Category:Has custom banner Canela is a city in the Region of Serra Gaúcha, no Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Get in

There are two different routes to reach Canela from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul´s capital.

• The shortest one, not the best one: take the freeway and get the RS 115 going towards Gravataí. Short after going through the Police Station take the first right, the RS 020. This road will lead you to the city of Taquara. Then you can choose two different ways, through São Francisco de Paula or Gramado.
• The longest one, yet the most enjoyable: take the BR 116 until reaching the city of Novo Hamburgo. Then take the right and go towards Taquara. On Taquaras entrance there's a traffic light. Take the left there and Canela would be only 55 km ahead, shortly after the city of Gramado.

Get around

Buses connect Canela to Gramado every 20min. If you're so cheap as to not want to pay the taxi/uber ride to the Caracol State Park, know there is a bus connecting it to the Canela bus station 3 times a day.

See

• Category:See listing with no coordinatesStone CathedralCategory:Has map markers (Catedral de Pedra), Praça Matriz, ☏ +55 54 3282-1132. Stone church constructed in the English Gothic style, with a 65-meter tower, consecrated to Our Lady of Lourdes. Considered since 2010 as one of the 7 architectural wonders of Brazil. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesCastelinho CaracolCategory:Has map markers. Wooden "castle" built in 1913 without a single nail. Today it holds a small museum which recounts local history and the arrival of the railroad to Canela. Try the apfelstrudel in the teahouse. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesMundo à VaporCategory:Has map markers. Thematic museum 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesJolimont VineyardCategory:Has map markers, Estrada Morro Calçado. Founded by three Frenchmen in 1948. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesAlpen ParkCategory:Has map markers, Rodovia Arnaldo Oppitz, 901, ☏ +55 54 3282-9752. Amusement park located a few minutes drive from downtown Canela. Offers rollercoaster, bobsled, 4D movie theater, ziplines and some other attractions. 

Do

• Category:See listing with no coordinatesCaracol State ParkCategory:Has map markers (Parque Estadual do Caracol). Waterfall park: rockclimbing and trekking. As of March 2018, the stairs that lead to the bottom of Caracol waterfall were closed for renovation. Not to be confounded with the Cablecar attraction (40 BRL), which is a private property disconnected from the park, with no trekking opportunities. 22 BRL. 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesParque da FerraduraCategory:Has map markers. Park - rockclimbing, trekking, and sightseeing 
• Category:See listing with no coordinatesRio Paranhana (Paranhana River)Category:Has map markers. River rafting 

Buy

Eat

• Category:See listing with no coordinatesFlor do Vale DistilleryCategory:Has map markers (Alambique Flor do Vale), Estrada Morro Calçado, 2830, ☏ +55 54 3282-6954. Cachaça distillery and restaurant. 

Drink

Sleep

• Category:Sleep listing with no coordinatesPousada Doce CanelaCategory:Has map markers, Rua Adolfo Seibt, 61 - São José, ☏ +55 54 3282-9229, reservas@pousadadocecanela.com.br.  
• Category:Sleep listing with no coordinatesHospedaria ProvençalCategory:Has map markers, Theobaldo Fleck, 461, ☏ +55 54 3282-6929, hospedariaprovencal@terra.com.br. From R$ 150. 
• Category:Sleep listing with no coordinatesVestena Hotel CanelaCategory:Has map markers, Rua José Pedro Piva, 220 Centro, ☏ +55 54 3282-5600, toll-free: +55 800 642 5600, fax: +55 54 3282-4455, reservas@hotelcontinentalcanela.com.br. 172 suites divided into 5 categories: Luxury, Special Luxury, Super Luxury, Executive and Master Suite. All have air conditioning and central heating, cable TV, minibar, free wireless internet, bathroom with hot shower, hair dryer and digital safe. 
• Category:Sleep listing with no coordinatesGrande Hotel CanelaCategory:Has map markers, R. Getúlio Vargas, 300 Vila Luiza, ☏ +55 54 3282-1285, reservas1@grandehotel.com.br.  (updated Oct 2025)

Go next

• Gramado
• São Francisco de Paula for horseback riding throughout the Gaucho mountain range
• Itaimbezinho Canyon

Go next

Nova Petrópolis ← Gramado ←

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→ São Francisco de Paula

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