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What to do in Sao Paulo
What to do in Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo is the symbol of an industrialised and developed Brazil. An enormous city made up of the contrasts of its people and a mixture of cultures of its immigrants that made it a fast-growing city.
It is difficult to choose in Sao Paulo, there is a multitude of options and scores of places to visit.
Ibirapuera Park
This 1.5 million square metre park, designed by the famous Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is one of the most significant green areas of the city. The park houses exhibition centres, museums and official organisms. It was inaugurated in 1954 and was inspired by the main European urban parks, such as the Bois de Boulogne or Hyde Park. This is where the inhabitants of Sao Paulo find fresh air and a breather from their busy day to day lives.
Paulista Avenue
“A Paulista” comprises skyscrapers, offices, restaurants, leisure areas… it is without a doubt the capital’s place of reference. When the Uruguayan engineer Joaquin Borges planned its construction, Sao Paulo’s population was under one hundred thousand. Its expansion began in 1903 to date, converting it in the financial centre of Latin America that it is today. With a length of 3 kilometres, this avenue gathers together people from all over the world in its business centres and historical buildings such as the Casa de las Rosas, the Pasteur Institute of Sao Paulo and the Santa Catarina Hospital complex.
Liberdade District
The largest community of Japanese nationals outside of Japan resides in the centre of Sao Paulo: Liberdade District Shops, signs, neon lights, all by and for the Japanese. It is one of the best places to buy Japanese products.
Sao Paulo Cathedral
This is a modern place of worship (completed in 1953) with room for more than eight thousand parishioners. Surrounded by skyscrapers and viaducts, its two lateral towers stand out and can be seen from far away in the city.
Sao Paulo’s Skyscrapers
Following in the footsteps of large cities such as New York, the ambitious desire to touch the sky reached Sao Paulo in the 1940s. The tallest buildings in the city were raised between 1940 and 1970.
Italia Building
Financed by Italian immigrants its flat roof houses a restaurant and a viewpoint at more than 150 metres high. It has become one of the touristiest sites in Sao Paulo.
Copan Building
This is yet another Niemeyer legacy to the city. It represented the modern and developed image of Sao Paulo in the 1950s and 60s.
Banespa Building
This is the oldest skyscraper in Sao Paulo, headquarters of the Sao Paulo State Bank.
