Campinas
Campinas is a city in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, located 84 kilometers northwest of the city of São Paulo.
As of 2024, the city's population is estimated at 1,185,977, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian city and the third most populous in São Paulo state. The city's metropolitan area encompasses twenty municipalities with a total population of 3,491,150 people.
Getting to Campinas
Campinas has its own an international airport, but many international and domestic visitors arrive from São Paulo's airports. = = 1 Viracopos International Airport (VCP IATA). Viracopos Airport is one of the main airports in the state of São Paulo and the main hub of the airline Azul Brazilian Airlines. It has flights to Fort Lauderdale, Lisbon and Orlando, and seasonal flights to Punta del Este.
Worth seeing
Like many others large Brazilian cities, Campinas' Downtown suffers from urban degradation. However, it contains several buildings of historical and architectural value, many associated with São Paulo state's glorious coffee farming era between the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Things to do
Campinas-Jaguariúna steam locomotive ride, Rua Dr. Antonio Duarte da Conceição 1.500 (Near carrefour of Rod. D. Pedro), abpfcps@terra.com.br. Tourist steam locomotive ride starting at the historical Anhumas train station towards the Jaguariúna train station, in Jaguariúna. Only on weekends. Call or send an e-mail (in Portuguese) for prices, exact departure and return times. Ciclofaixa Campinas. Sun 07:00-13:00.
Where to eat
While, like most of the state, Campinas has the fairly typical paulistano range of Italian, Japanese, Middle Eastern, and standard Brazilian food, it doesn't have anything much that might be called campineiro food.
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