Bauru
Bauru is a Brazilian municipality located in the interior of São Paulo state, recognized as the most populous city in the Central-West region of São Paulo.

Bauru is a Brazilian municipality located in the interior of São Paulo state, recognized as the most populous city in the Central-West region of São Paulo. It is one of the 19 municipalities comprising the Bauru Immediate Geographic Region, which is one of four immediate regions within the Bauru Intermediate Geographic Region, encompassing a total of 48 municipalities.
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Worth seeing in and around Bauru
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Estádio Alfredo de Castilho
Estádio Alfredo de Castilho, known as Alfredo de Castilho or Alfredão, is a multi-use stadium in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches, and has a maximum capacity of 18,866 people.
3.9 km · soccer stadium in Brazil · Wikipedia - 02Northwestern Brazil Central Station
The Bauru Station is the starting point of the Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil. Opened in 1906, it consisted of a simple wooden building attached to the Bauru Station of the Sorocabana Railroad.
2.1 km · Historical building listed by the CODEPAC-Bauru in the Brazilian city of Bauru, São Paulo · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Bauru Zoo (Jardim Zoológico de Bauru), Rod. Com. João Barros, Km 232.5 (9 km from the city center). Ecological Park (Parque Ecológico) (10 km from the city center). Preserving the local highland vegetation. Railroad Museum (Museu Ferroviário), Block 1 of Rua 1 de Agosto. History Museum (Museu Histórico), Block 13 of Rua Antonio Alves.
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Where to eat
Barraca Oba-Oba, Praça da Paz. Small stall selling churros. Fried Fish, Av. Getúlio Vargas, 2-50,. You may be able to guess what this popular shop specializes in. Skinão, Rua Rio Branco, 23-06 - Vila Samaritana (end of the street),. 11:00-01:00, closed Tuesdays. Serving authentic "Bauru" sandwiches.
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Getting to Bauru
- Airports
- Viracopos (VCP), 212 km · Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre (CGH), 286 km · São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro (GRU), 293 km
- Stations
- Bauru Airport, 3.3 km
- Campinas → Bauru216 km · quickest by road, 4h 3m · R$70–95
- São Paulo → Bauru284 km · quickest by road, 4h 52m · R$90–120
- Curitiba → Bauru347 km · quickest by road, 8h 20m · R$150–195
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bauru
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bauru. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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