The easiest way to go to the hotel is to use the 'Airport Bus Service' to get an air-conditioned bus for 'Avenida Paulista' which leaves every 30 minutes or so from a bus-stop which is halfway between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. The first bus leaves at 6:10 am and the last bus leaves at 23:10. You will need to buy a ticket for 30 reais which is sold at the office AIRPORT BUS SERVICE just outside the airport near the sidewalk. You need to take the bus called `Avenida Paulista' and get off at the final stop which is called Maksoud Plaza Hotel. Depending on traffic, the trip will take between 40 and 120 minutes.
The bus will drop you off at the final bus stop, Maksoud Plaza Hotel, which is located at the corner of Alameda Campinas and Rua Sao Carlos de Pinhal (on the lower right-hand corner of the map below). You are now a five-minute walk from the hotel. To get to the hotel, you should walk in the direction of the bus along Rua Sao Carlos de Pinhal until you get to Rua Pamplona, where you should make a right turn. At the fork in the road, you should follow the left-hand side of the fork and continue on Rua Pamploma. The old building for the IFT (Instituto de Fisica Teorica) is located on the right-hand side of the street at Rua Pamplona 145. The hotel where you will be staying ``Hotel Matiz, The Universe'' is located two buildings after the IFT at Rua Pamplona 83.
If you decide to take a taxi (which should cost a little more than 100 reais), you should go to one of the taxi counters near the exit of the airport and ask to go to Hotel Matiz on Rua Pamplona, off of Avenida Paulista. The hotel is located three blocks from Avenida Paulista on the ``downtown'' or ``centro'' side.