The Tulip Inn is located on Rua Jose Maria Lisboa 1/2 block off Rua Pampalona in the heart of Sao Pulo´s wonderful Jardins neighborhood. Great shpping and restaurants abound in the area including several well regarded Pizzarias. Internet access abounds in the neighborhood during the week. Access is more spotty on the weekends.

The Tulip Inn is Golden Tulip´s discount entry into the Jardins market. It doesn´t compare in terms of amenties with those of its sister Golden Tulip Hotel the Paulista Plaza. But, its daily rate is substantially cheaper than that of the Paulista Plaza. On my trip, the Paulista Plaza cost around $80 per night while the Tulip Inn cost around $42 per night.

In comparison, the room was probably 75% of the size of the rooms at Paulista Plaza. Both had TVs with full cable. The Paulista Plaza had a room stereo which the Tulip Inn did not. Not a deal breaker for me as a traveler

The Paulista Plaza had a full bath with a soaking tub while the Tulip Inn had only a (very nice) marble tiled shower stall. I will note that the Tulip Inn´s shower had an incredible soaker shower head that was an absolute dream to jump under every morning.

Both the Tulip Inn and the Paulista Plaza require the guest to use his room key to operate the electricity in the room. The hallways of the Paulista Plaza are always lighted while the hallways of the Tulip Inn operate lights on movement sensors. Again, no dealbreaker here. But, sonme may be uncomfortable with that.

The Paulista Plaza offers a great restaurant and phenomenal breakfast while the Tulip Inn ofers a more scaled down though quite sufficient breakfast in the mornings. In as much as there were so many good restaurants nearby, I didn´t partake of any meals other than breakfast at the Tulip Inn.

The neighborhood around the tulip Inn is truly that, a neighborhood. There you will have the chance to live as Paulistas who are fortunate enough to live here do daily. It is no tourist trap. There is a small, friendly grocery next to the hotel where you can buy bottled water and snacks at very reasonable prices.

The Paulista Plaza offers a full gym with sauna and steam room as well as a pool. The Tulip Inn offers an open solarium on its roof for sunning. But, it doesn´t have a pool or exercise room.

The staff at Paulista Plaza was multi-lingual and very helpful. With the staff at the Tulip Inn, we struggled between my broken Portugese and their broken English. But, we always managed to communicate what we needed to. The staff at the Tulip Inn was very helpful and seemed quite interested in learning about me and where I was from.

The Bed at the Tulip Inn wasn´t nearly as comfortable as that at the Paulista Plaza (which was luxurious). But, it was sufficient and comfortable enough to accomodate a good night´s sleep. The maid service was excellent and efficient.

I will have no qualms staying at the Tulip Inn in the future. In my opinion, its strengths are:

Price

Great Neighborhood

Good Shopping and Restaurants Nearby

I recently stayed at the Tulip Inn Interative Flat. It is located five blocks from Paulista Ave which is one of the main streets in Brazil and has the Metro Stop Trianon Massp. The hotel offers a continental buffet breakfast with eggs, fruit, pastries, juice, coffee etc. The staff is friendly and helpful, even though some do not speak English very well. The rooms are small, but clean with a good TV with many channels. The bathroom is functional and was very clean, there is even a window in the bathroom which may be opened. The air condtioning works well. The lobby is spacious but not overly large. The are many restaurants in the area, I can recommend the "General" an excellent Italian place for dinner. One order of food will feed two people easily.There is a nice grocery store next to the hotel, a 24 hr drug store on the corner and a great deli and bakery nearby. I paid USD $50.00 a night, which is approximately R$99.00 in Brazillian currency. I would give this hotel a solid 3plus star rating. I have already made reservations for my return in August. I highly recommend it.

I went to Sao Paulo, at the beggining of July, for a conference which I would participate. After looking for an hotel, I found this one, and chose it, because it was in a calm location near the business center of Sao Paulo, the Paulista avenue. Calm locations around business places are rarely found, so, it was one of the advantages over the other hotels around the area. The things which really impressed me in the hotel, were the services, and the employees. The employees were very polite, and I was served very well. Broadband internet in all rooms was another advantage over other hotels, which didn't have it. Tulip Inn Interative Flat is in a good location, has good employees working at it, and is a really good value, specially if you want to spend only $38 dollars.

I came to Sao Paulo on my way to Rio for a conference and decided to stay in this hotel. I chose the hotel because of their advertised rate of $38USD per night. The location was great. Each room has free Internet broadband so that is really good too. The bad part is that the service and quality were not that good. The main problem with the hotel is that when they calculate your bill, they use whatever exchange rate they want. In the end, they end up charging you almost $50USD per night. If you ask them to explain how they calculate their rates, all of the sudden they get really rude and forget their English. If you want to stay in a good location for a good price, I would stay here, but make sure you pay them in dollars. If you do this, they will only charge you their advertised rate of $38USD per night. If I ever come back, I will make sure to do this. Otherwise, I would stay somewhere else!