Sao Luis

By Joyce Ira

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Streets of Sao Luis

Sao Luis or St. Luis in English is the capital of Maranhao, located on Sao Luis Island. It is home to more than 980,000 lovely people and famous for producing many well known people in different fields like soccer, singing and music. Sao Luis uses Portuguese as their mother language while English and Spanish are being taught in high school.

Sao Luis is famous for many historical buildings around the town. It is coined as the “Tiles City” for having eccentric 3500 designed buildings. These astonishing relics are being protected by the government with the help of the local people.

São Luís is also known as "capital of reggae" in Brazil. In no other Brazilian city is this Jamaican rhythm so commonly found; many bars and dance clubs play reggae. That you’ll surely enjoy!

It's best to visit Sao Luis during the months of February to June as the rest of the year is rainy.

Being a UNESCO preserved town, your stay in Sao Luis will definitely be worth remembering.


You will arrive in Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport. While there are public buses around the city which are designated in various routes.




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