large green area, Teresópolis is located on the top of the Serra dos Orgãos, surrounded by beautiful landscape, featuring rivers and waterfalls, in addition to a rich local flora and fauna, including various species belonging to the Atlantic Forest.

Teresópolis - City of Theresa - in honor of Theresa Christina, Emperor Peter II's wife, who, in the late 19th Century, fell in love with the natural beauty and climate of this mountain region, where she would, during the often visits and vacation periods, rest with the family.

The roots of Teresópolis date to the first half of the 19th Century. The first official description of the city was made in 1788. The region though, became known only as of 1821, when the English descendent Portuguese George March acquired broad acres and made a model farm with its farm house located where nowadays is the Bairro do Alto. The farm ended up to form the first important settlement on the way from the Court to the Province of Gerais, developing considerably its agriculture, cattle raising and summer vacationing in the region. Despite of its largely thought, all the enlargement and subsequent development of this small settlement happened southwards, thus the merchants came from the Minas Gerais towards the port of Estrela, in the back of the Guanabara Bay, passing through Petrópolis. This region was considered by them as a strategic rest point. Only later, much later, the flow changed northwards, as the road connecting Rio to Teresópolis was opened.As the settlement slowly developed, it raised to the category of Parish of Santo Antônio do Paquequer in 1855. Only on July 6th, 1891, the parish was raised to the status of city, becoming known as Teresópolis, being its territory released from the city of Magé.

From that time to these days, Teresópolis has kept on attracting thousands of visitors and even newcoming residents that, as well as the Empress Theresa Christina, became enchanted with privileged climate, exuberant beauty of its paradise landscape, as well as the marvelous natural attractions.

Friburgo

Protected by Encosta da Serra, Nova Friburgo has a cold and dry weather. Its comfortable temperature lasts all year long (an average 18ºC) and attracts lots of people looking for the mountains pure air. During the winter, between July and August,the temperature can reach some degrees (Celsius) below zero. Its altitude varies between 350 and 2300 meters and the city is 850 meters below sea level.