Secretaria de Turismo de Bento Gonçalves Secretaria de Turismo de Bento Gonçalves
The best of Bento Gonçalves, the Brazilian Grape and Wine Capital
The town of Bento Gonçalves is one of the most beautiful and important tourist routes of Rio Grande do Sul’s mountain region known as Serra Gaúcha. Industrial and tourist vocation, landscapes “broidered with grapevines” and the spirit of its people make the town a welcoming place with exuberant nature.
Elected by the Ministry of Tourism (MTur) as one of the Brazil’s 65 tourism-inducing hubs, Brazil’s Grape and Wine Capital has hospitality as one of its most remarkable features. Every year, an average of 800 thousand tourists come to visit the town, looking for the Serra’s romantic climate, good wine and plentiful gastronomy inherited from Italian immigrants. There are also options to take part in the several international and national fairs and congresses or enjoy direct contact with nature by practicing ecotourism activities.
Typical European temperatures that reach three degrees below zero in winter provide a magnificent natural spectacle. Four well-defined seasons guarantee a mixed landscape that includes valleys broidered with grapevines in summer, the bucolic colors of fall, cold winter mornings with frost-covered valleys and an exuberantly colorful spring.
