Sao Paulo the city of wonders; with wild carnival parties and parade every year before lent, fantastic cuisines and amazing sights around every corner thus it becomes really hard to decide what to do and first? This up and the coming city has so much to offer so hurry up and find quick and cheap flights to Sao Paulo while we figure out for you what are the top things to do in this exciting city.
The Brazilian cuisine is known all over the world for using the most matchless and mysterious ingredients from all over including the Amazon. Finding the most traditional restaurants is not hard at all and they all tend to offer a very unique array of dishes. Marvel at the amazing architecture of the Cathedral Metropolitana which is one of the largest gothic churches in the world.
Take a shot of Chachaça which is Brazil’s famous drink made from distilled and fermented sugarcane. The best spots to get the original flavour are Filial, Bar do Arnesto, Cachaçaria Paulista and many more. Suit up in a colourful costume and party at the carnival! Amazing dance schools from all over Sao Paulo will be participating and the performance is breathtaking with awe-inspiring samba moves, colourful costumes, and beautifully decorated floats driving around all over the city. Sway to the samba beat.
Join in on the pre-2014 FIFA world cup fever. Sao Paulo will be hosting the world cup in 2014 and already the football fever has started. Matches will be taking place all over the city and football clubs all over the city will be playing ‘futebol’ matches (as the locals call it) that no sports fan would want to miss.
Go for a hike or a bike ride in Sao Paulo’s amazing parks. The Central Park is home to a number of museums and other institutions and many sports enthusiast come here for inline skating, skateboarding and much more. Be amazed by the astounding Brazilian art; art lover top spots include Museu de Arte Brasileira (FAAP), Instituto de Arte Contemporânea and Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo (MASP). These amazing museums and art galleries feature works of art from famous artists like Mira Schendel, Sergio Camargo, Amilcar de Castro and Willys de Castro and other 20th century European masterpieces and Spanish masters like Goya, Titian, Velázquez, Tintoretto and Raphael.
Try the amazing street eats like fresh buttered sweet corn, creamy sweetcorn juice, coconut water fresh from the coconut, slices of tropical fruit, and for those with a sweet tooth must try the local sugarcane juice. These exotic varieties are better than any expensive restaurant. Also try baked goods like the Pão de queijo which is the local cheese bread and salgadinho which is a deep-fried pastry filled with different varieties like chicken, cheese, palm hearts, the famous Brazilian cheese catupiry or even minced meat.
The things to do could go on but these are the all that must try when visiting the vivacious city of Sao Paulo.
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