Quiet, comfortable and fast, São Paulo's metrô would be by far the easiest way to move around the city were it not limited to just three lines. The north-south Linha Azul (blue line) has terminals at Tucuruvi in the far north of the city and Jabaquara (the Rodoviária from where buses to Santos depart) and also serves the Tietê Rodoviária and Luz train station. The Linha Vermelha (red line) extends east-west with terminals at Corinthians-Itaquera and Barra Funda, and intersects with the Linha Azul at Praça da Sé. There's also the Linha Verde (green line), a shorter east-west line that runs underneath Avenida Paulista from Ana Rosa to Vila Madalena stopping at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (Trianon-Masp station). You can transfer between the Linha Verde and the Linha Azul at either Ana Rosa or Paraíso stations.

The metrô operates every day from 5am until midnight, although the ticket booths close at 10pm. Tickets cost 50¢ for a one-way journey and come either as singles ( ida), doubles ( dople), or valid for ten journeys ( bilhete com dez unidades). You can also buy integrated bus and metrô tickets; many buses stop at the metrô stations, with the names of their destinations well marked.