Guidebook for São Paulo
Food Scene
My favorite italian restaurant! Delicious food for a good price and a weird decoration!
11 locals recommend
Lazzarella
589 R. Treze de MaioMy favorite italian restaurant! Delicious food for a good price and a weird decoration!
It's a really famous place in a lovely street full of restaurants!
292 locals recommend
Famiglia Mancini
It's a really famous place in a lovely street full of restaurants!
I don't really know if this may be classified as a bar or a restaurant. Typical arab food made by refugees. They have the most delicious falafel that I've ever tried!
You can also find several cachaças (brazilian alcoholic beverage) here!
33 locals recommend
Restaurante Al Janiah
269 Rua Rui BarbosaI don't really know if this may be classified as a bar or a restaurant. Typical arab food made by refugees. They have the most delicious falafel that I've ever tried!
You can also find several cachaças (brazilian alcoholic beverage) here!
Old and traditional ice cream parlor with vegan options. Payment only in cash.
11 locals recommend
Sorvetes Soroko
305 R. AugustaOld and traditional ice cream parlor with vegan options. Payment only in cash.
This is a spot in Copan building great for weekend lunches, early dinner or even a happy hour. It's a informal environment with excellent service, some brazilian traditional dishes and tasty capirinhas. I recommend you to have the Caipirinha da Onça (with passion fruit)! It's a little bit pricey, it's true, but worth the visit!
283 locals recommend
Bar da Dona Onça
200 Av. IpirangaThis is a spot in Copan building great for weekend lunches, early dinner or even a happy hour. It's a informal environment with excellent service, some brazilian traditional dishes and tasty capirinhas. I recommend you to have the Caipirinha da Onça (with passion fruit)! It's a little bit pricey, it's true, but worth the visit!
It is an international chain of bakery-restaurant and a very good option for breakfast, lunch or dinner with tasty and healthy food with outdoor seating. Also a good option for vegans and vegetarians.
97 locals recommend
Le Pain Quotidien
138 R. WisardIt is an international chain of bakery-restaurant and a very good option for breakfast, lunch or dinner with tasty and healthy food with outdoor seating. Also a good option for vegans and vegetarians.
A classic spot to see and be seen! Nice and little expensive restaurant, with tasty food and beautiful people. Spot is an enduring Sampa favourite, so come prepared to wait a little for a table while enjoying a good drink.
183 locals recommend
Spot
72 Alameda Min. Rocha AzevedoA classic spot to see and be seen! Nice and little expensive restaurant, with tasty food and beautiful people. Spot is an enduring Sampa favourite, so come prepared to wait a little for a table while enjoying a good drink.
Drinks & Nightlife
Mandíbula
Nice bar for a late happy hour with a tiny dance floor and good DJs
I recommend you to sit on one of the sidewalk tables and have a beer admiring the Roosevelt Square!
21 locals recommend
Lekitsch Bar
142 Praça Franklin RooseveltI recommend you to sit on one of the sidewalk tables and have a beer admiring the Roosevelt Square!
Small night club with brazilian music and cool people. Sometimes they have live music also.
36 locals recommend
Mundo Pensante
830 R. Treze de MaioSmall night club with brazilian music and cool people. Sometimes they have live music also.
Famous street full of bars and nightclub near Paulista Avenue. Also a very good place for vegetarians and vegans. There are some restaurants there and most of them have vegetarian and vegan options.
279 locals recommend
Augusta Street
Rua AugustaFamous street full of bars and nightclub near Paulista Avenue. Also a very good place for vegetarians and vegans. There are some restaurants there and most of them have vegetarian and vegan options.
Very traditional Samba School that starts rehearsing for the official Carnival parade in October. From October until the Carnival date, you can go to the rehearsals and listen to the Samba School Drum on Thursdays and Sundays evenings. Highly Recommended!!!
36 locals recommend
Escola de Samba Vai-vai
192 R. São VicenteVery traditional Samba School that starts rehearsing for the official Carnival parade in October. From October until the Carnival date, you can go to the rehearsals and listen to the Samba School Drum on Thursdays and Sundays evenings. Highly Recommended!!!
Nice square full of theaters and bars near home. On Saturday afternoon, there is a very traditional samba in one of the bars called Você Vai Se Quiser.
192 locals recommend
Praça Franklin Roosevelt
Praça Franklin RooseveltNice square full of theaters and bars near home. On Saturday afternoon, there is a very traditional samba in one of the bars called Você Vai Se Quiser.
JazzB is a jazz bar with an intimate ambience, low lighting, a small stage, with a great selection of jazz musicians and good drinks!
85 locals recommend
JazzB
43 Rua Gen. JardimJazzB is a jazz bar with an intimate ambience, low lighting, a small stage, with a great selection of jazz musicians and good drinks!
If you like eletronic music, this is your place. Simply the best eletronic music nightclub in town! You can enjoy the after here also!
94 locals recommend
D-Edge
141 Av. Mário de AndradeIf you like eletronic music, this is your place. Simply the best eletronic music nightclub in town! You can enjoy the after here also!
Parks & Nature
The most famous park in Sao Paulo. A green space in the middle of city designed by one of the most famous brazilian architects (Oscar Niemeyer).
1175 locals recommend
Ibirapuera Park
Avenida Pedro Álvares CabralThe most famous park in Sao Paulo. A green space in the middle of city designed by one of the most famous brazilian architects (Oscar Niemeyer).
Praça Pôr do Sol
334 Praça Cel. Custódio Fernandes PinheiroA square with one of the best views of the sunset in Sao Paulo
Getting Around
The nearest metro station. Less than 10 minutes walking from home.
52 locals recommend
Estação Anhangabaú
Rua FormosaThe nearest metro station. Less than 10 minutes walking from home.
Sightseeing
The Municipal Market is a large public market specialized in fruits, vegetables, cereals, spices and other brazilian food. It's located in the historic center of Sao Paulo. On the first floor, there are some restaurants where you must try a mortadella sandwich and a "pastel de bacalhau" (fried pastry stuffed with salted fish).
39 locals recommend
Avenida Mercúrio,586
586 Av. MercúrioThe Municipal Market is a large public market specialized in fruits, vegetables, cereals, spices and other brazilian food. It's located in the historic center of Sao Paulo. On the first floor, there are some restaurants where you must try a mortadella sandwich and a "pastel de bacalhau" (fried pastry stuffed with salted fish).
It's an overpass in the central area of Sao Paulo. At night and on weekends it is closed for cars and becomes the Parque Minhocão (Minhocao Park), when it is occupied by people who want to workout, ride a bike, skate, practice yoga... Especially on Sundays, I recommend you to go there for a walk and admire the vertical gardens and graffiti around.
59 locals recommend
Via Elevado Presidente João Goulart
Via Elevado Presidente João GoulartIt's an overpass in the central area of Sao Paulo. At night and on weekends it is closed for cars and becomes the Parque Minhocão (Minhocao Park), when it is occupied by people who want to workout, ride a bike, skate, practice yoga... Especially on Sundays, I recommend you to go there for a walk and admire the vertical gardens and graffiti around.
Cool place full of graffitis in the Vila Madalena neighborhood. On weekends, there are music and foodtrucks on the street.
406 locals recommend
Beco do Batman
82-154 R. Medeiros de AlbuquerqueCool place full of graffitis in the Vila Madalena neighborhood. On weekends, there are music and foodtrucks on the street.
Martinelli Building
405 R. São BentoNice rooftop with a beautiful view of Sao Paulo
Liberdade is the name of a neighborhood in the center of São Paulo. It is home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan in the world, full of japanese restaurants, stores and typical japanese architecture.
271 locals recommend
Liberdade
133 Praça da LiberdadeLiberdade is the name of a neighborhood in the center of São Paulo. It is home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan in the world, full of japanese restaurants, stores and typical japanese architecture.
Arts & Culture
One of the most important art museums in Brazil. The Pinacoteca has a wide-ranging collection of Brazilian and European art, most of them from 19th-century as well as a collection of the Brazilian Modernist artworks.
842 locals recommend
Pinacoteca of the State of São Paulo
2 Praça da LuzOne of the most important art museums in Brazil. The Pinacoteca has a wide-ranging collection of Brazilian and European art, most of them from 19th-century as well as a collection of the Brazilian Modernist artworks.
This museum always has a diverse and quality artistic program, which encompasses visual arts, cinema, music, dance, theater, gastronomy, as well as diversified courses in the cultural area.
294 locals recommend
São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound
158 Av. EuropaThis museum always has a diverse and quality artistic program, which encompasses visual arts, cinema, music, dance, theater, gastronomy, as well as diversified courses in the cultural area.
Municipal Theatre of São Paulo is regarded as one of the landmarks of the city, significant both for its architectural value as well as for its historical importance.
424 locals recommend
Municipal Theatre of São Paulo
s/n Praça Ramos de AzevedoMunicipal Theatre of São Paulo is regarded as one of the landmarks of the city, significant both for its architectural value as well as for its historical importance.
Shopping
Galeria do Rock is a shopping mall located in the city of São Paulo. It has about 400 shopping facilities, with predominance of rock, hip hop and other music-related stores, which sell records, apparel and tattoo studios.
179 locals recommend
Gallery of Rock
439 Av. São JoãoGaleria do Rock is a shopping mall located in the city of São Paulo. It has about 400 shopping facilities, with predominance of rock, hip hop and other music-related stores, which sell records, apparel and tattoo studios.
Rua 25 de Março (in English: March 25th Street) is a popular shopping street in the central zone of São Paulo. It is known for large crowds and discount shopping.
258 locals recommend
25 de Março
Rua Vinte e Cinco de MarçoRua 25 de Março (in English: March 25th Street) is a popular shopping street in the central zone of São Paulo. It is known for large crowds and discount shopping.