A small city settled by the Dutch about 130 km from São Paulo; It is one of the largest flower producers in Brazil.
More than a show, Expoflora is a great feast where the Dutch cultural roots are shown in the folk dances, music and unforgettable plates of Dutch and Brazilian food, all flavored with a great liveliness and cheerfulness. The mixing of all this gives the Dutch accent to the nature show.
Expoflora is a paradise of cultural and leisure attractions waiting for you.
The show of Flower Arrangements and landscape art let you see the nature transformed by men. With an amount of more than 1.000 flowers and plants species, it’s a must of Expoflora. The Garden Center is a large flower and plant shopping center.
There’s also a tour through Holambra. There are busses with specialized guides to show you the main tourist sites of the city.
The Mini-farm shows, in beautiful surroundings, some animals, birds, bees and greenhouses, showing all the phases of the plant growing.
Expoflora will make you know Holambra and its habits. It’s a show for all ages.
In every moment and in many places you can find musicians and dancers in traditional costumes, showing the Dutch traditions. In many places you can also find restaurants with a varied menu, mixing the Dutch taste to the Brazilian art of cooking which is also part of the feast. There are thematic and leisure gardens to relax and contemplate nature’s magnificence.
Expoflora is a different program in a exclusive place to fit those who look for relaxation, leisure and fun.
Holambra, the flowery gate to the next century.
You’ve got many reasons to visit Holambra: the flowers, the colors, the natural beauties, the Dutch cultural traditions, the “Expoflora” (greatest Flower and Plant Show in Latin America) and a warm hospitality.
Holambra is perfect for touring. The lovely and different landscape offered by the flowery fields, the white greenhouses standing out from the green fields, the Dutch architectural style of the buildings… those who come from the noise and haste of the big cities, find themselves in another world.
The work of man turned Holambra’s nature in a post card, keeping her ahead in high technology in flowers growing. A young city, with a dynamic economy. The flower and plant auction trade system through the Veiling Holambra is one of the most sophisticated in the world.
A little more than a half century old, today Holambra has a population of 10.000 in habitants, and is recognized as the greatest pole of flowers production and commerce in the country.
But there are not only flowers to be bought in Holambra. There’s a very diversified commerce, offering from Dutch art and decoration objects to first need products.
Seen from above, Holambra looks like a colored mosaic of fully utilized lands, besides the hundreds of acclimatized greenhouses for various kinds of flower and plant production for internal and exterior commerce.
Not very sophisticated and of diversified classification, Holambra Hotels are welcoming, familiar and cozy. Lodging in the city, the visitor will enjoy the generous nature and unforgettable leisure moments.
The gastronomy and cultural tradition also fascinate the visitors. Holambra’s cookery, which is served in restaurants, bars, fast-food restaurants and cafés, mixes brilliantly the Dutch specialties with international and Brazilian ones. Many of the Dutch cakes, pies and biscuits are still handmade, which makes them an attraction apart.
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