DetourmapPlaces worth the detour in São Paulo
Detourmap lists 28 places in São Paulo, Brazil, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Ilha da Queimada Grande. 25 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 28
- Oldest
- Royal Ironworks of St John, Ipanema 1810
- Little known
- 25 of 28
- Share of Brazil
- 12%
São Paulo 28
All 28, best known first.
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11.Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
Ecological station in São Paulo, Brazil
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13.Boiçucanga
Nature · Hidden gem
Beach in São Sebastião, located in the state of São Paulo in Brazil
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14.Toque Toque Grande and Toque Toque Pequeno
Nature · Hidden gem
Two beaches in São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil
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20.Royal Ironworks of St John, Ipanema
Archaeological · 19th century · Hidden gem
Iron foundry in Brazil
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23.Kestrel
Archaeological · 19th century · Hidden gem
British clipper ship 1871-1895, wreck on Santos Beach
Elsewhere in Brazil
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in São Paulo?
Ilha da Queimada Grande. Brazilian island. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in São Paulo?
28: 25 nature & landscapes and 3 archaeological & historic sites. 25 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in São Paulo?
Royal Ironworks of St John, Ipanema, dated to 1810. 5 of the 28 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as São Paulo here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in São Paulo if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. São Paulo is a first-level division of Brazil, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.