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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Santos

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Santos, Brazil

Updated February 25, 2025
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Santos, Brazil

Brazil's Coffee Palace

This majestic building, where Brazil's coffee brokers once bought and sold beans, now houses a coffee museum.
Leaning Towers of Santos

Santos, Brazil

Leaning Towers of Santos

Something about this Brazilian city is slightly askew... literally.
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Santos, Brazil

Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica

In this Brazilian city, a vertical graveyard rules the skyline.
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Santos, Brazil

Basílica Menor de Santo Antônio do Embaré

A neo-Gothic church just steps away from the beach.
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The Paranapiacaba train station.

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Paranapiacaba Train Station

The remains of a British railway rusting in the jungle mist of a Brazilian mountainside.
13 miles from Santos
An arch can still be seen from the original construction.

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Hermitage of Saint Anthony of Guaibê

The scenic ruins of one of the first Catholic churches built in Brazil.
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Brazil's Coffee Palace

This majestic building, where Brazil's coffee brokers once bought and sold beans, now houses a coffee museum.
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