Cultural and gastronomic megacity. Here is when to go, what a day costs on site and what to see, then Okela composes your itinerary hour by hour.

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When to visit São Paulo

Best months: April, May, June, September, October and November.

What to see in São Paulo

1. Avenida Paulista & MASP
   MASP, the suspended building designed by Lina Bo Bardi, is the most recognisable image of Avenida Paulista, the avenue at the heart of São Paulo's financial and cultural life.
2. Parc Ibirapuera
   This is São Paulo's great green lung, where locals come to run, picnic or simply breathe away from the concrete.
3. Mercado Municipal
   The Mercadão is the big covered market in downtown São Paulo, set under a vast hall with stained-glass windows, where the smells of fruit, spices and frying mix together.
4. Beco do Batman (Vila Madalena)
   This narrow alley in Vila Madalena is an open-air gallery where the walls are covered in murals and graffiti, and the artwork keeps changing.
5. Pinacoteca
   The Pinacoteca is São Paulo's main museum of Brazilian art, housed in a brick building in the historic centre.
6. Liberdade (quartier japonais)
   Liberdade is the heart of Japanese-Brazilian culture in São Paulo, with streets lined with red lanterns, shops and small restaurants.
7. Catedral da Sé & centre historique
   This neo-Gothic cathedral rises over Praça da Sé, regarded as the geographic center of São Paulo.
8. Museu do Futebol
   Housed beneath the stands of the Pacaembu stadium, this museum shows what football means in Brazilian society, well beyond match results.

A sample itinerary for São Paulo, three days

Composed by Okela from the places in its database, with times. Yours takes your dates, pace and group into account.

Budget

Expect about €88 per person per day on site (accommodation, meals, transport and visits), depending on the comfort you choose. Okela shows the price of every step of your itinerary.

My São Paulo itinerary, hour by hour

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