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São Paulo State
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Why Go?
São Paulo City.............218
Paulista Coast............ 252
Ubatuba...................... 252
São Sebastão............. 254
Ilhabela....................... 255
Iguape & Around........ 258
Best Places to
Eat
¨¨Maní (p237)
¨¨Patuá da Baiana (p237)
¨¨Mocotó (p241)
¨¨Cantinho da Lagoa (p253)
Speaking of São Paulo state without using superlatives is
difficult. The southern hemisphere’s largest city! Its finest
museums! Its best restaurants! Its worst traffic! (Well, you
can’t have everything.) São Paulo city – Sampa to locals –
serves as Brazil’s Boom Town, commercially, financially, industrially and culturally, and an explosion of sophisticated
travelers descending on the city’s extraordinary restaurants,
art galleries, bars and cultural centers has catapulted the
sprawling city into the continent’s nouveau ‘It’ destination.
Inland from the cityscape, the Serra da Mantiqueira’s
2500m peaks play the novel Alpine-esque getaway role,
while Iporanga sits tucked away in pristine Brazilian Atlantic Forest. And out to sea, some of southeastern Brazil’s finest beaches cling both to the mountainous stretch
of rainforest-backdropped coastline near Ubatuba; and to
nearby Ilhabela, which relishes its position as São Paulo’s
sophisticated island escape.
¨¨Baronesa Landscape
(p247)
Best Places to
Stay
When to Go
São Paulo
¨¨Hotel Emiliano (p234)
30/86
¨¨Pousada Picinguaba
20/68
(p253)
¨¨We Hostel Design (p232)
¨¨Na Mata Suites (p257)
¨¨Guest 607 (p234)
Rainfall inches/mm
°C/°F Temp
40/104
20/500
16/400
12/300
8/200
10/50
0/32
4/100
0
J
F
M
Dec–Feb Tropical
downpours be
damned, Sampa
sizzles in summer
nonetheless.
A
M
J
J
A
Mar & Sep Cooler
temps, drier skies
and São Paulo’s
best restaurants
on sale for Restaurant Week.
S
O
N
D
Jun & Jul Jackets
required in the
mountains, but
therein lies the
novelty.
51ºW
53ºW
Mutum
49ºW
Repressa
Água Vermelha
Mato Grosso
do Sul
20ºS
Rio Grande
Reservatorio
Marimbondo
Represa
Ilha Solteira
BR
262
BR
153
SP
Três
Lagoas
310
São José
do Rio Preto
Represa Nova
Avanhandava
Rio
Araçatuba
Tiet
ê
Reservatorio
Promissão
SP
SP
300
294
Tupã
BR
267
22ºS
Represa
de Porto
Primavaera
Rio
Pa
SP
Marília
á
ran
Bauru
294
SP
270
r a n a pa n em
R i o Pa
a
BR
SP
153
300
Represa
Capivara
Porto São José
SP
Ourinhos
BR
376
280
Avaré
BR
Paranavaí
Represa de
Chavantes
Maringá
SP
270
Apucarana
Cianorte
Cruzeiro
d'Oeste
oI
Ri
Umuarama
369
Londrina
Tropic of Capricorn
Itapeva
é
ar
Campo
Mourão
BR
376
BR
Parque Estadual
do Alto do
Ribeira
Apiaí
BR
151
369
R i o P i qu i r i
BR
277
77
53ºW
BR
Laranjeiras
do Sul
373
Guarapuava
51ºW
Vila Velha
o
M
ar
BR
ra
Ponta
Grossa
d
Paraná
116
Se
r
24ºS
Presidente
Prudente
tar
São Paulo State Paulo

S tate Hig h lig h ts
BR
216
CURÍTIBA
49ºW
São Paulo State Highlights
1 Driving one of the world’s
most stunning coastal routes
along the Costa Verde from
São Sebastião (p254) to Rio
de Janeiro.
2 Overwhelming yourself
with cuisine, culture, cafe and
craziness in São Paulo (p218)
city.
3 Gawking at the sheer
endlessness of São Paulo
city’s eye-popping skyline
from the top of the Banespa
(p231) building.
4 Seeking out wild, deserted
beaches where mountains meet
sea north of Ubatuba (p252).