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São Paulo
São Paulo
The city and state of São Paulo go This is important information for
to prove that at times size really any visitor because if you choose a
does matter. São Paulo is the hotel in the wrong part of São Paulo
largest city in South America and you can spend hours stuck in the
the fourth largest urban area in the traffic as you criss cross the city.
world. With a population of close to Happily São Paulo offers the best
11 million the city is the largest in and most diverse selection of
the Southern Hemisphere, while the hotels in South America with all the
metropolitan area’s population of major brands represented and
close to 20 million puts it on a par spread across the metropolis.
with New York and not far behind
the entire population of Australia. So the first rule of thumb for any
visitor to São Paulo – who most
In terms of layout São Paulo has likely is visiting the city on business
more in common with Los Angeles – is to ask the people that they will
than New York, in that rather than be meeting and visiting where they
having one dominating heart such are located. Is it close to Brooklin
as Manhattan, it is a sprawling Novo or perhaps closer to Cerqueira
metropolis with many different Cesar? Both are home to many of
centres of activity. In total, it covers the city’s better and more
an area five times that of Paris. interesting hotels.
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