Before it was discovered by tourists, Garopaba was a small fishing village on the South coast of Santa Catarina, a state of Brazil. During the 1970’s, foreigners carrying backpacks and tents discovered this then small fishermen village, and started to lend the city a different air and color. This kicked off changes that led to what today is a city that thanks to an adequate urban land legislation, still keeps the old characteristics of the original village, with one and two-story houses.
More: (http://www.garopaba.sc.gov.br/) In Portuguese
