Rua das Palmeiras in front of the National Museum of Immigration and Colonization.
Bolshoi Ballet School (Escola de Teatro Bolshoi), Avenida Beira Rio, 315, ☎ (47) 3422 4070, . Fri 10AM-4PM. Well worth a visit if you're in the area. This is the only school run by the famous Bolshoi Ballet Company outside of Russia. Guided tours are in Portuguese (though if you're lucky the guide may be fluent enough in English to give you a run down), and should be booked in advance.R$3. �
Caiera Park (Parque da Caiera), (south zone). A part of the Atlantic Forest with walking trails and a lookout with views on Babitonga Bay. �
Finder Hill Ecological Park (Parque Ecológico Morro do Finder), Bom Retiro. Has various trails for walking or mountain biking, and a lookout point from which you can see the Aventureiro neighborhood. �
Estação da Memória, Anita Garibaldi (next to Shopping Joinville). What was the local train station from 1906 to 1996 has now been restored and reconfigured to hold a railroad museum, a sporting center, skate park, a playground, and other attractions. �
Bicycle Museum (Museu da Bicicleta), . Holds 15,000 bicycles, the oldest of which is an Italian "Volcite" from 1906. �
Expoville, (at the main entrance to the city). A leisure center with an exposition center, a small park, a shopping area, a lake with pedalboats, and a model car racetrack. �
National Museum of Immigration and Colonization (Museu Nacional de Imigração e Colonização), Rua Rio Branco, 229 (in front of Rua das Palmeiras), ☎ (47) 3433 3776. Tues-Sun 9AM-12Pm and 2PM-6PM. This museum offers a glimpse of life as it was for Joinville's first European settlers . It includes a historic house set up as it would have been around 150 years ago, as well as well as a couple of sheds containing machinery which was used in past times. �
Rio Bonito Highway (Estrada do Rio Bonito), (from km 22 of BR-101). A beautiful road with natural elements and German architecture and other German touches. Streets to either side lead to restaurants, residences, and fishing holes, and at the end of the road there is a typical German restaurant which offers dishes such as stuffed duck, and the Bonito River, good for a swim. There are also some trailheads from here. �
Rua das Palmeiras, Rua Alameda Brustlein. A well known pedestrian-only street lined with palm trees which were brought from Rio de Janeiro in 1873. It is the quintessential postcard shot of the city. �
Sambaqui Archeological Museum, Av. Beira-Rio - Centro. Displays some fossils found in the region and tells of the northeast Santa Catarina's sambaquis, pre-historic shell-mounds created by an unknown people who lived along the coast between 6000BC and 0BC. �
Scenic Lookout (Mirante), Rua Saguaçu - Saguaçu (on top of Morro da Boa Vista, the rainforest-covered hill next to Centro). This 250-meter tower is one of the city's main attractions. It offers an impressive panoramic view of the city and of Babitonga Bay. �
Timber-Frame House (Casa em Enxaimel), Rua Araranguá - Centro. A typical German immigrant house which shows how the Germans lived during the colonial period. �
Vigorelli Beach (Praia do Vigorelli), João de Souza Mello e Alvim Highway - Vila Cubatão. Joinville's only beach borders Babitonga Bay. It doesn't have a lot of sand, but is a safe place to swim, and there are a number of bars and restaurants along it. �
Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Parque Zoobotânico), Rua Pastor Guilherme Rau - Saguaçu (at the base of the lookout on Morro da Boa Vista), ☎ (47) 3431 5016. Tues-Sun 9AM-6PM. Joinville's zoo houses a modest collection of Brazilian animals and local flora. Free. �
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