Tourist Office
Centro Britânico - São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo
Teacher Débora Vieira Muniz Pinhal

 
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São Paulo is a very big town and the most important city in Brazil. Here there are millions of people, who came from the countryside and all country looking for better jobs and conditions of life.

   
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The habbit of working and the vocation for making businesses are characteristics of São Paulo. Thanks to its hards working people, paulistas managed to transform São Paulo in the most important state in economic terms in Latin America, because São Paulo has a big manufacturer pole with many industries that produce all kinds of material to import from and to export to other countries.

   
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The city offers not only thousands of cultural attractions but also good turism options because it has all kinds of leisure. And it is a working city with busy people who are always in a hurry and worried about the future.
Whaterever you are looking for, São Paulo has it: traditional and modern museums, theathers, parks, dance clubs bars, restaurants offering, typical Brazilian and international food, amusement parks, night clubs, libraries, water theme parks, classical music. And if that is still not enough, you could visit nearby locations, such as the Santos and Guarujá Beaches, just less than a hundred kilometers away from São Paulo.

   
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There is also the local Zoo, Playcenter, Hopi Hari and other parks for children.
For those interested in the city’s history and colonization, it is worth visiting Pátio do Colégio. The local was perfect for the construction of a cathedral because it was far from the litoral and the enemies couldn’t attack it. There is also the City Market (Mercado Municipal), where there are lots of different foods. The most traditional places are the Hocca Bar that sells the famous cod cakes and Bar do Mané that serves delicious baloney sandwiches. This market has been remodeled recently, the stores have been reorganized and a new pavillion has been built.

São Paulo has a lot of bad aspects, for examples, poverty, racism, violence, polution, etc. The high taxes charged by the government make people stay in a critical situation of money. The smoke released by cars, motorcycles and buses mainly make a lot of people sick because of the pollution. 
Although we have all of this problems here, it is worth visiting our city because it has a bit of everything to please anyone.

Written by:
Progress 1. Daniela Andrade, Marina Garrote, Isabella Oliveira, Paula Penna, Thaís
Malerman and José Fernando Nunes.