Go through the bookshop inside Cidade Matarazzo, adjacent to Rosewood Sao Paulo, and you can enter a unique art space which hosts pop-ups lasting about three months each.

The total size of what is now called Cidade Matarazzo in central São Paulo is about 2.7 hectares. The whole lot, which includes the former maternity hospital, now the Rosewood hotel.

Oh, what a day – here at Rosewood Sao Paulo. 05:30, touchdown in San Paulo, half an hour early. A full A350. It’s very quick through immigration. No bag to pick up.

There are other former maternity hospitals that have been turned into hotels. Four Seasons Osaka comes immediately to mind…