Getting around by bus and coach São Paulo

Buses to just about any destination in Brazil and five Latin American countries. The station operates 24 hours a day. lanchonetes, restaurants, luggage lockers, cash dispensers, wifi, stores.

Long-distance destinations: Rio (6-hour journey, from R$93, departures every 15/30 minutes); Foz do Iguaçu (15-hour journey, from R$215); Belo Horizonte (between 8 and 10 hours, from R$120); Florianópolis (12 hours, R$140).

The Litoreana company, as its name suggests, operates bus services to destinations throughout the state, and in particular to the tourist resorts along the Paulista coastline, which, while not as well known to the French as those in the neighboring state of Rio de Janeiro, attract a large number of tourists from southern Brazil. Several departures a day for Praia de Maresias (R$ 77 and 5h drive), São Sebastião - Balsa Ilhabela (R$ 66 and 3h30 drive), Campos do Jordão (R$ 64 and 3h drive).