Sao Paulo is a global city of epic proportions and Brazil’s cultural capital. Expect a city of extremes with towering skyscrapers, cracked pavements, thousands of restaurants and bars to fit every budget, art-house cinemas, museums and world-renowned shopping. The best places to stay in Sao Paulo vary between fiercely chic design hotels where your every whim will be catered for, to charming small boutiques where the intimate setting gives a real feel for the culture.
Paulistanos, as the natives are called, are quite international and you'll find evidence of the varied heritage in the flavours of the restaurants, the dancing in the nightclubs and the cocktails in the bars. The restaurants are amongst the best in the world, so this is a real foodie’s destination.
Nightclubs never sleep, so you can expect to party on into the early hours. It is a buzzing metropolis akin to London or New York, perhaps a little dirtier and more polluted, but every inch as cosmopolitan.
Given that the city is now a bit of a tourist hotspot, be sure to book ahead if you want to guarantee yourself a room in one of the best places to stay in Sao Paulo.