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Cruise from Sao Paulo

Filed under: Brazil General - October 16th, 2006

Your Questions:

How far is the cruise terminal from the airport?

Is the cruise terminal near the city centre?

Are there hotels near the cruise terminal that do free transfers?

Could you recommend a website to enable us to book a hotel?

I would also like to know as much as I can about Brazil could you recommend good informative websites and books?

Our Reply:

The cruise terminal in Brazil is not in the city of Sao Paulo. Since Sao Paulo city isn’t on the coastline you will have to drive approximately 1-2 hours in order to get to the port. Santos is the name of the city where the terminal is.

In order to get to Santos, assuming the cruise line doesn’t provide that transportation an option is to either rent a car, or catch a shuttle bus from the airport to the bus station called Terminal Tiete. From the terminal you are able to catch a bus to Santos. Once in Santos you will arrive at the bus station there, and take a taxi to your hotel.

The Port is in more of an industrial zone, so I wouldn’t recommend staying in a hotel in that area. Santos has a beautiful beach, and I would recommend staying in a hotel right on or near the water. I have found a couple hotels and pousadas, but I had to search in Portuguese because there were only about 3 hotels with English sites, and those are quite expensive hotels. A pousada is similar to a hotel, but usually not quite as large. The name of a Pousada I found is Pousada Sao Marcos. Its website is in Portuguese, but it is very affordable at approximately $80 Reals per night, which is approximately $30 US.
Here is the URL for the pousada.
Here is another link hotels in Santos that will take you to an option of other hotels. This is in Portuguese, but if you contact them (contato is what the link will say for you to write them a message), they will most likely have someone who speaks English that will be able to help you make reservations.

As for books on Brazil, when I was in Brazil I found the most useful book to be the lonely planet book on Brazil. If you follow this link for Brazil Stuff and click on Books on Brazil found about half way down the page you can buy the book right online through Amazon. This book has a lot of helpful hints as well as great ideas of things to do while down in Brazil.

Feel free to read up about Brazil on our site, and as for other sites it really depends on what kind of information you are looking for. If you want information about the people, places, etc I would suggest simply doing a search on google with the key words being what you are looking for and hopefully you will find what it is you want. Also, feel free to ask any other questions you may have in order to get all the information you wish before your travels to Brazil.