São Paulo

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São Paulo is a huge inland city, with business districts, residential neighbourhoods and industrial areas spreading across an immense urban region. Migration from across Brazil and abroad has created exceptional social and culinary diversity. Outer districts occupies a different part of the area from public spaces, creating a clear physical contrast. The relationship between endless neighbourhoods and global food and powerful cultural institutions in a vast metropolis driven by migration and commerce gives the wider destination a clearly recognisable physical character.

Museums, food and nightlife are world class, but distances and traffic are demanding. The city is best understood through a few carefully chosen neighbourhoods rather than a broad checklist. Outer districts is experienced differently from neighbourhoods, so both areas contribute separate perspectives. Experiencing both endless neighbourhoods and global food and powerful cultural institutions in a vast metropolis driven by migration and commerce provides a fuller perspective than focusing only on the principal visitor area.