Explore São Paulo
São Paulo is South America's restless megacity — the continent's dining capital, with towering skylines, great museums and legendary street art. Its scale and gridlock are famous; Chauffyr links an Avenida Paulista morning, a market lunch and a world-ranked dinner in a fixed-price black car.
South America's gastronomic capital, a vast cultural and museum scene, sprawling skyscrapers, and world-famous street art and nightlife.
The facts, upfront
The best restaurants in São Paulo
D.O.M.
Contemporary Brazilian · $$$$ · Jardins
Alex Atala's landmark restaurant championing Amazonian ingredients — long ranked among the world's best.
A Casa do Porco
Brazilian · $$$ · Centro
Jefferson Rueda's nose-to-tail pork temple downtown — repeatedly voted among the world's 50 best restaurants.
Maní
Contemporary Brazilian · $$$$ · Jardins
Helena Rizzo's refined, produce-driven restaurant in Jardim Paulistano — a benchmark of modern Brazilian cooking.
Mocotó
Northeastern Brazilian · $$ · Vila Medeiros
A famous no-frills restaurant in Vila Medeiros serving beloved Northeastern-Brazilian home cooking.
Mercado Municipal (Mercadão)
Market · $$ ·
São Paulo's grand 1933 covered market — home of the legendary overstuffed mortadella sandwich.
Figueira Rubaiyat
Brazilian grill · $$$ · Jardins
A striking Jardins churrascaria built around a towering, century-old fig tree — prime Brazilian beef.
What to see in São Paulo
Avenida Paulista & MASP
Bela Vista
The city's iconic avenue and the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), famed for its striking elevated glass-and-concrete building.
Ibirapuera Park
Vila Mariana
São Paulo's great green lung — a vast park dotted with Oscar Niemeyer's modernist pavilions and museums.
Pinacoteca do Estado
Luz
One of Brazil's most important art museums, showcasing Brazilian art in a beautifully restored historic building.
Beco do Batman
Vila Madalena
An alley in bohemian Vila Madalena covered wall-to-wall in vivid, ever-changing street-art murals.
Catedral da Sé
Centro
The monumental neo-Gothic cathedral marking the very centre — kilometre zero — of São Paulo.
Municipal Theatre (Theatro Municipal)
Centro
A sumptuous 1911 belle-époque opera house, the historic heart of São Paulo's performing arts.
One perfect day in São Paulo
9:00 · Morning
Avenida Paulista & MASPBela Vista — The floating MASP building
11:00 · Late morning
Ibirapuera ParkVila Mariana — Oscar Niemeyer buildings
13:00 · Lunch
MocotóNortheastern Brazilian · Vila Medeiros — Dadinho de tapioca
15:00 · Afternoon
Pinacoteca do EstadoLuz — Brazilian art collection
18:00 · Golden hour
Beco do BatmanVila Madalena — Open-air street-art alley
20:00 · Dinner
D.O.M.Contemporary Brazilian · Jardins — Amazonian ingredients
Book this day, one chauffeur
One fixed-price car and driver for every stop — no parking, no waiting, no surge.