Sao Paulo: Planning Your Time
Sao Paulo (February 20, 2010)São Paulo is not really a tourist city, so it’s relatively easy to see it’s principal attractions in a couple of days. Such a visit would focus on the city center and Paulista areas, with a walking tour of each. Afterward, you’ll have just enough time for a hop into Brás to do some shopping and head to Vila Madalena or Itaím Bibi for a night out.
If you’re in town for a week or so, you might spend two days exploring the Centro Historico, allowing you to really take your time in the museums and churches. You can actually take the little tours offered in the majority of these places. Then, you’ll probably want to get to know the Jardins area and its many eating and shopping establishments. It’s a great place to hang out, people watch and drink coffee. You’ll have enough time to spend a day in the Zona Sul–starting or ending with a walk around the Parque Ibirapuera. Your nights can be spent sampling the various dining and nightlife hot spots: Jardins, Itaim, Moema, Vila Madalena and Bexiga being the most frequented of them all. A final shopping excursion in the Brás neighborhood and you’re ready to head for the beaches.
If you’re in town on business, then you’re leisure time will probably be focused on dinner activities. Lucky you! You’ll be spending most of your nights in the Jardins area, Pinheiros, and Itaim. These are the dining hubs, although there are great restaurants all over the city, including some great choices in the North region and, of course, Japanese food in Liberdade.
