# What to do in São Paulo: 10 unmissable sights

Museums, parks, markets and neighbourhoods that guides and locals recommend most.

- 51 votes · 12 items
- Jun 27, 2022 · a_comilao
- https://even.best/en/l/264/what-to-do-in-sao-paulo-10-unmissable-sights

## Top 10

1. **Avenida Paulista** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — The city's main avenue, with MASP and Japan House, closed to cars on Sundays.
2. **Municipal Theatre** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — 1911 theatre inspired by the Paris Opera, venue of the 1922 Modern Art Week.
3. **MASP** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — São Paulo Museum of Art in Lina Bo Bardi's suspended building, with Van Gogh and Renoir. <https://masp.org.br/>
4. **Ibirapuera Park** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — The city's most famous park, with Niemeyer buildings and the Afro Brazil Museum.
5. **Pinacoteca de São Paulo** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — The city's oldest art museum, with a collection of Brazilian art. <https://pinacoteca.org.br/>
6. **Copan Building** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Oscar Niemeyer's curving building downtown, one of Brazil's largest residential blocks.
7. **Municipal Market (Mercadão)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1933 market with stained glass, famous for its mortadella sandwich and cod pastel.
8. **Liberdade** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Japanese neighbourhood with a weekend street fair and red lanterns.
9. **Football Museum** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Interactive museum inside Pacaembu Stadium. <https://museudofutebol.org.br/>
10. **Beco do Batman** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Graffiti-covered alley in Vila Madalena.
11. **Museum of the Portuguese Language** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Interactive museum in Luz Station, reopened in 2021 after the 2015 fire. <https://www.museudalinguaportuguesa.org.br/>
12. **Pátio do Colégio** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Where Jesuits founded the city in 1554.

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