Tour guide in Sao Paulo Felipe L.

Hi, I’m Felipe, a historian, history teacher and tour guide born and raised in São Paulo. For me, this city is the best place to understand Brazil: every street tells a story of the many peoples who built it. On my tours, we’ll read São Paulo in layers. We’ll start with the Indigenous peoples whose land and words still shape the city’s map, and the Afro-Brazilian heritage that runs through its history, music and food. Then come the waves of Italian, Japanese, Arab, Jewish, Korean and Bolivian immigrants who turned it into one of the most diverse cities in the world. We’ll see it in the architecture, too: from colonial churches and coffee-era palaces to Art Deco towers and the bold modernism of Niemeyer and Lina Bo Bardi. I’m also an active member of São Paulo’s Jewish community, and through Zahav Tours I guide travelers through the Jewish history of Brazil. My tours are private and flexible: tell me what you’re curious about, and we’ll shape the day together. I guide in English, Portuguese, Spanish and Hebrew.