Backpackers in Sao Paulo
We were in Sao Paulo, Brazil for just over 4 days where we stayed in a lovely new Airbnb called “Hostel Grape Wine”. We visited the famous Municipal Market of São Paulo, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, MASP (São Paulo Museum of Art), Batman Alley and the Japanese District (Liberdade).
Overall Sao Paulo is just ridiculously huge.. it isn’t just the largest city in Brasil, it’s the largest in the Western Hemisphere!
It’s not particularly better than any other normal sized Brazilian city however, so if you’re planning on visiting don’t expect anything major. There’s actually not an incredible amount to do in Sao Paulo, unless you really plan on living there for a long period of time to really soak into the Sao Paulo life. A few days is enough to get a feel for it; of course it needs to be ticked off the seen list for any backpacker passing by.
Our top sights we’d definitely say to check out if you’re visiting:
- Municipal Market
- Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
- MASP
- Batman Graffiti Alley
- Paulista Avenue
- The Japanese District of Liberdade
- Catavento Cultural e Educacional (it’s a museum mainly aimed towards kids, but it’s very hands on and fun!)
- Italian Building (where there are apparently incredible 360 views all over Sao Paulo)
We’ve also got a blog post for our adventures in Sao Paulo:
After a long six hours from Paraty to Sao Paulo we were knackered (well I was knackered). I caught my first travel bug thanks to a snotty traveller back in our Paraty hostel… yeah thanks for that. So we decided that we should get a taxi from the bus station to the hostel.