Sao Jose dos Campos Tourist Attractions

GuararemaGuararema, 16km/10mi from São José dos Campos, has a number of buildings of the colonial period, including the churches of Nossa Senhora da Freguesia da Escada (16th century) and Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (18th century). Other features of interest are the Ilha do Pau d'Alho in the Rio Paraíba and the Putim Falls.

Avenida Adhemar de Barros, which runs from the city center to the western districts, leads to Santos Dumont Park, in which prototypes of the first Bandeirante, a type of aircraft made in São José dos Campos, and other planes used by the Brazilian air force in the Second World War are displayed.

On the south side of the city, by the road to Caraguatatuba, is the Observatory of the Institute of Aeronautical Technology (Instituto de Tecnologia Aeronáutica). Near this is the Aerospace Research Center (Centro Tecnológico Aeroespacial).

On Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima is the EMBRAER (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica) aircraft factory.

There are some towns and natural attractions in the area surrounding São José dos Campos.

On Praça Afonso Pena, near the road to Campos do Jordão, is the church of São Benedito (1870), which now houses the Municipal Museum of Art.