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Essential São Paulo

Shopping & Style

Mercado Municipal

A must-see gourmet market for food lovers

Art

MASP

The city's premier art museum

Bars

Terraço Itália

A faded lounge bar with an unbeatable view

Cultural hubs

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Tag & Juice

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

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Serralheria

Music and art rule at this eclectic Lapa venue

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Matilha Cultural

Urban culture at this cool downtown venue

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The Hub

A lively co-working space focused on entrepreneurs

Don't-miss museums and cultural centres

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Museu da Língua Portuguesa

A brilliant introduction to Brazil's beloved language

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Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil

Cultural centre and caféin a former downtown bank

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Centro Cultural São Paulo

Scores of exhibitions fill this vast cultural space

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Museu Afro Brasil

Unearthing Brazil's African roots in Parque do Ibirapuera

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CAIXA Cultural

A downtown venue housing old maps and temporary exhibitions

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SESC Belenzinho

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

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Itaú Cultural

Contemporary art and digital media on Avenida Paulista

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Kids' stuff

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Instituto Butantan

Home to the largest serpentarium in the country

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Catavento Cultural

Kids love this downtown artsy science centre

Restaurants

Child-friendly dining

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

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O Mundo da Xuxa

The kiddie queen Xuxa's tiny tot kingdom

Explore São Paulo's historic centre

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Architecture in Centro

Explore the city's history through architecture

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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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Museu de Arte Sacra

Browse 800 pieces of religious art at this monastery

Pick of the parks

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Parque do Ibirapuera

Two square kilometres of tranquility

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Parque da Cantareira

A challenging run in the forest outside São Paulo

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Parque Villa-Lobos

Follow the tarmac tracks on a flat circuit around the park

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Parque do Carmo

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

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Modernist icons

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Oca

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

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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.

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SESC Pompeia

This former factory was converted into a multi-purpose building by architect Lina Bo Bardi

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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Museums, attractions, festivals and events in São Paulo

Downtown murals

Sunday cycling

Museu Afro Brasil

Regenerating São Paulo

Toy story

Essential São Paulo

Mercado Municipal

MASP

Terraço Itália

Cultural hubs

Tag & Juice

Serralheria

Matilha Cultural

The Hub

Don't-miss museums and cultural centres

Museu da Língua Portuguesa

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil

Centro Cultural São Paulo

Museu Afro Brasil

CAIXA Cultural

SESC Belenzinho

Itaú Cultural

Kids' stuff

Instituto Butantan

Catavento Cultural

Child-friendly dining

O Mundo da Xuxa

Explore São Paulo's historic centre

Architecture in Centro

Casa da Imagem

Downtown murals

Museu de Arte Sacra

Pick of the parks

Parque do Ibirapuera

Parque da Cantareira

Parque Villa-Lobos

Parque do Carmo

Modernist icons

Oca

Fundação Maria Luisa e Oscar Americano

SESC Pompeia

Museu Lasar Segall