The park has a lake with koi, a small area with books and chess pieces available for visitors, nice lanes for strolling amidst its green areas, and a large sandy area where children may play. On Saturday mornings, it holds a renowned fair selling organic fruit and vegetables, as well as other homemade organic products; on Sunday afternoons, it is common to find a large group of elderly people who get together to play the guitar and sing popular Brazilian country songs (a picturesque sight!).
The opposite side of the park is home to a recently opened trail amidst the trees called Trilha do Pau Brasil (
If you begin to feel hungry, the park does not offer much besides the coconut water and popular snacks. Although there is a shopping mall nearby where you could resort to some fast food chain, I’ll give you some other options:
The park has a secondary entrance/exit, on R. Germaine Burchard. Right on the corner you'll find a pleasant bar, for a beer in late afternoons or early evenings, called Bar do Parque.
In case you are there around lunchtime, I suggest a nearby street – across Av. Antártica - which is home to several kilo restaurants: R. Barão de Tefé.
The park has a secondary entrance/exit, on R. Germaine Burchard. Right on the corner you'll find a pleasant bar, for a beer in late afternoons or early evenings, called Bar do Parque.
In case you are there around lunchtime, I suggest a nearby street – across Av. Antártica - which is home to several kilo restaurants: R. Barão de Tefé.
I heartily suggest two of them:
- Sucre (R. Barão de Tefé, 137) Apart from the kilo options, the restaurant also offers a la carte items based on fish (specially cod) as the patrons also own a Portuguese restaurant
- Mussy Mussy (R. Barão de Tefé, 79) Nice and varied assortment of dishes, topped up by its magnificent desserts.
As this is an office area, most restaurants around will be crowded from midday to one p.m., so it would be wiser to go a little later.
Parque da Água Branca - Av. Francisco Matarazzo, 455
By subway:
Barra Funda subway station
When leaving the huge station, follow the signs to Memorial da América Latina . Once out, go “up”, or ask for the park or the avenue, both are widely known.
By bus:
From Av. Paulista:
875P – to Barra Funda subway station
877T – to Av. Francisco Matarazzo (bus stop right in front the entrance of the park)
From the city center, all these buses will leave you on the bus stop in front of the park:
From Parque D. Pedro:
8615 - PQ DA LAPA
From R. Xavier de Toledo (near the Theatro Municipal) :
8000 – TERM. LAPA
8400 – TERM. PIRITUBA
8677 – JD. LIBANO
8622 – MORRO DOCE
8594 – JD. D’ABRIL
8696 – JARAGUA
From Largo do Paissandu:
8686 - V. MANGALOT
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