You are landing at Guarulhos international airport in São Paulo and need to get to town. Unless you have a friend in São Paulo giving you a lift, you have three options available: take a taxi. They are safe, they are reliable and they are expensive. We gave details of how the taxis operate at [...]

It might well be that an unearthly departure time or a longer than usual connection at São Paulo’s Guarulhos international airport forces you to search for accommodation near the airport. Up until very recently there were no hotels at the airport itself. A few weeks ago the Fast Sleep hotel opened its doors (if you [...]

How do I get from Guarulhos airport to São Paulo’s bus station? In actual fact, there are three major bus stations in São Paulo, known as rodoviárias in Portuguese. The most important one is the Terminal Tietê, from where buses to most destinations depart. This is the one most tourists will want to get to, [...]

QUESTION: How do I get from Guarulhos airport to Congonhas airport? ANSWER: The easiest way is the shuttle bus service that links both airports. There’s a bus every half hour, and it costs R$30. In normal traffic conditions, it can take between 45 minutes and 1 hour to cover the distance between the two airports [...]