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SAO PAULO NIGHTLIFE
Sao Paulo
is a busy city and a great metropolis of more than 40 million people. It’s the business capital of Brazil, and not exactly a destiny for fun. But… as a metropolis, it offers excellent restaurants, a very animated nightlife, and many entertainment options…
For Sao Paulo inhabitants, restaurants and the animated nightlife are the substitute of beach life.
Bixiga, Jardins, Vila Madalena, Pinheiros
Nightlife in Sao Paulo, as in most Brazilian cities, begins at midnight. Bixiga (also called Bela Vista or Little Italy - reflecting its original Italian population), adjoining downtown -, is an excellent zone for fun and music, with lots of restaurants, clubs, bars and night clubs and discos.
But there are other more reputed zones, as the zone of Jardins, not far from downtown and much more secure. Jardins includes many X-rate and gay bars (though the bars tend to be mixed, without the division gay-hetero). The strip bars and alike are found, mainly, near Hilton Hotel, or Caesar Park Hotel, at Rua Augusta and Nestor Pestana streets, at an area called Jardim Paulista.
Other good zones for nightlife options are Vila Madalena and Pinheiros (Pinheiros is adjacent to Jardins and Vila Madalena).
For a very selective club and bar options, Faria de Lima Avenue (also in Jardins area) is the best. Faria de Lima is one of the wealthiest zones of Sao Paulo, with several members-only clubs.
For more information, about Sao Paulo:
Books about Sao Paulo
Hotels in Sao Paulo
Flights to Sao Paulo
SHOPPING IN SAO PAULO
Sao Paulo is undoubtedly the biggest shopping zone in South America. For clothes and fashion, you can visit Rua Augusta, at the Jardins area. Also in this area, you can visit two very big malls, with an exceptionally wide offer spectrum: Shopping Eldorado, and Shopping Iguatemi. They are one of the passions of Paulistas.
Not very far from these shoppings, farther south, there are two other super malls: Shopping Morumbi (at United Nations Avenue) and shopping Ibirapuera (adjoined to the most famous park and sport zone of Sao Paulo: the Ibirapuera Park, precisely).
RESTAURANTS
IN SAO PAULO
There is a cuisine and a restaurant for every taste, in Sao Paulo: Italian, French, Greek, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Arabian and so on. Paulistas like to bet on the variety and quality of other national cuisines, as much as on Brazilian dishes.
Feijoada (black beans simmered with a wide variety of meets), peixe à brasileiro (fish stew served with prião, a dough based on manioc root) and churrasco (grilled meat) are very popular dishes. Also popular are Tutu à Mineira (mashed beans with roasted pork, cabbage and rice), Acaraje (fried shrimp pie) or Virada Paulista (meat with rice, beans and banana).
Bixiga district has thousands of restaurants. The downtown and other areas such as Jardins, Pinheiros, or the Ibirapuera Park, also have a great number of restaurants. But be aware. There are some excellent restaurants, but most of them have an average or even poor quality. So, it’s better to ask local advice (at your hotel, for instance). There’s no harm in asking…
For more information about Sao Paulo:
Books about Brazil Sao Paulo
Books about Portuguese Language
Sao Paulo and South Brazil Beaches
Map of South Brazil
Hotels in Sao Paulo
Flights to Sao Paulo
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