{"id":13443,"date":"2026-01-29T18:21:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersontravels.com\/?p=13443"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:24:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:24:05","slug":"santos-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersontravels.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/santos-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Santos, Brazil; City sights, a Very Slow Chairlift, Snake Island and Bat Poop Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our next stop was another Brazillian spot at the seaside city of Santos.\u00a0 At first glance from the ship I was surprised with how built up this city was!\u00a0 It’s about a 90 minute drive from Santos to Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city with over 13 million people, and based on the fact we aren’t big fans of large cities we opted to stick to the city on the beach.<\/p>\n

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Once again we opted for our own private excursion versus the ships.\u00a0 Our first stop was the obligatory Santos “sign” photo.\u00a0 These city name signs just scream “Instagram”, and they are literally in every city we have visited over the last 10 years.<\/p>\n

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I liked this more subdued photo spot nearby.<\/p>\n

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I’m not entirely sure why but our guide decided to stop at the obnoxiously smelly fish market.\u00a0 If your guide says “do you want to stop at the fish market?”, the answer is always a resounding “What??\u00a0 Why??”.\u00a0 Lesson of the day.\u00a0 I think my shoes still stink a bit!<\/p>\n

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Across the street from the fish market is this painting of soccer great Pele.\u00a0 Pele played for Santos at the age of 15, and the Brazil National Team at age 16.\u00a0 There is an entire museum dedicated to him in Santos, which we didn’t have time to visit unfortunately.<\/p>\n

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In the center of Santos is the “Monument to the\u00a0 Andradas”, a tribute to three Andradas brothers who were instrumental in Brazil’s independence from Portugal in 1822.\u00a0 All three were born in Santos, and the monument was constructed in 1922 as part of Brazil’s 100th anniversary of Independence.<\/p>\n

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We stopped along the waterfront to take a chairlift up the mountain (lift in the background).\u00a0 Santos is very bicycle oriented, to the point they even have statues of cyclists.<\/p>\n

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We hopped on what must currently be the worlds slowest chairlift.\u00a0 It brought me back to my early days skiing on the bunny slopes, although I don’t think Santos has ever seen snow.<\/p>\n

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A view down the waterfront as the chairlift slowly climbed the mountain.<\/p>\n

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At least we got a little bit of a breeze as we climbed further up, as it was yet another hot day in Brazil.<\/p>\n

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We had some excellent views from the top of the lift!<\/p>\n

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We watched a paraglider take off from the top of the mountain.\u00a0 Please click on the link for the video.\u00a0 I will embed it later once I have full internet access.<\/p>\n