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Mogi das Cruzes
Municipality in Southeast, Brazil

Mogi das Cruzes

Mogi das Cruzes is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, located within the metropolitan region of the state capital of the city of São Paulo.

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The population is 451,505 in an area of 713 km2. It is located 40 km to the east of the city of São Paulo. It was founded in 1560 by the bandeirantes. The sprawling municipality, which includes many rural areas, is the easternmost arm of São Paulo conburbation seen on satellite images. César de Souza and Brás Cubas districts are considered the suburban core, center of town and a city within the municipality in a horizontal line east of the built-up area of Suzano.

Get in

Getting to Mogi das Cruzes

SP-66 SP-70 SP-88 SP-98 CPTM train line 11 (coral) Get off from one of the 4 train stations in the city.

  1. 01
    Jundiapeba Station
  2. 02
    Braz Cubas Station

    Simple residencial district, it is near the Leon Feffer Park.

  3. 03
    Mogi das Cruzes Station
  4. 04
    Estudantes Station

    Its name means "students", and it has this name because it is located between two private universities.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Centennial Park of Japanese Immigration
  2. 02
    Sabaúna

    Sabaúna is a now quiet village founded in the 19th century around the train station of the same name, by immigrants and workers that settled in that area.

  3. 03
    Leon Feffer Park

    The Leon Feffer Park was open in August 2004 by the city of Mogi das Cruzes in the district of Braz Cubas.

  4. 04
    Urubu Peak
  5. 05
    Casarão do Chá

    Casarão do Chá of Mogi das Cruzes was built as a tea factory, designed and built in 1942 by Japanese architect and carpenter Kazuo Hanaoka.

Do

Things to do

Hiking and trekking

  1. 01
    Pedra do Lagarto

    Antonio de Almeida until its end and get the road that goes up to the right).

  2. 02
    Pedra Grande da Quatinga

    Hikers can have a view of the surrounding green areas.

  3. 03
    Sabaúna District to Guararema

    It is possible to hike from Sabaúna district to Guararema, the neighboring town which was used to be connected by the railway line.

  4. 04
    Trilha da Aranha

    It takes you to a valley, the other side of Pico do Urubu.

  5. 05
    Cross the Tietê
  6. 06
    Pedra do Sapo
Eat

Where to eat

Somewhat diverse for its size, Mogi has options of different cuisines to try. The influence from the people coming from Arab culture countries is a notable difference from neighboring towns. Some of the Japanese food restaurants are decent, too. You can eat relatively cheap in downtown and residential areas, but if you go around the shopping mall, it gets expensive. Brazilian

  1. 01
    Bisa Maria Gastronomia

    Manoel Rudge, 1169 - Parque Monte Libano.

  2. 02
    Thayb Doces Árabes

    Has different lunch meal sets for each weekday, shwarma, falafel, halawi and other sweets.

  3. 03
    MN Lamen

    R.

  4. 04
    Karin Lámen

    Narciso Yague Guimarães, 1540 - Jardim Armenia.

  5. 05
    Goliat Gelato & Coffee

    Galdino Alves, 142 - Parque Monte Libano.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.