São Paulo Things to Do Tips by marakaki

Pinacoteca do Estado Museum Museu do Ipiranga and more Museums Review

Building architecture is amazing, by Ramos de Azevedo archictecte. His others famous buildings are Mercado Municipal and Teatro Municipal.

Pinacoteca used to be a Lyceum (craftsman´s school) and today has lots of expositions and permanent brazilian artists´collection.

Start visiting the upstairs floors and then go to underground where always there´s a photograph exhibition and then take a coffee and sit just beside the Luz Park.

If you have time, take a walk to enjoy one of the eldest Parks of São Paulo.

Easy to reach by subway station Tiradentes. Free Entrancy on Saturdays.

Address: Praça da Luz, 2

Directions: Downtown

Phone: +55 11 3229-9844

Website: http://www.pinacoteca.org.br/

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) Museu do Ipiranga and more Museums Review

This beautiful historical buiding is from 1901, the 1st Banco do Brasil´s location at São Paulo.

Nowadays its a cultural space with videos and movies theaters, art exhibition and other cultural programs.

The underground money room is also used to exhibitions and theater performances.

Its ticket free and you can also buy art souvenirs there.

Easy to be reached by subway station Sé or São Bento.

As the main museums in São Paulo, its closed on Mondays.

Address: Rua Álvares Penteado, 112

Directions: Downtown

Phone: +55 11 3113-3651

Website: http://www.bb.com.br/portalbb/home22,128,10161,0,0,1,1.bb?&codigoMenu=9897

Mosteiro de São Bento Churches Review

This place is special to me because I live very close and I have studied at São Bento elementary school which is just beside the church.

Its detailled architecture is gorgeous and when they decorate for weddings, its beautiful.

A nice thing to do is listen to the gregorian mass (Saturdays 6AM and Sundays 10AM) and then buy a delicious manioc bread or special cakes prepared by the monks.

Address: Largo São Bento

Directions: Downtown

Website: http://www.mosteiro.org.br/

Memorial da América Latina Memorial da America Latina Review

Memorial is a cultural space including artistic, scientific and educational events from Latin American.

There´s exhibitions, concerts, movies festival, workshops, lectures, etc.

Its architecture was projected by Oscar Niemeyer.

Easy to reach by subway station: Barra Funda

Address: Av. Auro Soares de Moura Andrade

Phone: + 55 11 3823-4600

Website: http://www.memorial.sp.gov.br/memorial/index.jsp

Parque Ibirapuera Parque Ibirapuera Review

Ibirapuera is the largest park in São Paulo with museums, exhibition spaces, planetary theater, japanese cultural space, picnic and sports area (basketball, skating, soccer, running, cycling, etc.).

I like to go there to walk, take pictures or to hear good music on free concerts. It´s kind of crowded on weekends reaching 130.000 visitors on Sundays.

Address: Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral

Directions: Vila Mariana

Se Cathedral and Underground Crypt Catedral da Sé Review

The Huge Gothic Cathedral Started to be Built in 1912, but because of the 2 World Wars and Finance Troubles the Project only could be Delivered in 1954.

Many Italian, French and Hungary Artists Contributed to Decorate the Cathedral´s Interior. The 2 Towers has almost 100m Height.

Don´t miss the Underground Crypt, its practically another Church with Bishops´Graves and Marmol Scuptures. It costs only R$4, Monitored Visiting any time from 9AM to 16h30PM.

The Cathedral is located at Se Square which is the Zero Milestone in Sao Paulo. Numbers from a Street Address, for example, Increase as Long as it gets Distant from this Place. Also, its an Important Place for Popular Manifest.

Address: Praça da Se

Directions: Center of the City.
Can be Reached by Subway Station: Se

Phone: +55 11 3107-6832

Mercado Municipal (Mercadão) Mercado Review

Taste Native and Imported Fruits, Cheese Variety and the famous Sanduíche de Mortadela (Sausage Sandwich) and Pastel de Bacalhau (kind of pasty with fish filling).

Restaured in 2004, Mercadão has bars and restaurants offering international food (actually is part our brazilian culture yet) as italian, japanese, arabian, etc.

Also, you can see charmy architecture from 20's and beautiful art in windows.

Address: Rua da Cantareira, 306

Directions: São Paulo downtown, near R. 25 de Março
Subway Station: Luz or São Bento

Website: http://www.mercadomunicipal.com.br/