If
Caxambu is the last word in Edwardian elegance, Sao Lourenco rivals it with its displays of Art Deco brilliance.
Its Parque das Águas is studded with striking 1940s pavilions
and has a stunning bathhouse, the Balneário, that looks
more like a film set for a Hollywood high-society comedy. The
most upmarket and modern-looking of the small spas, the town
is popular with young and old alike.
The town is built along the shores of a beautiful lake, a
large chunk of which has been incorporated into the Parque
(daily 8am-5pm; the pavilions with the mineral water fountains
are closed 11.30am-2pm), and during the day it's here that
everything goes on. Much larger than the one in Caxambu,
and much more modern, the park is kept to the same immaculate
standard:
again, a lovely place for a stroll, with its brilliant white
pavilions, forested hillside, clouds of butterflies and birds
- though steer clear of the black swans on the lake, which
have a nasty temper. There are rowing boats for rent, and
an artificial island in the middle of the lake. Hostels in Sao Lourenco |
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