Campinas
An hour from São Paulo and a research town rather than a resort. Universities, an agronomy institute with a botanical collection, and a lake park the whole city walks around.
Campinas in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Campinas
Where to stay in Campinas
Campinas in a day, two days, three
Landmarks in Campinas
The Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel Also Basilica of Campinas Is a basilica located in the sector of Largo do Carmo, in the center of Campinas in the state of São Paulo in the south of Brazil. Originally it was the main church of the city and around which it developed Campinas.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 11 Jul 2026
Luiz Carlos Cappellano · Public domain
Antônio Carlos Gomes was a Brazilian composer notable for being the first New World composer whose work was accepted by Europe. He was the only non-European who was successful as an opera composer in Italy, during the "golden age of opera" contemporary to Verdi and Puccini, and the first composer of non-European lineage to be accepted into the classic tradition of music.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 12 Aug 2026
Unknown author · Public domain
The Instituto Agronômico de Campinas is a research and development institution affiliated to the Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, of the Secretary of Agriculture of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with headquarters in the city of Campinas. It is the oldest institution of its kind in Latin America, having been founded by Emperor Dom Pedro II in 1887 as the Imperial Agronomical Station of Campinas.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 5 Jan 2026
enioprado · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel Also Basilica of Campinas Is a basilica located in the sector of Largo do Carmo, in the center of Campinas in the state of São Paulo in the south of Brazil. Originally it was the main church of the city and around which it developed Campinas.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 11 Jul 2026
Luiz Carlos Cappellano · Public domain
Antônio Carlos Gomes was a Brazilian composer notable for being the first New World composer whose work was accepted by Europe. He was the only non-European who was successful as an opera composer in Italy, during the "golden age of opera" contemporary to Verdi and Puccini, and the first composer of non-European lineage to be accepted into the classic tradition of music.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 12 Aug 2026
Unknown author · Public domain
The Instituto Agronômico de Campinas is a research and development institution affiliated to the Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, of the Secretary of Agriculture of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with headquarters in the city of Campinas. It is the oldest institution of its kind in Latin America, having been founded by Emperor Dom Pedro II in 1887 as the Imperial Agronomical Station of Campinas.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 5 Jan 2026
enioprado · CC BY-SA 3.0
