The imposing building where the Bolsa Oficial do Café (the coffee stock exchange) operated in Santos, state of São Paulo, is host today to one of the most interesting museums you will visit in Brazil: the Museu do Café (coffee museum). For decades, Santos was the HQ for the ever important coffee-producing sector of the [...]
You might think it’s an optical illusion but the fact is that a sizeable number of tower blocks on Santos’ beachfront are anything but straight. Take an unstable soil and add a pinch of property developer’s negligence and you end up with nearly one hundred buildings that in some cases are leaning even more than [...]
The distance from the city of São Paulo to the shore is relatively short, and there is no shortage of beaches along the coastline. The coast of the state of São Paulo is divided in two large regions: the north coast (litoral norte), from Ubatuba, on the border with the state of Rio de Janeiro, [...]
Although there are scores of diving (and snorkeling) locations along the Brazilian coast, the honest truth is that few would rank highly on a global scale. The exception to this would be the best diving destination in Brazil (or, should I say, the diving destination), the island of Fernando de Noronha. Top-notch diving in Noronha, [...]
How do I get from São Paulo to Santos? Buses to Santos leave from the terminal Jabaquara. An explanation on how to get to the terminal Jabaquara from Guarulhos airport can be found here. The bus trip lasts approximately 1 hour. Each way costs from R$13,70. From 6 am till midnight, there are buses every [...]
