Top Things to do in Sao Paulo
Top 10 Sights & Landmarks in Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo (SP)
The largest city in South America, Sao Paulo’s cuisine and art is as multinational as its diverse population of 10 million. With the restaurants of the Jardins district serving every food imaginable to diners from around the world, you wouldn’t be out of place going to Sao Paulo just for the dining. But you’d be missing out on world-class museums, diverse and vibrant neighborhood tours, and crazy-good shopping.
Restaurants in Sao Paulo
1. The Julio Prestes Cultural Center - Sala Sao Paulo
2. Santuario Mae de Deus
3. Italian Building
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,451 reviews
For jaw-dropping views of one of the planet's most sprawling cities, the Edifício Itália is practically peerless. Situated in a bustling, if worn-down corner of downtown São Paulo, the 46-story office tower is capped by the Terraço Itália restaurant and bar. Adequate, expensive food and almost-campy white-glove service aside, you'll never see a sunset as memorable. Free access to observation deck Monday-Friday 3-4 p.m.
Reviewed By seanji6 - Charleston, United States
To capture the most incredible view of São Paulo one absolutely needs to get to the top of this building. Although you have to pay for access its totally worth it. You do receive a juice or glass of wine with entry which definitely is a perk while you soak up the views of the city. From the height of the building you genuinely are able to somewhat grasp the enormity of the city of São Paulo. Pictures don’t do it justice you have to see it for yourself. Worth every real.
4. Edificio Martinelli
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4.5 based on 900 reviews
5. Farol Santander
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4.5 based on 1,828 reviews
São Paulo's very own Empire State Building — the Edifício Altino Arantes, also known by the name of its previous owner, Banespa — opened in 1947 as a symbol of the fast-growing city's economic might. The striking views from the observation deck, accessed from the 33rd floor of the 161-meter-tall building, never fail to impress visitors. Views, while free, are daytime only; the building is only open during normal business hours.
Reviewed By voyageur_moscovite
This city landmark built in 1947 offers great view on São Paulo from 26th floor. I was surprised by the quality of exhibitions, with one currently on masks, showing wonderful pieces from the whole world. In the lower floors, the exhibition about the history of this building and banking activities is also very interesting.
6. Liberdade
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4.5 based on 12,858 reviews
Reviewed By Vcegal
Sao Paulo has the largest population of Japanese descendants outside of Japan, and the LIberdade neigbourhood is where the most of the japanese community live. If you likes the Japanese culture and costums a visit to Liberdade is a must! At Liberdade you will be able to find nice restaurants that offer the best of the tradicional Japanese food, many typical shops and during the weekends a very pleasant street market is organized by the local community. Take one day to visit the Liberdade neigbourhood!
7. Hotel Unique
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4.5 based on 2,064 reviews
Reviewed By daydemalapronta - Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Unique Hotel has a great location at Brigadeiro Avenue, close to Paulista Avenue and many restaurant. If you life bar, you can go to Sky Bar and appreciate the best view in there. Just relax and take a look in the sky
8. Paulista Avenue
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4.5 based on 29,416 reviews
You can also find Museums, antiques fair, and lots of artists singers, painters. etc.
Reviewed By Gerado_Kern
Nice place to spend a full day. Walk without a north, just walk and see the different kind of people doing their performances, visit the MASP museum and turn right in the Augusta Street to feel a bohemiam spirit of São Paulo.
9. Mosteiro De Sao Bento
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4.5 based on 6,461 reviews
Reviewed By myom624 - Coquitlam, Canada
It was just quite amazing to see these "many colorful statues" of saints above the length of the main aisle on its both sides which is really the spectacle that stands out the most in my memory of this "overall ornate" church (really plenty of beauty, intricacies & elaborateness to see inside a relatively small area), and yes walking along the main aisle of this small church (which is just about a third of the long rectangular building of the Monastery where the other parts are off-limits to the public) was actually somewhat of a reminiscent of that along the main aisle of the much-bigger Metropolitan Cathedral in Santiago (where also right above the length of the aisle on both sides are saint statues not colorful ones like here but gold-glittered). And nearby, at just about a 5-minute walk (to the north which is in the direction straight out from this church) is Farol Santander with some outdoor balconies on its 26th floor for some great views of the city & where are also some exhibition floors including those with great displays of the bank that the building once was, and another 5-to-10-minute walk further north from that (through some cobble-stoned "pedestrian streets") is the square Praca da Se with the city's "main cathedral" Catedral da Se de Sao Paulo which is a pretty plain one inside except for its "huge pillars" but still a worthwhile visit especially right outside of it where there's a "big circle" like a compass or such & also a nice standing statue of St. Paul.
10. Catedral da Se de Sao Paulo
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4.5 based on 7,957 reviews
Reviewed By Fm051316 - Manaus, Brazil
The Church of Sé is locate on the Heart of São Paulo Downtown with a magnificent Structure surround by long Palm tree n 5 min walking from the Japanese Neighborhood Liberdade and in it's Square that takes the same name is locate the most important Subway Station where you can gets a Subway to all directions of the Big City, The Sé Station!!!
