Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima

Extra-wide Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima (called just 'Faria Lima') marks the southwestern edge of the Jardins neighborhoods, and is the main corridor connecting Pinheiros with the ritzy neighborhoods of Morumbi, Vila Olímpia, Itaim Bibi and Moema. These areas are largely congested streets, forbidding luxury high-rises and glittering complexes that house the majority of the city's most-profitable businesses, from banking to technology.

That said, there are plenty of fine restaurants, nightclubs and shopping opportunities that die-hards may want to seek out. Unfortunately, poor public transport makes a taxi or your own vehicle a necessity.