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Essential São Paulo

Art

MASP

The city's premier art museum

Shopping & Style

Mercado Municipal

A must-see gourmet market for food lovers

Art

Pinacoteca

São Paulo’s most traditional art institution

Cultural hubs

Around Town

Tag & Juice

A cycle-centric bar, shop and Saturday hang-out

Around Town

The Hub

A lively co-working space focused on entrepreneurs

Around Town

Matilha Cultural

Urban culture at this cool downtown venue

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Serralheria

Music and art rule at this eclectic Lapa venue

Don't-miss museums and cultural centres

Around Town

Centro Cultural São Paulo

Scores of exhibitions fill this vast cultural space

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Museu da Língua Portuguesa

A brilliant introduction to Brazil's beloved language

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Museu Afro Brasil

Unearthing Brazil's African roots in Parque do Ibirapuera

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Itaú Cultural

Contemporary art and digital media on Avenida Paulista

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Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil

Cultural centre and caféin a former downtown bank

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CAIXA Cultural

A downtown venue housing old maps and temporary exhibitions

Around Town

SESC Belenzinho

Just one of São Paulo's 16 SESCs - world-classs cultural institutions

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Kids' stuff

Restaurants

Child-friendly dining

Eating out with kids is easy if you know where to go

Around Town

O Mundo da Xuxa

The kiddie queen Xuxa's tiny tot kingdom

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Catavento Cultural

Kids love this downtown artsy science centre

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Instituto Butantan

Home to the largest serpentarium in the country

Explore São Paulo's historic centre

Around Town

Museu de Arte Sacra

Browse 800 pieces of religious art at this monastery

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Casa da Imagem

Peruse thousands of historic photographs in one of the city's oldest buildings

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Downtown murals

Tour some of the city’s most important murals, in Centro

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Architecture in Centro

Explore the city's history through architecture

Pick of the parks

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Parque da Cantareira

A challenging run in the forest outside São Paulo

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Parque do Ibirapuera

Two square kilometres of tranquility

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Parque do Carmo

Tread the track at one of the biggest city parks, in Zona Leste

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Parque da Independência

History and culture set in gorgeous, landscaped gardens

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Modernist icons

Art

Museu Lasar Segall

The former home of modernist artist Lasar Segall was turned into the non-profit Museu Lasar Segall in 1967

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Casa Modernista

Book a visit to the oldest modernist house in Brazil

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Fundação Maria Luisa e Oscar Americano

Head here for art and high tea in a modernist homestead, designed by Oswaldo Arthur Bratke in 1950.

Around Town

Oca

This Jetsons-style exhibition centre is just one of Oscar Niemeyer's modernist buildings in Parque do Ibirapuera

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Museums, attractions, festivals and events in São Paulo

Toy story

The city's best parks

Museu Afro Brasil

Red Bull Station

Historic São Paulo

Essential São Paulo

MASP

Mercado Municipal

Pinacoteca

Cultural hubs

Tag & Juice

The Hub

Matilha Cultural

Serralheria

Don't-miss museums and cultural centres

Centro Cultural São Paulo

Museu da Língua Portuguesa

Museu Afro Brasil

Itaú Cultural

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil

CAIXA Cultural

SESC Belenzinho

Kids' stuff

Child-friendly dining

O Mundo da Xuxa

Catavento Cultural

Instituto Butantan

Explore São Paulo's historic centre

Museu de Arte Sacra

Casa da Imagem

Downtown murals

Architecture in Centro

Pick of the parks

Parque da Cantareira

Parque do Ibirapuera

Parque do Carmo

Parque da Independência

Modernist icons

Museu Lasar Segall

Casa Modernista

Fundação Maria Luisa e Oscar Americano

Oca