Free tour

São Paulo Free Walking Tour: Old Downtown

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São Paulo

Duration: 3 hours

Languages: English

Guru: SP Free Walking Tour

Registered on 23 October 2020

This is the first and official Free Walking Tour of São Paulo, Brazil - since 2012! The best way to get the best out of our amazing city, with 12 million people, and so much diversity, great cultural, gastronomic and nightlife. We have three different routes: Old Downtown (historic center), Vila Madalena (with graffitis), and Paulista Ave (cultural heart). Always confirmed! Come discover São Paulo with us! The best tours and expert local tour-guides - real and fun experience! Walking tours in English.

Free booking and cancellation

Pay-what-you-wish tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

"The most complete walk around the historical and old downtown of the city, showing important sight-seeings and understanding the area where everything has begun in São Paulo, with the best local tour-guides in the city!”

WHAT - this is the official Free Walking Tour in São Paulo, showing all history, culture, secrets of the historic center of the biggest city in Brazil, with high qualified local tour-guides.

WHERE - Meeting Point: República Square, next to the Tourist Information Center (República subway station, yellow and red line) - address for taxi: "Praça da República, 143 - São Paulo"

WHEN - on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays - at 11h00am

duration: 3h30min. (from 11h00am to 2h30pm)

Please, be at the Meeting Point at 10h45am.
Our tours are always confirmed!

SIGHT-SEEINGS - República Square, São Bento Monastery, Itália building, Copan building, Martinelli building, Santander Lighthouse, Municipal Library, BStock Market, Municipal Theater, Pátio do Colégio, Chá bridge and Anhangabaú valley, City Hall, Sé Cathedral, Law School, and much more!
The tour finishes at São Bento Square, next to São Bento subway station (blue line), and near the Municipal Market.

BOOKING - book here your spot in our group. This is a pre-booking through GuruWalk plataform. To join our tour, please, confirm your name with our guides at the Meeting Point before it starts!
We always have an extra spot, event if tia full online. Show up at the Meeting Point 15min before the tour starts! ;-)

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Praça da República, 143 - República, São Paulo - SP, 01046-010, Brazil

República Square, next to the Tourist Information Center (subway station: República). Our guides will be wearing red T-shirts and holding a red sign written “São Paulo Free Walking Tour”, and also a red umbrella.

Outside visit

Copan - Avenida Ipiranga - Centro Histórico de São Paulo

Among icon buildings we see located Old Downtown, one of them is Copan building - the largest residencial building in Latin America!

Outside visit

Teatro Municipal de São Paulo - Plaza Ramos de Azevedo - República

One of the amazing cultural spaces we see in our Old Downtown tour is the Municipal Theater, built in 1911, with fun facts we tell during our tour.

Outside visit

Catedral da Sé de São Paulo - Praça da Sé - Sé

During the tour we see the six most important churches located in the historical center, such as the beautiful Sé Cathedral.

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).