As the largest bus station in Latin America, the Terminal Rodoviário do Tietê bus station is a central transport hub and connects São Paulo with numerous cities in and outside Brazil. In the big building you can find from dining options to ATMs, luggage storage and showers, actually everything you need as a traveler.
getting there
The bus station is connected to the metro network via the Portuguesa-Tietê station (line 1, blue).
bus connections
- Chilebus Internacional offers trips from the Rodoviário do Tietê terminal to Santiago de Chile and back.
eat
take a shower
The showers (men and women separated) are located approximately opposite platform 55 (incoming buses) and work as follows: you pay (R $ 12; with towel and soap: R $ 22) in front of the turnstile and receive a slip of paper with a barcode. This is scanned at the wall machine in the shower. The number of the shower cubicle is then displayed, in which a lamp then also starts to shine. This also starts the time (8 minutes) running out, which is why shampoo, etc., should already be at hand. Beeps indicate the coming end of shower time.
Luggage storage
An identification document (e.g. passport) is required to drop off and pick up the luggage. The price depends on the size of the luggage (small: 11, medium: 15, large: R $ 20).