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 Guarulhos Airport-SP by mangueirense
Guarulhos Airport is the largest in Brazil and sure one of the biggest in Southamerica.
Unlike airports in Europe and North America, the international airport of São Paulo has a duty-free shop upon arrival before clearing customs, where you can purchase up to US$500 of goods. Once you have cleared customs you can change money or traveler's checks or use an ATM to obtain cash in Reais (R$). The American Express office is open daily from 6:30am to 10:30pm and charges no commission on changing cash or traveler's checks (as long as they are American Express checks), located in Terminal 1 Arrivals. The Banco do Brasil charges a US$20 flat rate for traveler's checks transactions and US$5 flat rate for cash transactions. The ATMs are compatible with Visa/Plus, located in Terminal 1 Arrivals.
Unfortunately the airport does not have any official webpage (at least I could not find one), but there is a page from "Infraero" where you can find the informations you want:
http://www.infraero.gov.br/www/home.nsf/agGetLink?OpenAgent&ID=5CD30112948DCE2E82256A0F004E04BA&Lang=br
(page does take some time to loud!)
Adress:
São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport
PO Box 3061-Guarulhos
São Paulo 07141-970
Brazil
Telephone: (0)11 6445 2945
Fax: (0)11 6445 3173 or 6412 3335 Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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You arrived at S. Paulo Intl. Airport (GRU), and now?
You may take a bus from airport to downtown Leave a Comment
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 the only way to go to
GRU...;-) by morgane1692Leave a Comment
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Most of the international airlines have a 'pit stop' in Sao Paulo, before going to Rio de Janeiro. I would consider a 'stop over' if possible with your ticket. But you need at least 3 - 4 days to explore the city. Driving from Rio (which I did) takes about 4 - 4,5 ours. The roads are great, but there is a lot of traffic.
You have the Metro. Otherwise; why dont rent a car? The signs and the roads make it surprisengly easy to find your way (if you know where you going...). See my Rio pages for more info about car rental. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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 by bpkprsnl
From GRU, one can take a shuttle bus to pretty much any part of the city or surrounding suburbs. Here's a picture looking out from the airport exit at the bus stop. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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Use airplanes!
Travel by companies such as TAM, Varig, Vasp, etc
Don't rent cars, traffic is terrible and, unless you have a native to drive you around you will get probably get lost(streets and avenues don't follow a pattern like New York)
Use the subway, taxis and buses. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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For the gringo or yankee who can't or won't speak Portugues the best bet is for your employer to line up a car to get you back and forth to Guarulhos. Taxi's are OK for Congonhas for the most part.
Taxi is the best and only sound choice for the US business traveler who usually has a laptop comupter in tow. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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Be careful, the dosmetic flights are from/to the Cancan (haha, I will fix the name later) airport, located SouthWest of the peripheral.
The international flights are from/to the Garung (haha, I will fix the name later) airport, located NorthEast of the peripheral.
A cab will take you at least an hour to commute from one to the other, careful about rush hour. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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 Ocean Air Picture by BoaViagem
Visit:
http://www.oceanair.com.br
This is much faster and easier than the bus PLUS NO traffic problems to deal with.
Limited Schedules.
Boa Viagem! Leave a Comment
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The airport is actually located on the outskirts of Sýo Paulo, in a town called Guarulhos (that's why the airport code is GRU). Sýo Paulo downtown is around 45 minutes (or more with road traffic) from the airport, so if you are planning to visit Sýo Paulo, choose a hotel IN Sýo Paulo and NOT nearby the international airport.
There is not much to do around the international airport anyway, only hotels. Leave a Comment
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Get cheap flights to São Paulo. Airports in the area include Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) and Sao Paulo Congonhas (CGH). When you fly to São Paulo you can take in Parque Ibirapuera, Avenida Paulista and business centre, Museu do Ipiranga and more museums, Catedral da Se' and more churches, Museu de Arte de S.Paulo (MASP), Liberdade (Japan in S.Paulo), Beaches, Stadiums, Railway station and Flea markets - Feirinhas. Check flights to São Paulo when you want to visit these nearby places: Guarulhos, Osasco and São Bernardo do Campo.
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