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Ibirapuera Park
arts & green
A different tour inside the main and most popular park of São Paulo, walking inside the green, discovering secrets and the cultural complex of one of the most beautiful urban parks around the world.
Meeting Point
outside of
AACD-Servidor
subway station
(exit "ímpar" side)
subway station:
AACD-Servidor
(lilac line)
Address for Uber/Taxi:
Rua Pedro de Toledo, 1569 - Vila Clementino, São Paulo - SP
(CEP: 04060-000)
duration
2h40min.
(with a 5min. break)
route
4.6 km
Ibirapuera Park
Ending Point
at MAC-Usp
in front of Gate 3A of the park
Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral, 1301
What to do in Ibirapuera Park
>> visit the AfroBrasil museum
Inaugurated in 2004, the museum is dedicated to the history, culture and art of the black people in Brazil, with a vast collection on the theme, including a deep approach to the period of slavery in Brazil. An excellent museum located inside the park, next to gate 10. Open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10am to 5pm, costs BRL15 (free on Wednesdays). Click here to book.
>> visit the Ibirapuera Planetarion
Inside the Park you can also find the Ibirapuera Planetarium (the first in Brazil, since 1957), and it offers spatial projections inside the dome on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and costs BRL20.
>> visit MAM
the Museum of Modern Art is also located inside the park, in the middle of the Marquise, next to the Bienal building and next to the Oca (next to gate 1). The museum was founded in 1949, and has been located in the current space since 1969. It has an important collection of modern Brazilian art, and also the beautiful Garden of Sculptures in the front. Open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 am to 6 pm, and you pay as much you want. Click here to book.
>> visit Temporary Art Exibitions at OCA
inside Ibirapuera Park you find OCA building for temporary art exhibitions. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, it is a white building, with a hemispheric shape, and offers temporary exhibitions (always from Tuesday to Sunday).
>> Brazilian Cinematheque (outside the park)
Located close to the park and also close to our Meeting Point, Cinemateca Brasileira is responsible for the largest audiovisual collection in Latin America. It has two movie theaters with exhibitions, in addition to being able to visit public spaces and the beautiful garden with fruit trees and sculptures. Open every day, from 8 am to 6 pm, free of charge. The address is "Largo Senador Raul Cardoso, 207 - Vila Clementino - São Paulo, SP".
>> visit the Contemporany Art Museum (MAC-USP)
right after the tour is finished you can visit the Museum of Contemporary Art, with its incredible collection of modern and contemporary art, one of the largest in Latin America. The building has eight floors, with at least four floors with exhibitions open to the public. It is possible to visit the top of the building, with a wonderful panoramic view of the park. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 11am to 9pm, free. Click here to book.
>> visit the Bienal Exibition
uou can walk back to Ibirapuera Park, to the Bienal Pavillon, where happens the Art Exibition "Bienal" (the international Biennal of São Paulo) - the largest modern art exibition in Latin America. Every odd years, from Setember to December, Tuesday to Sunday, from 11am to 9pm, free.
>> watch the light show at the park fountain
every day in the late afternoon it is possible to enjoy the light show and fountains on the lake in Ibirapuera Park. It takes place on the side of the lake that borders Pedro Álvares Cabral Ave, can be watched free of charge from any edge of the lake. It happens daily from 18h.