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Subprefecture of Penha

The Subprefecture of Penha is one of 32 subprefectures of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

Subprefecture of Penha
Subprefecture of Penha · Jules Verne Times Two
The place

The Subprefecture of Penha is one of 32 subprefectures of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It comprises four districts: Penha, Cangaíba, Vila Matilde, and Artur Alvim.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Subprefecture of Penha

4 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.

  1. 01
    Estádio Parque São Jorge

    The Estádio Alfredo Schürig, most commonly known as Estádio Parque São Jorge, or Fazendinha, is a football stadium inaugurated on July 22, 1928 in São Paulo, Brazil. It can hold up to 18,500 people.

    3.7 km · football stadium in Brazil · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Cemitério de Vila Formosa

    The Cemitério de Vila Formosa is a necropolis located in the East End district of Vila Formosa, in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It is Latin America's largest cemetery.

    3.5 km · cemetery in São Paulo, Brazil · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Black Men

    The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Black Men is located in Largo do Paiçandu, in the central zone of the Brazilian city of São Paulo. It was originally situated in Antônio Prado Square, where it was built by black workers at the beginning of the 18th century to serve as a meeting place for slaves who celebrated Catholic rites mixed with beliefs of Bantu origin.

    1.8 km · church building in São Paulo, Brazil · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Paróquia Nossa Senhora de Montevirgem e São Luiz Gonzaga

    Paróquia Nossa Senhora de Montevirgem e São Luiz Gonzaga is a catholic church located in São Paulo, Brazil. The church dates back to 1742.

    1.2 km · church building in São Paulo, Brazil · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Subprefecture of Penha

Airports
São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro (GRU), 13 km · Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre (CGH), 16 km · Viracopos (VCP), 85 km
Stations
Guilhermina-Esperança, 1.8 km · Patriarca-Vila Ré, 3.2 km · Vila Matilde, 300 m · Carrão, 3.1 km · Penha, 900 m
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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 Subprefecture of Penha. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inTransport by air by helicopter throughout São Pauo.
  • Go nextMany of São Paulo's immediate neighbors are connected by the EMTU bus service and the commuter rail, making for a range of good day trip options.
  • Go nextHotels sometimes provide leisure activities such as scuba diving, mountain biking and trekking.
  • Go nextIlhabela (3½ hr) - Accessible only from São Sebastião by ferry, it is an archipelago with various savage beaches and ecotourism options.

From Wikivoyage: São Paulo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Ilha GrandeBR

    10 ways of moving, 20 sources

    245 km
  2. 02
    Morro de São Paulo and Ilha de TinharéBR

    9 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,385 km
  3. 03
    Uyuni and the Salar de UyuniBO

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    2,119 km
  4. 04
    San Pedro de AtacamaCL

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    2,213 km
  5. 05
    RurrenabaqueBO

    8 ways of moving, 37 sources

    2,426 km

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Next door to Subprefecture of Penha

Subprefecture of Penha is 8 km from Guarulhos, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.