After visiting the Mercado Municipal, I walked around the Sao Bento area. There is an elevated street (just like the High Line in NYC) above the Sao Bento Metro station.
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As you walk through the Sao Bento metro station to get to the elevated street, there are several monuments and buildings you can see. One of them is the Faculdade de Sao Bento and Colegio de Sao Bento.
There are magnificent views of downtown Sao Paulo from the elevated street. Nearby is the Iglesia de Santa Maria.
As you further walk down the street, you can find the Museu Anchieta and the Tribunal de Justica do estado de Sao Paulo.
Walking down further on Boa Vista, I saw many street performers and vendors near the Se Metro Station.
The best thing about the Se area of Sao Paulo is the Cathedral de Se.
After visiting the Cathedral de Se, I walked towards the Liberdade (Japanese town) neighborhood. There are many street vendors along the way.
The Liberdade neighborhood is great for Japanese food and shopping. On Sundays, you can also find a flea market with street food vendors. Unfortunately, I didn’t visit on a Sunday (but I did last year!) this time so Liberdade Square was empty.
I took the Metro from Liberdade to the Avenida Paulista neighborhood. Avenida Paulista is basically the modern Downtown Sao Paulo and the street is filled with retail, restaurants, bars, and shopping complexes.
Avenida Paulista is also home to the famous MASP museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Sao Paulo.
That awkward pyramidal building on Avenida Paulista is FIESP, the Sao Paulo State Federation of Industries. It’s the largest chamber of commerce in South America. It’s an ugly but memorable building.
Avenida Paulista in Brazil has the same shorthand function that the expression “Wall Street” has in the United States. Both are metonyms for “big businesses.”
Jamison, did you get to eat Japanese in Liberdade or go into MASP? Both are worth it. Also, next time you’re in Sampa, check out Ibirapuera Park. It’s a green oasis in the concrete labyrinth of SP.
thanks for the pic clarification. Last year I went to Sao Paulo for 3 days (don’t put old stuff on my blog that started in 2013) and I’ve tried Japanese food in Liberdade. I didn’t go inside the MASP museum, but I’ve been to Ibirapuera Park and it’s gigantic!! It sucks that there is no subway for Ibirapuera Park, but I walked from Av. Paulista through the Jardins to get to the park.