São Luís
São Luís is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão.
São Luís is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on São Luís Island, in the Baía de São Marcos, an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré, Mearim, Itapecuru and other rivers. Its coordinates are 2.53° south, 44.30° west. São Luís has the second largest maritime extension within Brazilian states. Its maritime extension is 640 km. The city proper has a population of some 1,088,057 people. The metropolitan area totals 1,536,017, ranked as the 15th largest in Brazil.
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Worth seeing in and around São Luís
10 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.
- 01Castelão
The Estádio Governador João Castelo, also known as the Castelão, is a multi-purpose stadium inaugurated on March 9, 1975, in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 40,149 people in a three-tier configuration. The stadium is owned by the Maranhão state Government, and is the home ground of Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube, Moto Club and Maranhão.
5.5 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Catedral de São Luís
Catedral de São Luís is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão. It is located in Plaza Pedro II in the center of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
0 m · Cathedral in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil · Wikipedia - 03Estádio Nhozinho Santos
Estádio Nhozinho Santos is a multi-use stadium located in São Luís, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Moto Club de São Luís.
1.9 km · multi-use stadium in São Luís, Brazil · Wikipedia - 04Federal University of Maranhão
The Federal University of Maranhão is a federal university in the northeastern state of Maranhão, Brazil.
3.4 km · Public university in Brazil · Wikipedia - 05Teatro Arthur Azevedo
The Teatro Arthur Azevedo is a theatre in São Luís, the capital of Maranhão, Brazil. The building in neoclassical style is located in the Historic Centre of São Luís.
200 m · theatre in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil · Wikipedia - 06Museu do Reggae do Maranhão
The Reggae Maranhão Museum is the first reggae-themed museum outside of Jamaica and the second in the world, in the Historic Center of São Luís in Brazil.
100 m · Museum dedicated to reggae in the state of Maranhão · Wikipedia - 07Praça João Lisboa
João Lisboa Square, fully known as Praça João Francisco de Lisboa, is a public square in the city of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. It is one of the oldest squares in the city, and the site of numerous historical events of the city and state.
200 m · square in São Luis, Brazil · Wikipedia - 08Bacanga State Park
The Bacanga State Park is a state park in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. It protects the main water supply for the city of São Luís, the Batatã reservoir.
7.8 km · state park in Maranhão, Brazil · Wikipedia - 09Sítio Rangedor State Park
The Sítio Rangedor State Park is a state park in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. It is located in the centre of São Luís, the state capital, and contains the state's Legislative Assembly and other public buildings.
5.3 km · state park in Maranhão, Brazil · Wikipedia - 10Capela de São José da Quinta das Laranjeiras
The Chapel of Laranjeiras, known fully as the Chapel of São José da Quinta das Laranjeiras, and more commonly the Chapel of Saint Joseph, is located in the Historic Center of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. It was completed in 1815 as part of a large farm belonging to Luiz José Gonçalves da Silva, a merchant and mayor of São Luís.
1.1 km · church in São Luís, Brazil · Wikipedia
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Getting to São Luís
- Airports
- Marechal Cunha Machado (SLZ), 10 km
- Stations
- Ponta da Madeira, 9.8 km
- Belém → São Luís482 km · quickest by air, 4h 20m · R$350–540
- Fortaleza → São Luís653 km · quickest by air, 4h 32m · R$380–590
- Natal → São Luís1072 km · quickest by air, 7h 24m · R$520–810
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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 São Luís. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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