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Sao Paulo Brazil Vacation Travel Reviews
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High Voltage Brazil
Travel + Leisure, April, 2007
"Golden sand, jiggling samba queens in slinky rhinestone nothings, the slushing ice and lime in a caipirinha, and a bossa nova singer's minor-key coo: so goes the standard travelogue of Brazil. Except for the caipirinha and one peripheral Gisele sighting, none of this corresponds to the Brazil I know best. I've done the tropical beach getaway, and it's been transcendent, but for me, the chaotic metropolis of São Paulo is a far more engaging place, full of creativity, traffic, sprawl, and electric contradiction..."
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São Paulo's Concrete Jungle
The New York Times (free registration required), March 25, 2007
"Rio may have samba and Speedos, but these days it's São Paulo that is swinging like the hips of the girl from Ipanema. Brazil's largest city - 11 million and counting - has transformed itself from a dull and featureless capital of finance into the epicenter of Brazilian culture, where art, architecture, design and fashion are flourishing..."
The New São Paulo
New York Times (free registration required), March 12, 2006
"One gets a sense of the city's determination to become a player on the international hipster circuit at three boutique hotels: the Emiliano, the Unique and the Fasano..."
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The new São Paulo
City becoming international player with hip upgrades
Dallas Morning News/New York Times, April 28, 2006
"São Paulo's sane and sensual side is not always so easy to find. At first glance, this sprawling city of 10 million - the cultural and economic capital of Brazil - appears to be a hard-edged urban jungle. It's a place whose seemingly haphazard design, a bit like Los Angeles', can make it hard for the outsider to negotiate. São Paulo is no Paris, Rio or Buenos Aires - cities where you can just show up and fall in love on a first pass-through..."
For additional travel information, contact:
São Paulo Convention & Visitors Bureau
Alameda Ribeirão Preto, 130, conj. 121 - CEP 01331-000 Brazil
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