Is one of the fastest growing cities. With a population of around 10 million and an area of 1500 square km (3 times the size of Paris) it is the largest city in South American and the largest industrial center on the continent. This vast city of gleaming skyscrapers elevated freeways and enormous complexes has all come together fairly recently. Though founded in 1554, it was still a sleepy little town of 30,000 people as late as 1870. Coffee provided the first impetus for its meteoric growth and by 1960 its population had exceeded that of Rio. The increase in population was to a large extent, the result of well over one million Italian, half a million Portuguese, 400,000 Spanish and nearly 200,000 Japanese immigrants by the end of the 1930s. Many more from all over the world have arrived since the city is nothing if not cosmopolitan.

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TRF o.w. Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) / Hotel - Passengers will be met at the arrival gate and will be accompanied to the hotel. Guide will assist passengers with handling of luggage at the airport, at the hotel and check-in procedures. Gratuities are included.

TRF o.w. Congonhas Domestic Airport (CGH) / Hotel - Passengers will be met at the arrival gate and will be accompanied to the hotel. Guide will assist passengers with handling of luggage at the airport, at the hotel and check-in procedures. Gratuities are included.

TRF o.w. Guarulhos Intl Airport (GRU) / Guarujá (80 km) - Passengers will be met at the arrival gate and will be accompanied to Guarujá resort town 80 km away. Guide will assist passengers with handling of luggage at both airports and airline check-in procedures. Gratuities are included.

TRF o.w. Congonhas Domestic Airport / Guarujá (80 km) - Passengers will be met at the arrival gate and will be accompanied to Congonhas Domestic Airport. Guide will assist passengers with handling of luggage at both airports and airline check-in procedures. Gratuities re included.

H/D City + Butantan Snake Farm Tour - A tour through the city, visiting the residential areas of Higienpolis with its 1950's apartment buildings; Pacaembu Soccer Stadium; School of Medicine and Hospital das Cl'nicas complex; Campus of the University of São Paulo. A stop will be made at Butantan snake farm, a world-renowned institution where snakes are kept for poison extraction for snakebite serum manufacture. A sweeping view of the city and a photographer's favorite spot ­ the Morumbi hill. A view of São Paulo's Jockey Club and the unfolding of the city to the limits of the Paulista Avenue ridge. Tour will continue passing by the State Government Palace, Albert Einstein Hospital and the São Paulo Futebol Clube soccer stadium, moving on to Jardim Europa residential district. Tour will continue passing by Ibirapuera Park with beautiful gardens and lakes. At the entrance to the park, visitors will admire São Paulo's postcard monument ­ Bandeirantes, homage to the first settlers. This monument was sculpted on site by Victor Brecheret in the late 40's / 50's. To the left of this monument the Chamber of Deputies building. An integral part of the park ­ the obelisk - monument to the Constitutionalist Revolution Soldier, a mausoleum in memory of the republicans that were killed in the 1932 revolution. Also part of the park, Planetarium and the Contemporary Art Museum and the São Paulo Biannual Art Exposition site. Tour will move on to the Oriental District - where the Japanese have their commerce, being close to São Paulo's Cathedral. Tour will close passing by the Anhangabaú Valley - downtown bustling São Paulo.

F/D Santos + Guarujá Tour without Lunch - Leaving from the Port of Santos and driving along the 30 km Piaçaguera highway, tour reaches Guarujá. A long standing favorite resort for Paulistas (inhabitants of São Paulo state and capital), Guarujá has not become a beach resort by chance, it was planned to offer tourists the best possible welcome. The urban planning of the city, with its pedestrian streets, large tree lined beachfront avenues is a clear translation of the commitment of the city as a vacation resort. Vehicle will leisurely pass by downtown and the beaches of Asturias, Tombo, meaning Fall for its rough surf and a surfers haunt. Enseada a 6 km long beach with clear blue calm waters. Pernambuco, a beach with sophisticated summer homes and Perequê with a variety of seafood kiosks where one can buy oysters and skewered shrimps. If passengers opt for a full lunch, instead of exploring Perequê's kiosks, our suggestion is the Delphin Hotel that will offer two hospitality rooms for passengers to refresh or shower.