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Practicalities
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Campinas is a major transport hub, and there are
buses
from the city to most places in the state and many beyond. The highway to SA?o Paulo itself is one of Brazil's best, and the hourly buses take an hour and a quarter. The
RodoviA?ria
in Campinas is at Rua BarA?o de Itapura, a twenty-minute walk from the city centre down Rua Saldanha Marinho. There are also several daily
trains
between Campinas and SA?o Paulo's EstaA§A?o da Luz, though they take around twenty minutes longer.
With SA?o Paulo so close you won't need to stay in Campinas, but you might want to grab something
to eat
. The three branches of
Giovanetti
in PraA§a Carlos Gomes and Largo do RosA?rio are popular student meeting points, selling drinks and excellent sandwiches.
Cenat,
at Rua BarA?o de Jaguara 1260, serves excellent vegetarian food;
Tevere
(owned by a Unicamp philosophy professor), Av. Coronel Silva Teles 439, has good Italian dishes; the tiny
Cantina AlemA?
at Rua Luzitana 981 offers reasonable German food; the
Santa Gertrudis
at Rua Olavo Bilac 54 is the city's best
churrascaria;
The Old Dutch,
Rua Padre Almeida 214, serves Dutch specialities and is a bit more upmarket; and the
A?den,
Rua BarA?o de Jaguara 1224, is just a large hall serving huge portions of cheap, plain food. Other useful information
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