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Municipality in Southeast, Brazil
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São Carlos is a city of 255,000 people (2020) in the Central region of the state of São Paulo in Brazil, named after Saint Charles Borromeo. It is about 231 km from the city of São Paulo and is known as the Capital of Technology.
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Museu Histórico e Pedagógico Cerqueira César
Historical museum, exhibiting colonial and imperial era items, including a D.Pedro II carriage and objects that belonged to local family farmers.
Museu de Computação
Museu de Energia
Museu Asas de um Sonho
TAM Airline museum, an aviation museum, 15 km from São Carlos, exhibiting 35 aircraft in a historical building measuring 450 meters long by 130 meters wide and 11 meters high.
Catedral de São Carlos Borromeu
Igreja Nossa Senhora de Fátima
Igreja Presbiteriana
By bus
São Carlos is well served by intermunicipal bus lines, travelling up to 153 destinies, like Araraquara, Rio Claro, Ribeirão Preto, Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, among other important cities within…
By plane
Guarulhos International Airport (GRU), in São Paulo (231 km), and Viracopos International (VCP) in Campinas (150 km) are the main international airports around São Carlos, operating regular flights…
By car
There are several car rental companies in São Carlos.
By bus
There are dozens of urban bus lines (managed by SiTrans), running through the city, and its two connecting terminals (North and South).
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