Name: Sao Paulo Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia
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is the most populous city in the  Southern Hemisphere,

has grown out to become the country’s economical

Welcome to the fascinating city of São Paulo.

And this is what brings out their passion:

São Paulo may not have Rio’s famous beaches,

you can enjoy the cool escape of nearly a hundred museums

and taste flavors from all over the world

in some twenty-thousand cafés and restaurants.

Because São Paulo is so incomprehensibly big,

it helps to start at the very beginning of its history.

The botanical gardens in Parque do Estado near the airport,

preserves some of the Atlantic Rainforest

that covered much of the Brazilian coast.

The landscape was transformed when the  Portuguese arrived,

on a mission to convert the native Amerindians to the catholic faith.

Stand on the very spot where the city was founded

at the Pátio do Colégio in the old city center.

now houses the neo-gothic Metropolitan Cathedral with its Renaissance dome,

which was modeled on that of the Cathedral of Florence in Italy.

when a gold rush attracted miners to the region.

who were imported to work in the sugar cane and coffee plantations.

and the Japanese followed in the 20th century.

is the pulsing engine that now drives  Brazil’s economy.

Centro, has been home to Latin America’s largest Stock Exchange since 1890.

is the richly decorated lobby of the former state bank’s headquarters,

Avenida Paulista was built on the wealth of the first coffee barons.

As the country’s financial artery and one of the city’s main thoroughfares,

the boulevard pulses with the energy of about one and a half million pedestrians per day.

Apart from investing in its financial economy,

São Paulo also has a policy of boosting its creative economy,

making the city one of Brazil’s most exciting cultural hubs.

The Avenida Paulista is home to the gravity-defying São Paulo Museum of Art.

Inside, view paintings by acclaimed  European masters,

as well as Brazil’s own leading artists.

This remarkable museum belongs to the people

“return the same amount of public space that it borrowed”,

leaving the square underneath open for public enjoyment.

Finance and creativity go hand in hand at the Banco do Brazil,

that hosts one of the city’s most prominent Cultural Centers.

In a city that sees more than a million cars

crisscrossing hundreds of miles of interconnected highways each and every day,

the pedestrianized Viaduto Santa Ifigenia

This art nouveau viaduct links the Old Center to the New Center.

Tour the nearby century-old Municipal Theatre,

a Beaux Arts building dedicated to ballet,

The ornate theatre was inspired by the famous opera house

Find more cultural attractions to the north,

The historic Júlio Prestes Train Station

has been transformed into an esteemed and elegant Cultural Center.

While touring the grand halls of this monumental building,

a massive wood-panelled concert hall with an adjustable ceiling.

rival those of the famous concert halls of Vienna and Berlin.

Nearby is the oldest art museum in São Paulo,

because in this beautifully renovated school of arts and crafts

including many priceless Brazilian collections.

There is no better place to experience Brazil’s culinary culture

with its delicious displays of home-grown fruits,

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