Laguna, Brazil Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

LAGUNA , 125km from Florianópolis and the closest Santa Catarina gets to having a near-complete colonial town, is an excellent place to break your journey. Located at the end of a narrow peninsula, at the entrance to the Lagoa Santo Antônio, Laguna feels like two distinct towns. Facing west onto the sheltered lagoon is the old port (long surpassed by Imbituba) and Lagoa’s historic centre, protected as a national monument. Two kilometres away, on the far side of a granite outcrop of mountainous proportions that separates the city’s two parts, is the new town, facing east onto the Atlantic … more »