Parque do Ibirapuera

Inaugurated in 1954 to celebrate the city's fourth birthday, and designed by famous architect Oscar Niemeyer together with landscape designer Burle Marx, Ibirapuera Park covers an area of almost two million meters and is São Paulo's very own "Central Park". Both the Modern Art and Contemporary Art museums are found here, along with the Ibirapuera Planetarium and the Japanese Pavilion, as well as the famous obelisk and the Monumento às Bandeiras. There are also sports grounds, a jogging track, a children's playground, a restaurant and a snack bar. Admission is free of charge.