Guidebook for São Paulo
Sightseeing
Mosteiro de São Bento
s/nº Largo São BentoReligious site
Café do Pateo
02 Largo Páteo do ColégioSquare
Catedral da Se de Sao Paulo
Praça da SéReligious site
Jardim da Luz
Square with sculptures
Praça da Sé
Praça da SéSquare, Cathedral
Avenida São João, 35
Beautiful building from 1929 with great view of the city.
Rua João Brícola, 24
The building has a great view of the city.
Avenida Ipiranga, 344
Building with great restaurant/bar on the top and amazing view of the city.
Largo São Francisco
Largo São FranciscoReligious site
Arts & Culture
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
112 R. Álvares PenteadoCultural Center / Museum / Gallery
Centro Cultural Caixa
111 Praça da SéCultural Center / Museum / Gallery
Museu da Língua Portuguesa
s/nº Praça da LuzMuseum
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
2 Praça da LuzMuseum
Teatro Municipal de São Paulo
s/n Praça Ramos de AzevedoTheatre
Os Satyros - Praça Roosevelt - SP
214 Praça Franklin RooseveltTheatre
Teatro Oficina
520 Rua JaceguaiTheatre
Avenida Tiradentes, 676
Museum
Workshops and theater plays for free.
9 os moradores locais recomendam
Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade
363 Rua Três RiosWorkshops and theater plays for free.
This is the best experience you can have in São Paulo. Great musicians, mostly old, get together every saturday from 9h to 14h, to play chorinho for free just because they love it.
Rua General Osório, 46.
You will love it. I did!
R S Musical
46 R. Gen. OsórioThis is the best experience you can have in São Paulo. Great musicians, mostly old, get together every saturday from 9h to 14h, to play chorinho for free just because they love it.
Rua General Osório, 46.
You will love it. I did!
Drinks & Nightlife
Augusta Street
Rua AugustaBars and dance places
Praça Franklin Roosevelt
Praça Franklin RooseveltBars and theaters.
Shopping
Several stores with products that refer to rock, cinema or TV series.
179 os moradores locais recomendam
Galeria de Rock
439 Av. São JoãoSeveral stores with products that refer to rock, cinema or TV series.
Rua Santa Ifigênia
Rua Santa IfigêniaCommercial street (electronic equipment)
25 de Março
Rua Vinte e Cinco de MarçoCommercial street (everything very cheap)
Rua José Paulino
Rua José PaulinoCommercial street (clothes)
Market for all kinds of fruit. Touristic. Very expensive.
569 os moradores locais recomendam
Mercado Municipal de São Paulo
306 R. CantareiraMarket for all kinds of fruit. Touristic. Very expensive.
Rua General Jardim, 400
Super market
Rua Rego Freitas, 172
Super market
Rua Sete de Abril, 380
Mini market
Avenida São Luís, 35
Drugstore
Rua Nestor Pestana, 42
Mini market
Entertainment & Activities
Theatre and cinema.
Ballroom dance classes for free from tuesday to friday, from 15h to 17h and from 19h to 21h.
Dance on Saturdays for free from 15h to 18h.
20 os moradores locais recomendam
Centro Cultural Olido, São Paulo - SP
473 Av. São JoãoTheatre and cinema.
Ballroom dance classes for free from tuesday to friday, from 15h to 17h and from 19h to 21h.
Dance on Saturdays for free from 15h to 18h.
Food Scene
Avenida Ipiranga, 1058
Great meat. Try the cebola com pão and the bisteca de boi ao ponto.
Rua Aurora, 451
Peruvian restaurant. Good and cheap. Ask for the cevicche.
Rua Tomás Gonzaga, 75
Great Japanese Lamen House. Ask for the Katsugyo or the mini-Katsudon.
Restaurante Banri
160 R. Galvão BuenoGreat japanese / chinese restaurant. Try the sushi/sashimi boat.
Rua da Consolação, 397
Great place to drink all kinds of juices, prepared from the fresh fruit.
Viaduto Nove de Julho, 193
It's a snack bar that serves a very good Sanduíche de Pernil.
Restaurant, on the first floor, with beatifull view to Praça Don José Gaspar. It serves a great variety of dishes. It's self service, and you only pay the weight of your food.
Avenida São Luís, 187
Restaurant, on the first floor, with beatifull view to Praça Don José Gaspar. It serves a great variety of dishes. It's self service, and you only pay the weight of your food.
Rua Sete de Abril, 124
Fresh fruit juices.
Try the Açaí na Tigela com Banana e Granola.
Best Feijoada in the Center (on Wednesdays and Saturdays). Have the Mini-Feijoada if you are in two or three, or the Feijoada-Executiva if you are alone. Ask for the Molho de Pimenta da Feijoada.
Farinata
Best Feijoada in the Center (on Wednesdays and Saturdays). Have the Mini-Feijoada if you are in two or three, or the Feijoada-Executiva if you are alone. Ask for the Molho de Pimenta da Feijoada.
Avenida Ipiranga, 200
Good bakery
Fancy restaurant, with original dishes, for dinner. Opened until 0h on Mondays and Tuesdays, and until 2h AM from Wednesday to Saturday.
Avenida São Luís, 282
Fancy restaurant, with original dishes, for dinner. Opened until 0h on Mondays and Tuesdays, and until 2h AM from Wednesday to Saturday.
Fancy restaurant. Good food, but a little expensive.
283 os moradores locais recomendam
Bar da Dona Onça
200 Av. IpirangaFancy restaurant. Good food, but a little expensive.
Good Italian restaurant. Choose one of the executive dishes. They come with appetizer, salad and desert. Opened only for lunch from Monday to Saturday.
Rua Basílio da Gama, 113
Good Italian restaurant. Choose one of the executive dishes. They come with appetizer, salad and desert. Opened only for lunch from Monday to Saturday.
Excellent Japanese food. Ask for Temaki do Carlão, Carpaccio de Salmão and Hot Roll.
6 os moradores locais recomendam
Kawa Sushi
Excellent Japanese food. Ask for Temaki do Carlão, Carpaccio de Salmão and Hot Roll.
Great fancy bakery.
Ask for the Croiassant, the Pão de Chocolate and the Suculento de Banana com Chocolate.
37 os moradores locais recomendam
Mundo Pão do Olivier
425 R. Sete de AbrilGreat fancy bakery.
Ask for the Croiassant, the Pão de Chocolate and the Suculento de Banana com Chocolate.
Excellent food made with pig.
Try the Porco San Zé or the Sanduíche de Porco.
263 os moradores locais recomendam
A Casa do Porco Bar
124 R. AraújoExcellent food made with pig.
Try the Porco San Zé or the Sanduíche de Porco.
Best Coxinha de Galinha of São Paulo. Try it with small drops of the pepper sauce they offer.
You can eat inside the bar (but there is a lot of waiting for that) our you can buy in the delivery room and eat on the wooden bench outside de bar.
112 os moradores locais recomendam
Bar Veloso
54 R. Conceição VelosoBest Coxinha de Galinha of São Paulo. Try it with small drops of the pepper sauce they offer.
You can eat inside the bar (but there is a lot of waiting for that) our you can buy in the delivery room and eat on the wooden bench outside de bar.
Best Pizza Marguerita of São Paulo. Very expensive.
52 os moradores locais recomendam
Pizzaria Speranza
1004 R. Treze de MaioBest Pizza Marguerita of São Paulo. Very expensive.
Ice cream shop.
Offers also vegan ice cream, made without milk.
Try the ice creams Banana, Papaia com Cassis and Rose.
Payment only by cash.
11 os moradores locais recomendam
Sorvetes Soroko
305 R. AugustaIce cream shop.
Offers also vegan ice cream, made without milk.
Try the ice creams Banana, Papaia com Cassis and Rose.
Payment only by cash.
Everything Else
Avenida São Luís, 150
Exchange
(11) 3255-7199
Lower price
Avenida São Luís, 104
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(11) 3257-4000
Avenida São Luís, 137
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(11) 3258-5199
Praça da República, 203
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(11) 3115-0287
Drogaria Onofre
23 R. Cel. Xavier de ToledoExchange
(11) 4002-1010
In Shopping Light
Avenida São Luís, 160
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(11) 3256-6674