Sao Paulo Key Attractions
This is the city's biggest and best museum, housing the most significant collection of Western art in Latin America, including more than 8,000 paintings and sculptures. It also hosts impressive changing exhibitions.
Avenida Paulista 1578
Tel: (11) 3251 5644.
Website: www.masp.uol.com.br
Admission charge.
Parque do Ibirapuera (Ibirapuera Park)
Designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Burle Marx, Ibirapuera is São Paulo's answer to New York's Central Park, with playgrounds, lakes and the unique Bosque de Leitura (Reading Woods), where books can be borrowed. There are free Sunday morning concerts, two museums of modern art and a planetarium.
Avenida Pedro Álvares Cabral
Ibirapuera
Tel: (11) 5574 5177.
Free admission.
Snake Farm at the Instituto Butantãn
Deadly snakes, spiders and scorpions from around the world can be seen at this pioneering anti-venom research centre set in beautiful parkland. Certainly not for the squeamish, but this is one of the city's most popular sites.
Avenida Vital Brasil 1500
Tel: (11) 3726 7222.
Website: www.butantan.gov.br
Admission charge.
Mercado Municipal
The sprawling municipal market, filled with stained-glass windows, opened in 1932. Visitors can marvel at the fresh produce of all descriptions sold from more than 300 stands, many manned by third-generation stall-holders. Tuck into excellent local snacks at the Hocca Bar and Bar do Mané.
Rua da Cantareira 306
Tel: (11) 3228 0673.
Website: www.mercadomunicipal.com.br
Free admission.
Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo
The first archbishop of São Paulo, Don Duarte Leopoldo, began this collection of sacred art objects in the beginning of the 20th century; it now includes over 4,000 pieces ranging from silver plates to a candlestick collection rivalled only by the Vatican's.
Avenida Tiradentes 676
Tel: (11) 3326 1373.
Website: http://artesacra.sarasa.com.br/
Admission charge.
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