Architecture Tour From Modern To Old – The Most Diverse Styles, Shapes & Sizes
São Paulo, Brazil
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Sao Paulo Architecture – FROM 4 HOURS ON BASED ON YOUR WISHES
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Tour type: Private tour.
Live guide & available language: Español, English, and Português.
Tour Operating Hours: Book this tour between 07:00 to 15:00.
Transport: Fully-equipped hatchbacks, sedans, minivans, vans and minibus according to you group size.
Instant confirmation: Yes, from Monday through Sunday.
Tour start location / Final tour location: Pick-up & drop-off in São Paulo, coast and countryside are included like hotel, airport or port.
Presenting buildings of the most diverse styles, shapes and sizes, São Paulo has a true cultural heritage in the open air. For those who like architecture, take a guided tour through the streets of São Paulo delighting the lines, curves, floors, ceilings and details of well-designed pieces of architectural art that may seem common in the eyes of some, but in the company of an expert tour guide can be mind-blowing.
Our professional, highly knowledgeable guide will show you the best modern and old architecture around the city riding and walking along the neighborhoods of Higienópolis, downtown, Paulista area, Jardim America, and Faria Lima area exploring São Paulo’s architectural wonders and getting the inside story on some of its most iconic developments.
A village that until 1872 had little more than 30 thousand inhabitants and was restricted to a couple of streets, São Paulo has been going through an everlasting process of verticalization that history can be told through its concrete manifestations from the early times into this current metropolis status of more than 12 million inhabitants.
Discover some of the superstar architects behind the designs and the quirky and unusual features of São Paulo’s innovative buildings.
The proposed itinerary can take from 4 to 8 hours depending on your willingness to explore and availability. To meet your needs, you can also decide on the number of people in your group, pick-up & "final drop-off locations", pick-up date & time, and language… and price will be shown according your demands.
No worries if you are OUT OF or FAR from the city of São Paulo, your group size or available time, the system will automatically provide you with "ALL-INCLUSIVE-RATES" for the guide to pick you up with the suitable vehicle wherever you are.
In order to book this tour, just fill out the beside “PRICE FORM” with the requested information to have a local licensed guide to craft a tour based on your personal preferences and create the best São Paulo's experience.
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The most striking examples of modern architecture in São Paulo and the fascinating stories behind their development.
São Paulo’s tallest skyscrapers and who really wins in the ‘size matters’ race.
The importance of sustainability in São Paulo’s architecture and the dynamic modern developments pushing the sustainability forward.
How some architects managed São Paulo’s innovative and historic architectural styles, including, a building which integrates an ancient settler’s house.
The controversial modern building which given the right weather conditions, can melt a car’s interior.
The futuristic Estaiada bridge (X-format suspended bridge, which is the landmark of the city).
The distinctive styles and characteristic design traits of influential Brazilian architects, including Oscar Niemeyer, Vilanova Artigas, Artacho Jurado, Ramos de Azevedo, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Ruy Ohtake, Daniel Limbskin, Lina Bo Bardi, and others. However, the tour can be personalized by the guide according to your preferences, available time and mostly pick-up and drop-off locations.
Here it goes some suggestions of areas in São Paulo that our specialist tour guide should concentrate the tour on exploring renowned architects of 20th & 21st centuries.
Click on the " " sign for a little insight of the sight or place and picture.
Higienópolis Neighborhood
Higienópolis is a summary of its own history, and the coexistence between the old preserved houses and the first examples of modern architecture enhances its charm.
Downtown São Paulo
Walking through the center of São Paulo there is an architecture so rich, so present, that it is difficult not to fall in love with the charms of the metropolis.
Paulista Avenue & surroundings
Pinheiros & Faria Lima areas
Ibirapuera Park & Surroundings
Broklin & Morumbi areas
A) It's highly recommended to read the "IMPORTANT INFO", "PICK-UP / DROP-OFF" and FAQ'S sections before booking.
B) On the last Fridays of the months is celebrated the "Friday without car" where the city administration closes down the streets of the historical downtown. So if your tour falls on a "Friday without car" day, the suggested itinerary should be changed dramatically in the downtown. Either a bigger part of the itinerary is done on foot or part of the downtown should be skipped.
Transport by fully-equipped vehicles.
Any address pickup & drop off are included like hotel, airport and port as long as the booking system accepts the address you enter.
Professional / licensed / bilingual private tour guide.
Private driver for groups with up to four (4) people, otherwise the guide drives the vehicle themselves.
VAT, all taxes, handling charges, tolls, parking fees during stops, airport / port Greet & Meet service.
Meals & drinks.
Gratuities & tips. (optional).
Entrance fees, although the tour is not aimed to get into museums and sights that charge admission fees.
Confirmation is sent just after the booking is made.
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately.
Tour guide details is sent 1 day before the booking date.
This tour offers stops en route for pictures, contemplation, exploration, snacks or lunch, and a little shopping for souvenir.
Adult pricing applies to all travelers.
Wheelchair accessibility: As long as the tourist has some mobility then this tour would be suitable.
If you cancel at least 5 days in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel between 2 & 4 days in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 1 day of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
The charge is made in Brazilian currency.
Make a down payment online of either 50% or the total amount. If 50% of the payment is made online as a down payment, the remainder should be in cash directly to the guide on site.
Wherever you specify at the time of the booking as long as the booking system accepts the address you enter. The booking system may automatically reject too long-distance pick-ups & drop-offs.
As it’s a private tour, you choose the best pick-up point that suits your needs.
Any day available on the timetable of the “PRICE FORM”, which is from Monday through Sunday.
Museums and other cultural São Paulo activities are closed on Mondays, although the tour is not aimed to get into museums and other establishments.
Any time available on the timetable of the "PRICE FORM".
The system receives bookings from 4 to 8 hours of “tour guide & vehicle availability”. The key part of our system is the flexibility to book a tour according to your available time, number of people, pick-up and final drop-off locations. (read the FAQ section for more info)
We don't actually sell a set tour program for a certain number of hours, but instead we sell the number of hours the “TOUR GUIDE & VEHICLE ” are going to be at your availability to do a certain activity with you. There is also private driver for groups bigger than four (4) people in addition to the guide.
Make sure the number of hours you entered in the “TOUR GUIDE & VEHICLE AT YOUR AVAILABILITY” field, which is the 2º field on the "PRICE FORM", is enough for you to cover the sights you want to see and the activities you want to do.
Wherever you specify at the time of the booking as long as the booking system accepts the address you enter. The booking system may automatically reject too long-distance pick-ups & drop-offs.
As it’s a private tour, you choose the best drop-off point that suits your needs.
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Once you have arrived at the airport or seaport there will be a member of our staff (or guide) waiting for you at the arrivals area holding a clear sign with your name on it, they will then escort you to your waiting private vehicle.
Our team member will be waiting for you even if the flight / ship is delayed.
In the very unlikely situation that the customer is not able to locate our guide, please call our emergency telephone number on the voucher.
As soon as the tour guide arrives at your hotel, they get the front desk to call you in the room in case you are not at the lobby.
In the very unlikely situation that you are not able to locate our guide, please call one of our emergency telephone numbers that are on the voucher.
For long-distance trips, we may have to ask the state or federal road department authorization for taking open highways with big vehicles like vans and buses. Thus, in order to do that, it's required the list of all passengers and their passport or ID numbers at the time of the booking (Send it via e-mail after the booking). Therefore, it’s extremely important to book tours with long-distance pick-ups or drop-offs with at least 24 hours in advance.
If big vehicles like a van or a bus is traveling without the required documents and the police pulls it over, the trip cannot continue.
For local pick-ups or drop-offs like airport or nearby cities, there is NO need of such list and passport or ID numbers.
Such requirement is not necessary for small vehicles like sedans, minivans and SUVs.
The tour guide themselves drive the vehicle in case of groups with up to four (4) people besides guiding and giving all the tour explanations. Groups bigger than four (4) people have also a private driver along with the tour guide.
The assigned vehicle is according to the number of passengers for the tour. The vehicles are all fully-equipped and suitable to fit you and your group comfortably.
Hatchback vehicles
Midsize sedans
Minivans
15-seater vans
19-seater vans
29-seater minibus
Count starts from the pickup moment, no matter where you are.
So if you are OUT OF or FAR from São Paulo, hire a number of hours taking into account the trip time to get to São Paulo from your place. E.G: If the pick-up location is at the seaport in the city of Santos, and it takes about 1:30h to reach São Paulo from Santos, the number of hired hours should be at least 7 hours in total. It is because 1:30h to reach the city of the tour (São Paulo), 4 hours of actual city tour and sightseeing, and plus 1:30 h to be returned to the city of Santos if that’s your final drop-off location.
If you are far or out of São Paulo and want to take this tour, as soon as you enter the "pick-up" and "final drop-off " locations into the respective fields, the system adds automatically the proper minimum amount of hours to cover the transfers to get you to and out of the city of the tour.
The minimum amount of hours is not extremely accurate at the extent to take into consideration all of the unexpected elements that could cause delays like traffic, weather or long-distant pick-ups and drop-offs. So if you think the system does not calculate precisely the minimum amount of hours to cover the transfers plus the tour, you can adjust it increasing the number of hours in accordance with your interests.
The tour coverage depends on the number of hours hired by customers ranging from 4 to 8 hours, where in 8 hours you must pass by all or the majority of the suggested sights if the pick-up is in São Paulo.
The tour involves a few stops and walks in different parts of city to reach some areas that sometimes is accessible only on foot. However, most of the visited sights and buildings, the guide must pass by them and give explanations or curiosities, and drive to the next on the list, unless tourists want to have a deeper understanding, more stops for pictures, contemplation or exploration.
In case tourists want to have more stops for any reason or spend more time at a sight, it should impact on the tour coverage reducing the number of seen sights.
The tour coverage depends on the tour rhythm as the guide goes at your pace, and also pretty much on the pick-up & drop-off locations.
On the last Fridays of the months is celebrated the "Friday without car" where the city administration closes down the streets of the historical downtown. So if your tour falls on a "Friday without car" day, the suggested itinerary should be changed dramatically in the downtown. Either a bigger part of the itinerary is done on foot or part of the downtown should be skipped.
Other adversities may also slow down the tour progress such as traffic jam, and the group size that determines the size of the vehicle. Bigger vehicles assigned for bigger groups tend to be slower, and thus cover less ground and sights.
Just fill out the “PICK-UP” and “FINAL DROP-OFF” location fields to have the price for the tour guide to pick you up wherever you are, take you on the tour, and return you back to your place afterwards. The booking system may automatically reject too long-distance pick-ups & drop-offs, as the tour may NOT be worth taking because of the trip time to the city of the tour. In this case, you can either select closer locations or get in touch with us for options.
Have in mind that the tour guide may depart from São Paulo to pick you up at your place. So in case you are out of or far from São Paulo, consider the trip time from São Paulo to your city NOT booking short notice.
This field is to specify the number of hours the licensed private “TOUR GUIDE & VEHICLE” will be at your availability. The count starts from the pickup moment the tour has been set to get started at your hotel, airport, port or any address you have chosen.
Tourists can hire this tour for between 4 and 8 hours. As São Paulo has a myriad of unique pieces of architecture to be seen, tourists can spend the entire day exploring the architectural jewelries without realizing the time goes by. The key part of our system is the flexibility to book a tour according to your available time, number of people, pick-up and final drop-off locations.
As there are several sights to visit in São Paulo, the actual tour can take between 4 to 8 hours depending on your willingness to explore and available time. So you can select the number of hours you want the tour guide be at your availability between 4 and 8 hours.
The key part of our system is the flexibility to book a tour according to your available time, number of people, pick-up and final drop-off locations.
Pick-ups within the city of São Paulo, 5 hours should work well for a sum-up of the architecture of São Paulo, and up to 8 hours if your intention is to have a broader idea.
4-hour of "tour guide & vehicle availability" should be only for those who are in São Paulo, but don't have too much time.
Pick-ups OUT OF or FAR from São Paulo, from 50 to 100 KM distance, it's advisable to book between 6 to 8 hours of "tour guide & vehicle availability", considering that's about 1:00 to 1:30 h driving trip to São Paulo from your place. E.G. Booking 7 hours, you should have effectively about 4 to 5-hour tour in São Paulo as 2 to 3 hours will be used for the round trip transfers. This is recommendable for cities like Santos (Seaport), Campinas (VCP airport), São José dos Campos, Itu, Sorocaba, Mogi das Cruzes, Jundiaí and others.
Pick-ups from 30 to 50 KM distance from São Paulo, it's a good idea to start with 6 hours of "tour guide & vehicle availability" to have affectively 4 to 5 hours tour in São Paulo. This is recommendable for GRU airport (City of Guarulhos), Alphaville (City of Barueri), city of São Bernardo do Campos, and other cities within metropolitan area of São Paulo.
If you want to have a break for a proper lunch at a restaurant, it should also be taken into account in order to select the right number of hours that the tour guide is going to be at your availability.
Any time available on the timetable of the "PRICE FORM", however as São Paulo has a lot of traffic on weekdays, it's advisable to take this tour between 9:00AM and 17:00 at the most. On weekends, between 6:00AM and 18:00.
It's also a good idea to avoid getting around in São Paulo on weekdays after 18:00 as traffic is awful.
No, this tour is designed to be taken in daytime as sights visited during evenings are totally different from the suggested itinerary given for this tour.
We also have a "BY-NIGHT TOUR" to be taken in the evenings or overnight. In order to find the "BY-NIGHT TOUR", type into the "SEARCH FIELD" on the top part of this page the word "NIGHT".
Just fill out the beside “PRICE FORM” with the required information according to your demands.
The price is shown after all the fields are filled out. If you agree with the price, click on the “BOOK NOW” button.
The next page is for login, or sign-up in case you still don’t have an account with us.
After the login, land on a page with a form to collect more information to organize the tour.
Then go to the “CONFIRMATION PAGE”, and continue on to make the payment on the following page inserting the credit card details.
At the end of the booking process, you will receive an e-mail voucher containing the confirmation and pickup instructions.
Confirmed your booking, now start counting down the hours!
To form the price the system takes into consideration the number of people, the number of hours the tour guide and vehicle are going to be at your availability, the pick-up and drop-off locations, and the tour language. So just feed the price form with your demands, and it will automatically show the "ALL-INCLUSIVE-RATES" for the tour guide to pick you up with a suitable vehicle.
Yes, always. Sometimes, other than the tour guide, there is also a driver depending on the number of people.
Yes, private tours are totally personalizable according to your interests and likes. Talk directly to the tour guide about your wishes or state / type them in the “BOOKING OBSERVATION BOX” further during the booking process.
The tour is totally private and exclusive for you and your group. No other person out of your group must join your tour, unless it's invited by you.
The tour guide themselves drives the vehicle in case of groups with up to four (4) people. Groups bigger than four (4) people have also a driver along with the tour guide.
The guide’s basic expenses such as meals, drinks and parking lot are paid by themselves onsite. Museums, cultural and some entertaining activities are free of charge for tour guides.
This tour is not aimed to get into museums and sights that charge admission fees unless tourists wish to attend them.
The guide may decline to participate in high-priced activities that fall out of the scope of a regular tour such as going to fancy restaurants, dance clubs, nightclubs or anything out of a standard tour. In these cases, if customer wishes to have the guide as a permanent companion, the guide’s expenses should be covered by the customer. Otherwise, the guide must wait for the customer just nearby to continue on the tour afterwards.
All tour guides have complete knowledge about the city sights, culture, history, social-economic aspects of São Paulo and Brazil, and for this specific tour the guide must have a vast knowledge of architecture of São Paulo.
Once you have arrived at the airport or seaport, there will be a member of our staff / guide waiting for you at the arrivals area holding a clear sign with your name on it, they will then escort you to your waiting private vehicle.
The "tour count" of hours starts to run from the time the tour guide meets the tourist.
Our staff / guide will be waiting for you even if your flight / ship is delayed, without extra charges.
The tour can be hired for 1 person up to 26 people.
It's also possible to tour in São Paulo with groups higher than 26 people, but it's not ideal as bigger buses have restrictions and limitations for getting around in town.
If you have groups with more than 26 people, the ideal is to make two (2) bookings splitting the group and using two vehicles plus two tour guides.
Yes, we have been delivering tours for about 8 years, and car services for more than 19 years. We have hundreds of customers who left reviews & comments on our TRIP ADVISOR & FACEBOOK pages.
GREGTUR is the number 1 company on the TRIP ADVISOR rank among hundreds of other tour companies.
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