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From Guarulhos Airport to the city of Sao Paulo travelers can either take a taxi or a bus.
Prepaid taxi fares are available with Taxi Guarucoop (tel. 011/6440-7070), to all of São Paulo, as well as to the suburbs and surrounding communities. Sample fares: Congonhas Airport R$61 (US$30.50), São Paulo Centro and Tietê R$46 (US$23), Cerqueira Cesar and Jardins R$54 (US$27), Avenida Paulista R$54 (US$27), and Liberdade R$53 (US$26.50).
One can also take a regular metered taxi, flag fall starts at R$3.20 (US$1.60) and goes up R$0.80 (US40¢) per km. If traffic is good, these taxis end up being a little cheaper, but some days traffic is so congested that the prepaid ride turns out to be a much better deal.
In my opinion the best, safest and also cheapest method to get from the airport to the city-centre or to the domestic airport Congonhas is the Airport Service Bus.
They operate four different shuttle bus routes: to Congonhas Airport, to Praca da Republica, to Avenida Paulista (stopping at major hotels along the street), and to the Rodoviario Tietê (bus station). Cost is R$21 per person (US$7), and each route takes approximately 50 minutes. Buses depart daily about every 30 minutes from 6am to 11pm, and then hourly overnight.
Timetables can be found under:
http://www.airportbusservice.com.br
When travelling from Guarulhos Airport to Gongonhas Airport, please remember that in general after leaving the aircraft you have to go trough customs and passport control (which always does take a loooong looong time there) and that you still has to get the luggage, etc. and probably will get stuck some time in a traffic jam (depends on the time)...
so count on around 2-3 hours to get to Gongonhas airport from Guarulhos! Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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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$5 flat rate for cash transactions. The ATMs are compatible with Visa/Plus, located in Terminal 1 Arrivals.
Unfortunately the airport does not have any official webpage (at least I could not find one), but there is a page from "Infraero" where you can find the informations you want:
http://www.infraero.gov.br/www/home.nsf/agGetLink?OpenAgent&ID=5CD30112948DCE2E82256A0F004E04BA&Lang=br
(page does take some time to loud!)
Adress:
São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport
PO Box 3061-Guarulhos
São Paulo 07141-970
Brazil
Telephone: (0)11 6445 2945
Fax: (0)11 6445 3173 or 6412 3335 Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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You've landed in São Paulo. Now you need to get to São Paulo - the airport is around 25kms away from the city center, in heavy traffic.
Taking a taxi is expensive - if you negociate with the driver beforehand, it is around R$ 75. If you pay by the meter, R$100. If you are unsure, take a prepaid cab from the booths (blue or green). There are lots of hawkers for taxis in the airport - if you are an obvious tourist, you run the risk of paying way too much.
You can also take the "Airport Service" shuttle buses. There are several different lines: Eldorado Shopping Center, to the main hotels, to certain city areas, etc.. The price is R$24 per person (around US$12).
Finally, if you are travelling with little luggage and a tight budget, you can take the shuttle to the nearest metro station (Tatuape) for only R$3 (US$1,5). This is on the blue line - but don't worry, there are maps on the station showing how the different lines connect. Theme: Other
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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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there is general good bus-system in whole Brazil, but in Sao Paulo can be incredible big traffic-jams..
also count it when you need to go to or from Airport.. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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BUS LINES TO THE AIRPORT TO THE CITY:
1 - Guarulhos Airport - Paulista Avenue / Augusta Street Hotels Circuit
2 - Guarulhos Airport - Praça da República (downtown)
3 - Guarulhos Airport - Congonhas Aiport
4 - Guarulhos Airport - Tietê Interstate Bus Terminal (Terminal Rodoviário Tiête)
5 - Guarulhos Airport - Shopping Eldorado
6 - Guarulhos Airport - Barra Funda Interstate Bus Terminal
BUS LINES FROM THE CITY TO THE AIRPORT:
1 - Paulista Avenue / Augusta Street Hotels Circuit - Guarulhos Airport
2 - Praça da República (downtown) - Guarulhos Airport
3 - Congonhas Airport - Guarulhos Airport
4 - Tietê Interstate Bus Terminal - Guarulhos Airport
5 - Shopping Eldorado - Guarulhos Airport
6 - Barra Funda Interstate Bus Terminal - Guarulhos Airport
FARE: R$ 21,00.
TICKET OFFICES:
São Paulo International Airport (Guarulhos) phone: 55 11 6445-2505
Congonhas Airport phone: 55 11 5090-9225
Praça da República phone: 55 11 3331-6196
Shopping Eldorado phone: 55 11 3817-5437
Tietê Interstate Bus Terminal phone: 55 11 6221-0244
Barra Funda Interstate Bus Terminal phone: 55 11 3822-2072
The following cards are all accepted: Visa, Visa Electron, JCB, Redeshop, Creditcard, Mastercard, Dinners and American Express.
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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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