What do you know about Sao Paulo? We didn't know much before we went. Once we arrived and our host told us, "It's like NYC but tropical," we were very skeptical! As we walked around we realized we were dealing with a monster of a city! It was NOTHING like the low key, laid back beach "town" of Rio de Janeiro. We were fighting to keep up with the walkers. We saw more suits in 10 minutes than we did in 10 days in Rio! The population was much more diverse. We realized the city was huge so we looked up some stats to confirm our observations.
Did you know....
- Sao Paulo is the 2nd largest metro area in the Americas? Behind Mexico City and ahead of New York City?
- Sao Paulo is the 10th richest city in the world. By 2025 it will be 5th.
- Sao Paulo has 20 million people in its metro region.
- Sao Paulo has the 2nd largest population of Japanese behind Japan!
- Sao Paulo has the 2nd largest population of Italians behind Italy!
- Sao Paulo was founded in the 1500s and became a city well before America was even founded in 1711!
Enjoy our brief tour of Brazil's other major city! Up next, our Brazil summary and onto Buenos Aires, Argentina!
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| A beautiful church along Paulista Ave |
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| Gnomes in a Christmas display. Sao Paulo was huge into Christmas! Decorations everywhere! |
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| Starbucks in Sao Paulo has empanadas? They also had funky Christmas like drinks in the frozen form! |
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| Futbol museum was connected to the stadium! The museum is a must do in Sao Paulo! |
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| 80 degrees and ready for St. Nick. |
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| Beautiful old buildings |
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| Municipal Theater |
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| Authentic Chinese street food! |
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| Delicious! 2 Large portions for US$4 |
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| Cafe con leche |
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| Very old tree in Parque de Luz |
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| Koi pond |
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| Rose garden in Parque de Luz |
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| Rose garden in Parque de Luz |
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| Rose garden in Parque de Luz |
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| Rose garden in Parque de Luz |
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| Flowers in Parque de Luz |
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| Cathedral in Se, on a Wednesday afternoon the church was very busy with people praying, going to confession, or admiring the beauty of the church. The people of Brazil are very religious. |
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| Outside of Cathedral |
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| You thought the New York subways were packed? Check out the sea of people at rush hour! |
So nice to see the Sao Paulo culture. I love the Christmas in Tropics pic. Haha. Looks like a beautiful city. A lot of great facts too. Enjoy!!!
ReplyDeleteAllie FANTASTIC pics!!!! For your brief stay you did a great job with capturing as much of the city as possible. The cathedral, rose gardens and architecture are impressive...Looking forward to your next stop Argentina!!
ReplyDeleteFrom what you wrote of Sao Paulo, you're going to love BA. We've been comparing every city we've been to on our trip to NYC in one way or another, but think BA takes the cake. Admittedly, it reminds us more of Brroklyn than NYC as a whole, but that's probably cause we're getting ready to go home and see Brooklyn everywhere we go :)
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