Hotel St. John

About this stay

Book Hotel St. John for what it actually is, a hotel rather than anything grander, set in Blumenau's German-settled valley along the Itajaí-Açu river. Mornings start with breakfast on-site, useful before a day spent walking the enxaimel half-timbered streets around Vila Germânica. An in-house restaurant covers dinner without requiring a walk into town, handy on evenings when Blumenau's Oktoberfest crowds fill the district's beer halls. Laundry service saves a packing headache for longer regional trips through Santa Catarina. The city itself rewards a short stay: Blumenau grew around German immigrant settlement in the nineteenth century, and the half-timbered enxaimel architecture around Vila Germânica still marks the streets closest to downtown. Getting around is straightforward from here, with the historic centre and the river within easy range, and the format suits travellers who know exactly what a hotel does and doesn't include. Outside festival weekends, when the city's Oktoberfest crowds fill the beer halls, the neighbourhood stays quiet enough for an early night.

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