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São José dos Campos
Municipality in Southeast, Brazil

São José dos Campos

São José dos Campos is a major city and the seat of the municipality of the same name in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

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One of the leading industrial and research centers with emphasis in aerospace sciences in Latin America, the city is located in the Paraíba Valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country; São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. It is the main city of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. A native of São José dos Campos is called a joseense. Being the second most populous non-capital city in Brazil – behind Campinas – São José dos Campos lies in the middle of the Expanded Metropolitan Complex, the first megalopolis in the Southern Hemisphere, with over thirty million inhabitants. The city's metro area also includes Greater São Paulo, Campinas, Santos and Sorocaba.

Get in

Getting to São José dos Campos

São José dos Campos is attended by the International Airport Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf. Despite being an international airport, it operates only domestic commercial flights, connecting the city to Campinas, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba and Rio de Janeiro. The airport is very close to the main aerospace and research centers (Embraer, CTA, Mectron, INPE) which may be convenient for business visitors.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Memorial Aeroespacial Brasileiro

    Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, s/nº (taking the access to the airport),.

  2. 02
    Capela Nossa Senhora Aparecida
  3. 03
    Espaço Mário Covas
  4. 04
    Banhado

    The "Banhado" is a huge depression and an environmental protection area located just west of downtown and north of Av.

  5. 05
    Sanatório Vicentina Aranha

    Prudente Meireles de Moraes, 302 - Vila Adyana, contato@pqvicentinaaranha.org.br.

  6. 06
    Igreja Matriz de São José dos Campos

    Located in the place of foundation of São José dos Campos.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Pico do Selado

    São Francisco Xavier (12 km by taking Estrada Municipal Ezequiel Graciano (dirt road)).

  2. 02
    Pedra Redonda
  3. 03
    Pedra Chapéu do Bispo

    São Francisco Xavier.

Eat

Where to eat

Churrascaria Aquarius do Vale, Rua Juiz David Barrilli, 376 - Jardim Aquarius. Rodízio churrascaria (all-you-can-eat BBQ restaurant). Villa Da Aldeia Churrascaria Av. São João, 282 – Jardim Esplanada Ii. Al Badah, Rua Serimbura, 15 - Jardim Maringá, Also at Vale Sul Shopping, Shopping Colinas; Restaurante Adissai Rua Santa Clara, 706 – Vila Adyanna; Restaurante Chinese House Av. São João, 171 – Jd. Nova América.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Mike Peel (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.