The Itajaí Valley is a region in the northeastern part of the state of Santa Catarina in Southern Brazil. Itajai Valley region is fertile agricultural region. The most significant period for tourism is during Oktoberfest of Blumenau, a traditional Bavarian beer festival.

Cities

• 1 Balneário Camboriú — on Praia dos Amores the Atlantic forest shelters many species of fauna and flora native to Santa Catarina
• 2 Balneário Piçarras
• 3 Blumenau — celebrates its German heritage with its Oktoberfest, the world's second largest beer festival
• 4 Bombinhas —  a peninsula that juts 12 km into the sea, with 22 beaches and four islands, part of the Marine Biological Reserve of Arvoredo
• 5 Itajaí — a coastal town offering adventure sports such as hiking, surfing, cycling, flying outdoors, trails, rappelling
• 6 Itapema — it has a long park, boardwalk and beach along Meia Praia, with good services
• 7 Penha — the "National Seafood Capital" hosts the famous Beto Carrero World theme park.
• 8 Pomerode — the most authentic German town in Brazil

Ponte Pênsil Artur Ostrowski

Understand

The main agricultural products in Itajai Valley are tobacco, beef and dairy cattle and cereals. The tobacco produced on the Itajai Valley has a quality differential among other tobaccos in Brazil, what makes it one of the most desired tobaccos in the world.