Vila Olímpia has a reputation as a business district, and it is one. Outside office hours, though, you can walk, eat well and unwind without taking a car. This is a practical guide to what to do in the neighborhood during your stay.
Green and open air
- Parque do Povo: a walking and running track, room for sport and a view of the local buildings. It sits right across from JK Iguatemi.
- Parque Ibirapuera: a few minutes away. It is worth a weekend morning for the museums, the lake and the rest areas.
Shopping and cinema
- JK Iguatemi mall: on Avenida Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek, with international brands, a cinema and a food court.
- Shopping Vila Olímpia: a cinema, shops and restaurants, for a quiet evening close to home.
Eating and drinking
Vila Olímpia and neighboring Itaim Bibi have a concentration of bars and restaurants: a casual bar for an end-of-day beer, pasta and steak houses, Japanese food. During the week the bars fill up with people leaving the Faria Lima offices, and everything is a few minutes away on foot.
Work and getting around
If the trip is for work, Avenida Faria Lima and Berrini are right next door, with offices, banks and cafés for an informal meeting. The Vila Olímpia station, on line 9 of the CPTM, connects the neighborhood to the rest of the city, and Congonhas airport is about 20 minutes away by car.
Where to stay to enjoy all of it
Staying inside the neighborhood lets you do almost everything on foot or with short trips. You Stay runs renovated apartments inside two hotels in Vila Olímpia: the ITC Vila Olímpia, at Rua Fidêncio Ramos 420, and the Hotel The World Vila Olímpia, at Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1005. Both have 24-hour reception, a pool, sauna and gym, and the apartment has a mini pantry.
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