Águas de Lindoia (''Lindoia Waters'') is a Brazilian

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of the state of

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

. The population is 18,808 (2020 est.) in an area of 60.1 km². It is a tourist spot in part due to its

hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...

s, being part of the ''Circuito das Águas'', also including the cities of Amparo,

Jaguariúna Jaguariúna is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas. The population is 58,722 (2020 est.) in an area of 141.39 km². The elevation is 584 m. This place name comes from the Tupi ...

, Lindoia, Monte Alegre, Pedreira,

Serra Negra Serra Negra is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It belongs to the meso-region of Campinas. Population (2020) was 29,452 inhabitants. Total area: 203,5 km2, demographic density: 112 inhabitants/km2 Location The name of th ...

and Socorro.

History

Before the 20th-century, the location was only known by adventurers who crossed the woods searching for gold. Having contracted diseases during their journeys, these adventurers found the cure in the warm waters that flowed from the mountains. In 1909, an Italian doctor, Francisco Tozzi, learned from his own father, Henrique Tozzi, about the medicinal properties of the springs. Dr Francisco Tozzi lived in

, and ended up buying the region auctioned by the government, making the property a public space.

Leisure and business

165 km from São Paulo City, Águas de Lindoia offers the hot springs, adventure sports, and

agritourism Agritourism or agrotourism involves any agriculturally based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch. Types A 2018 article published in the ''Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development'' classified a ...

. Its economy is based on tourism. The city's population is 17,266 inhabitants. There are 1.500 apartments and 25 hotels with the capacity to host 5,000 guests per day, allowing it to host several large Congresses and conventions per year, some nearing in size to 4,000 participants.

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* Municipalities in São Paulo (state) Populated places established in 1909 1909 establishments in Brazil Lindoia {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub