Best Hotels with Activities in Campinas

Campinas is an inland São Paulo state city built around UNICAMP, one of Brazil's leading research universities, and Viracopos International Airport, a major cargo and passenger hub. It isn't a beach destination and doesn't try to be one: wide highways, shopping malls like Iguatemi and Parque Dom Pedro, and a mostly business and academic hotel stock give it the feel of a working city families pass through rather than a resort strip. For families, that means hotel amenities do more of the heavy lifting than city sights, pools, spas, games rooms and the occasional playground or kids club fill the gap left by fewer obvious tourist attractions. Landmarks worth knowing include Taquaral Park, the Coffee Museum, the Museum of Image and Sound, and the Cambuí neighbourhood for restaurants and cafés. The wet season runs roughly December through March, making an indoor pool or games room genuinely useful rather than a nice extra.