Geotouristic walk in downtown São Paulo city. This paper proposes a geotouristic itinerary in downtown São Paulo city, visiting several historical and cultural monuments of stone constitution. The stone, either for use in construction of buildings as material for construction of monuments, has an ancient usage, due its durability and resistance that can be seen in numberless monuments around the world. It is still widely used, especially for the quality and diversity of dimension stone currently extracted. The association of stone monuments with cultural/touristics aspects is an excellent approach for dissemination of Geosciences, since it takes advantage of its attractive historical and cultural relationship with its constitution, allowing a link between them and the geological knowledge. The rocks used in monuments may be related to historic and economic evolution of the city, the architectural style of each era and the suitability of each rock on the various uses for building. In this paper it is proposed a walk in 15 monuments in the downtown of São Paulo city, visit the following monuments: A Menina e o Bezerro, Amor Materno, Depois do Banho, Fonte Monumental, O Índio Caçador, Camões, Cervantes, Chopin, Dante Alighieri, Göethe, Mário de Andrade, Obelisco da Memória, Guanabara, Antônio Carlos Gomes and Mãe Preta. The utilization of geotouristic walk can be an efficient way to divulge the Geosciences. It is a fairly common practice in Europe that is emerging in Brazil so promising. It is a simple, easy and cheap activity and it can be done by everyone. Citation: Augusto W. C. B., Lama E. A. D. 2010. Roteiro geoturístico no centro da cidade de São Paulo.
