Sao Paulo and the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Counted among the largest cities in the world, the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo has got about 11 million inhabitants and is the largest city in the country. It is also the birthplace of Brazilian football as this is where the Englishman Charles Miller started to propagate the game for the first time.

Do not worry, the large city will give you plenty to do before and after matches as well. There are numerous exhibitions and concerts all the time and you can choose from over 10 thousand restaurants if you want to sample Brazilian cuisine.

Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo

One if the five new stadiums built especially for the World Cup is the Arena de Sao Paulo or Arena Corinthians. Although, there were some serious problems around the construction of the future home ground of the Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, everything seems to be OK now. The venue will give home to the opening game on June 12, a match between Brazil and Croatia.

The stadium is located in the Itaquera neighborhood, in the eastern part of the city and has a capacity to host 68 thousand spectators.

Matches in Sao Paulo

After the opening, the World Cup will not return to the city for a week. But you can find all matches of the knockout stage below in the table. One of the round of 16 matches and the second semi-final will also take place here.

Knockout matches in Sao paulo

Date	Time	Team 1	Team 2
June 12	17:00	Brazil	Croatia
June 19	16:00	Uruguay	England
June 23	13:00	Netherlands	Chile
June 26	17:00	Korea Republic	Belgium

Cheap Sao Paulo hotels

We have also searched for affordable accommodations for you, for the time of each match from the table above, and here are the cheapest hotels we have found. Click on the name of the hotel to find it.

Sao Paulo Hotel deals

Hotel name	Check-in/ Check-out	Nightly rate
Plumas Motel	June 12 2014/ June 13 2014	$38
Giramondo Hostel	June 19 2014/ June 20 2014	$62
Estrela da Agua Fria	June 23 2014/ June 24 2014	$64
Plumas Motel	June 26 2014/ June 27 2014	$38

Traveling to the city

The city of Sao Paulo is served by two airports, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport and Congonhas-Sao Paulo Airport. The second one mainly deals with domestic flights but if you are arriving from the United States, Canada or Europe, you will be flying into Guarulhos Airport.

Airlines flying here from North America include Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta, United Airlines and US Airways.

If you are traveling to Sao Paulo to the 2014 World Cup from Europe or the Middle East, you can fly with major airlines (mostly flag carriers) such as British Airways, Lufthansa, AirFrance, Alitalia, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Quatar Airways and more.

You have every chance to find great flights for the match of your favorite team, you just have to make the bookings well in time. There will be loads of people traveling to Sao Paulo for the World Cup, so it is wise to think about airfares and accommodation as early as possible.

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