Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo is the melting pot of many nationalities and cultures who have helped to make it the industrial and manufacturing center of Brazil and arguably, of Latin America.

Sao Paulo never stops, the other states say, perhaps with a touch of envy, as they joke about the locomotive that pulls the nation ahead. Like a magnet, the city draws immigrants and visitors and it can be said that Sao Paulo is a world in itself, where anything imaginable can be found.

Consider the different sections of the city: the Italian (Bexiga), Asian (Liberdade), Jewish business district (Bom Retiro) and the aristocratic residential areas, graced by stately homes nestled among splendid parks. Downtown, one can visit replicas of Sao Paulo's first buildings, erected in 1554 by Anchieta and Manuel de Nobrega, Portuguese Jesuits.

In one day you can enjoy an American breakfast, lunch at a Japanese restaurant, take English tea at 5 o'clock, have a cocktail at a French bistro and dine in a Russian restaurant.