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Jundiaí is a city in São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil, about 57 km from the state capital, famous for its vineyards and Festa da Uva grape festival, the Atlantic Forest of the Serra do Japi and the historic railway workshops of the Complexo Fepasa.
Its name means river of the jundiás, a fish once common in the local river. The town grew on the route inland from São Paulo, prospered in the coffee era and became a key railway junction, while Italian immigrants brought the grapes and winemaking that still define the region.
Visitors explore the cathedral, the São Bento monastery and the 1911 Teatro Polytheama, then head out to walk the trails of the Serra do Japi or taste wine at local cellars. Easy day trips lead to the old town of Itu, the Tietê waterfall at Salto and the glacier-polished rock of the Moutonnée park, a short drive to the west.
Jundiaí Cathedral, dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Desterro, is the mother church of Jundiaí in São Paulo state and stands on the main square of the old centre. Its first church was built between 1649 and 1651, and the village of Jundiaí grew up around it, so it has long been a focus of city life.
Mosteiro de São Bento in Jundiaí is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1667 in the historic centre, together with the Church of Sant'Anna on its square. Its prized altar, hand-carved from a single piece of pine and cedar, stood for many years in a São Paulo church before it came to Jundiaí in 1911.
Teatro Polytheama is a historic theatre in the centre of Jundiaí, opened in 1911 and one of the oldest and most traditional theatres in Brazil. Its facade and interior are protected as state heritage for their rare architecture, and it still stages plays, concerts and dance performances.
Solar do Barão de Jundiaí is an 1862 mansion built in rammed earth for the first Baron of Jundiaí, a typical house of the coffee era in inland São Paulo. Since 1982 it has housed the Museu Histórico e Cultural de Jundiaí, with exhibitions on local history and a shady garden.
Complexo Fepasa is the vast former railway workshop of the Companhia Paulista in Jundiaí, built from 1892 and opened in 1897 to build and repair locomotives and carriages. Its brick halls now house the Museu da Companhia Paulista, with steam engines, old clocks and railway memories.
Parque da Cidade in Jundiaí is a large park around a lake, built by the city water company and opened in 2004, and one of the postcard views of Jundiaí. Locals come to cycle, walk the trails and paddle canoes from its nautical centre, and a vast children's area was added beside it in 2020.
Jardim Botânico de Jundiaí is the botanical garden of Jundiaí, a peaceful green space of native trees, flower beds and lawns with an orchid house and walking paths. Butterflies and herons are often seen among the plants, and it is a pleasant place for a quiet stroll away from the traffic.
Vinícola Maziero is a family-run winery in Jundiaí, a city famous for its vineyards and for the Festa da Uva grape festival, whose grape growing owes much to Italian immigrants. It is one of the local cellars where visitors can learn about the region's winemaking tradition and taste its wines.
Serra do Japi is a small mountain range on the edge of Jundiaí covering about 354 square kilometres and rising to 1,260 metres, a rare remnant of the Atlantic Forest in inland São Paulo state. Its trails, viewpoints and waterfalls shelter a great variety of birds, frogs and other wildlife.
Itu is a historic town west of Jundiaí that was once the richest in São Paulo state and hosted Brazil's first Republican Convention in 1873. Its old centre is full of colonial churches and coffee-era mansions, and it is famous for its jokey giant-sized objects such as a huge telephone booth.
Salto is a tourist town on the Tietê River next to Itu, named after the Salto do Tietê waterfall that tumbles over rocks in the middle of town. The Memorial do Rio Tietê museum beside the falls has glass walls looking out over the water, and a café deck and viewpoint face the cascade.
Parque da Rocha Moutonnée in Salto is a geological park protecting a granite outcrop smoothed by the vast glaciation of the Paleozoic era, between 270 and 350 million years ago. It is the only known one in the Paraná Basin, and its discovery in 1946 helped prove the glacial origin of nearby rocks.
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