Whether you’re looking for the latest fashion trends, distinctive Brazilian design or just an afternoon window shopping, São Paulo’s many shopping centers can satisfy any shopping cravings. While those in Rio de Janeiro have their beaches, Paulistas have shopping malls. The following is a round up of the city’s best shopping centers to prepare you for a shopping spree in São Paulo.
Shopping Iguatemi
Shopping Iguatemi was first opened in São Paulo in 1966 though it doesn’t look like it. A very fashion focused mall, it contains many international brands and several Brazilian ones.
Here, you can shop or browse the high end brands as well as a few more affordable ones such as Zara and C&A’s flagship store. There is a good food court and a cinema for when you need to rest your feet.
Shopping Pátio Higienópolis
A very pleasant shopping center with a variety of shops, with a lovely outdoor patio. The center stands out as a pet-friendly place to shop. Located in a well off neighbourhood, it has a variety of mid-range shops, a cinema and a food court among its offering. Well located and easy to get to, this mall is a very popular place to shop for locals.
Shopping Cidade Jardim
One of the newer shopping centers to be built in São Paulo, Shopping Cidade Jardim is about one of the fanciest malls in São Paulo. A luxurious shopping center in an affluent neighbourhood, here you can find the designer brands like Hermes, Dior, Louis Vuitton as well as some more accessible brands like Zara, Hering and Japanese variety store Daiso.
A combination of green open space and natural light, this open air shopping center with balconies of beautiful exuberant vegetation helps bring the outdoors inside and makes for a very nice place to shop the luxury brands.
There is also a food hall, a cinema, an excellent gym and restaurants on the top floor with some great views of the city.
Morumbi Shopping
Located to the south of the city center, Morumbi Shopping is a highlight of this affluent neighbourhood. Morumbi Shopping has something for everyone with over 480 stores. It has a large selection of international retail brands like Sephora, Coach, Zara, Intimissimi and Tommy Hilfiger as well as Brazilian ones like Animale, Bobstore, Renner, Colcci and Hering. There is a good selection of casual dining and more cosy restaurants. The shopping center is easy to get to on the metro line making it an even more popular option with making it an even more popular option with locals. Check out the new Kitkat store.
Also, if you haven’t had enough of shopping, hop on over to Market Place just across the road from Morumbi Shopping for a smaller retail center with its own shops and naturally lit food court that gives it its own charm.
Shopping Cidade São Paulo
Shopping Cidade São Paulo is conveniently located halfway down Avenida Paulista right in front of Trianon-Masp metro station. This mall opened in 2015, has a good variety of stores, a cinema and a good food court on the top floor popular amongst those working nearby, especially at lunch time.
JK Iguatemi
If luxury is right up your alley, hop on over to JK Iguatemi in the wealthy Vila Olímpia/Itaim Bibi neighbourhood. It may not be the largest shopping center in this list but it boasts international luxury brands such as Chanel, Moncler, Prada and BVLGARI, brazilian ones such as Le Lis Blanc, Schutz and Animale, as well as a cinema and various dining options. Try the brigadeiro at Maria Brigadeiro, a popular Brazilian dessert popular all over Brazil.
Shopping Eldorado
Shopping Eldorado’s convenient location easily accessible by public transport as well as by car means it is always busy. Its size and variety of shops also makes it a popular option. Opened in 1981, it is a one stop shopping center with supermarket, restaurants, food court, laundrette, kids’ amusement center Kidzania, gym, cinema, spa and even a passport office as well as many other retail stores.
Galeria do Rock
For those looking for something a little different, Galeria do Rock has hundreds of small stores over seven floors selling rock and hip hop music and apparel. There are stores selling skateboarding gear, t-shirts and apparel, tattoos and piercings, vintage records and many other stores that appeal to a younger crowd.
And More…
Sometimes the best shopping mall is the one you can get to in a hurry. Shopping Villa Lobos in the well off neighbourhood of Altos de Pinheiros is a naturally lit center with upmarket stores, cinema and various dining options. Shopping Bourbon, located beside the Allianz Parque. Shopping Center 3 is very well located on Avenida Paulista and a popular lunch spot for people working nearby. Shopping Vila Olímpia is popular with the well off residents in the area.
If you are looking to renovate and decorate your home, head to Lar Center, a shopping center with over 100 stores specialised in home decor, furniture, appliances,lighting and construction materials.