100% this!!! I stayed in that hotel with my entire wedding party a while back. My Brother in Law worked for Accor back in the day. Great location. Next to metro. Right off Paulista. Safe. Clean. Convenient. Of your choices, the Sumare HIE is the best. My inlaws used to live next door and used their parking garage. Super safe residential area. 2.5 KM bus ride up Ave Sumare for the Metro, or can take a bus straight to Vila Madelena. Not too far off beaten track. Not touristy at all.
Thanks both! Would be a points stay for the various Holiday Inns, but I'll check you recommendation out too! Just booked Sao Paulo Samplona, 18th - 20th. The rate was probably better value than using my points with IHG. Thanks again.
Truth be told, there are a couple of good hotels in Tatuapé (Tryp and Blue Tree Towers). They are not too far from the stadium, but they are not convenient to Metro either. If someone is coming just for a game, they could be a reasonable choice.
BBC News America featured SP's stadium last night, here's the clip: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27288754 Nothing was said about the estimated date of completion, but I'm still hopeful to get at least 1 ticket to the England vs Uruguay match when extra tickets are released.
Why do you say you cant leave luggage at the airport? I understand they have lockers and storage. Is this not accurate?
There is storage at the airports. Royalgeorge can't use it because he is arriving at one airport and leaving from another one the same day.
I've seen several places that only a limited number of airlines will be going out of the new GRU terminal 3. Anybody know if American will be one of those? Read that the AA Admirals club will be moving to the new terminal, curious if it'll be open when we connect through.
So i am arriving in SP on 6th and flying to Manaus on 7th. Just got to know that Brazil are playing a friendly vs Serbia in SP on 6th evening at the stadium in Morumbi. I am staying at the Airport Marriott next to GRU and google maps shows a travel time of 2.5 hours with 4 bus and metro connections to get to Morumbi. Any recommendations on a cost effective way to plan my day and see Brazil in action albeit in a friendly.
I haven't read the whole thread but I will be in SP for the opening match (without ticket). Where will be a good spot to watch the match?
Hi! Can someone help me? What is the best option to travel to the stadium from Av. Paulista the 1st of july (Saturday match 55)????? The match is at 1:00 PM.
A bunch of us are discussing it but we haven't come up with an answer yet. When we do, we'll put it in here. There have been a few suggestions in the Jardins/Paulista area.
The safest way is to take bus/shuttle from GRU to CGH and then taking a cab to Morumbi. Or use your google map and skip the last bus and take a cab instead. Just my 2 cents. I don't recommend any "gringo" taking the bus to any local futebol match in SP. Because of brazilian "hooligans"(probably it won't apply for this match though).
Also getting there is still fine but what about traveling back by local transport in the night after the game is over. I am traveling with my 2.5 year old daughter and (pregnant) wife. How about hiring a car? The distance seems huge. Will parking around the stadium be a problem?
It will be a huge problem, i don't recommend it. Just take a bus or a cab. I would recommend taking a cab, since Morumbi is not exactly easy to get to by public transport, especially to someone from abroad. I also recommend getting there at least 2 hours early, Morumbi usually have huge lines
Would the cabs not be very expensive? Seems too much of a pain to depend on local transport. Are rental cars and associated parking problems such a huge issue even if i have a gps?
A little kid and a pregnant wife? Get a cab, plain and simple. It will cost you 50 dollars or so (~110 reais). Expensive? Yes, but safer, easier, you have no headache to deal with GPS stuff, traffic, parking problems at the stadium area (believe me, it's a pain in the ass and not only because of the lack of parking lots, but mainly because of unfriendly guys who look after the parking places and ask you for some money in a not so kind way).
This is the huge problem with morumbi. Street parking will be controlled by flanelinhas. These guys shake you down and sell public street parking for 200 brl under the threat they will break your car when you are gone. There is no public transport to the stadium other than busses. Traffic in that area is some of the worst in sp and leaving the game, cabs won't pick you up for less than 200 brl. And that is if you can fins one.
Oh, I forgot that. @LucozadeWarrior If you don't mind, I got a better (and cheaper) idea for your short stay here in SP: http://museudofutebol.org.br/en/ . Take a look. A match at Estádio do Morumbi is a somewhat tricky experience even for paulistanos like me (my team owns the stadium, so I have experience on that particular matter ). It's difficult to get there if you aren't using your own car, there's no metro around yet (they're actually building a station 1 km away from stadium, but only God knows when it'll be ready), only a few buses. You will have a hard time looking for a cab after the game, which would be the most serious issue in your particular case. Unless you are a guy who'd kill for a Brazil's live match, I´d pass it.
He could, but just imagine a crowd of 50k or 60k leaving the stadium at the same time and using just two main roads for that. I bet he would be in trouble to find his booked cab. Just to give you a picture: every time Morumbi hosts big games like a local derby or a sold-out Libertadores game, I usually prefer to wait 10-15 minutes before even leave my seat and get out, because streets around the stadium get quickly flooded by people, cars, buses, all trying to leave the area at the same time. Now bring a supposedly non-Portuguese speaker foreigner along with his pregnant wife and little kid looking for their booked cab into the equation... I´m not saying it´s an impossible task, just a hard and avoidable one. Morumbi is definitely not a good stadium for a newcomer.
So while that cab is waiting for him to show up he gets offers upwards 200BRL to take people home. He, as a brave proletarian stands steadfast. Raises a hand and says - "No. I will not take your money, Dear Pedestrian. I am on a Mission. I am here to wait for LucozadeWarrior. He may or may not be able to find me in this foreign tropical crush. But I shall endeavor. I shall persevere. For I am a TAXISTA!" Brazilian flag unfurls in background and waves slightly in the midnight breeze as the screen fades to black accompanied to the dulcet tones of the national hymn. Eh...worth a shot!