Best of Rio de Janeiro: 4-Day Customizable Tour
Duration
4 days
Group Size
1 to 9 people
Ages
0 - 99
yrs
Languages
English
Tour Overview
Be choosy with your itinerary on this 4-day tour in Rio that offers a great menu of sightseeing activities. Stunning views from Corcovado and Sugar Loaf mountains and a Jeep ride through an urban rainforest are all possibilities. Sign up for a road trip outside of the city to Petrópolis, emperor Pedro II’s summer retreat, or sail across Guanabara Bay for incredible views of Rio from the water. Choose three activities, stay three nights at a South Zone hotel and enjoy air-conditioned transport from site to site.
Additional information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Itinerary is subject to change depending on flight arrival and departure time
- Note: Upon booking, at checkout, please specify in the special requirements box the three tours you would like to take. You must also contact the local tour operator to confirm your tour choices for each day
- Note: If you wish to be dropped off at the airport at the end of your trip, please advise at time of booking
- This product is non-refundable
- Price is per person
- Tours are held on a regular basis, with a professional guide and shared transportation
Pickup
* Please contact Gray Line Brazil at 55 (21) 3586-8687 or 55 (21) 99777‑5888 to confirm your tour at least 48 hours prior to the activity time. Please have your voucher in hand to present to the guide upon boarding. Office working hours: from 7am to 9pm (local time) daily.
What's included
Professional guide
All activities/inclusions of each tour selected
3-night accommodation at 3, 4 or 5-star hotel (depending on option selected)
Regular shared transfers to and from most hotels in Leblon, Ipanema and Copacabana on selected tours
Private round trip transfer from airport to hotel
Gratuities
Other
Other
Itinerary
After convenient pickup from Rio de Janeiro International Airport timed with your flight arrival, sit back and relax as your driver takes you to your hotel in the upscale South Zone (Zona Sul) district. Check in at your accommodation, where you’ll stay for two nights, and finalize your activity schedule for the next two days with your guide. If you arrive during the day, stretch your legs with a walk around Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas. Perhaps sip an evening cocktail (own expense) at an open-air café along the shore and soak up beautiful views of the lagoon and the white-sand beaches.
Overnight stay at a South Zone hotel.
A single or double accommodation in a 3, 4 or 5 star hotel (see the list of hotels under the Important Info tab)
Sugar Loaf Mountain and City Tour (4 hours)
In the morning, zip around Rio’s top historical sights in air-conditioned transport. Visit the bustling Cinelandia Square, or officially Praça Floriano Peixoto, named after the second president of Brazil. Pass by the Municipal Theater, the National Library and the National Museum of Fine Arts. Stop by the cone-shaped Metropolitan Cathedral, a design inspired by a Mayan pyramid. A fan of Carnival? Check out the Sambadrome, where the city’s samba schools compete with Olympics-level dedication during the annual festival.
Next, board a glass cable car in the Urca district that whisks you up Sugar Loaf Mountain. Make a brief stop at 700 feet (213 meters) above sea level to snap shots of the city, Guanabara Bay, the Rio-Niteroi Bridge and Corcovado Mountain. Then reach the apex of Sugar Loaf, 1,299 feet (396 meters) high, and marvel at panoramas of the Santa Cruz Fortress and the beaches of Niteroi and Copacabana. After drop-off at your hotel, explore the city on your own in the afternoon.
A single or double accommodation in a 3, 4 or 5 star hotel (see the list of hotels under the Important Info tab)
Enjoy a 90-minute drive north past forests and waterfalls to Petrópolis, a popular mountain resort known as Brazil’s Imperial City, nestled in the wooded hills of the Serra dos Órgãos. Arrive in the cobbled streets of Petrópolis and enter the Imperial Museum, housed in the former summer palace of Pedro II, Brazil's second and final emperor. Inside the restored Austrian-style palace built in 1845, get a look at how the country's royalty once lived. Stroll by tapestries, antique furniture and jewels, and admire the imperial crown studded with over 600 diamonds, weighing nearly 4 pounds (1.7 kg).
Next, visit the Gothic-style St Peter of Alcantara Cathedral and see the tombstones of Pedro II and his family. Follow your guide to a tranquil park and marvel at the Crystal Palace, a ballroom made of glass and steel, where Princess Isabel held expositions and royal parties. Purchase lunch at a restaurant of your choice in town, and feel free to ask your guide for recommendations. Your tour ends with transport back to Rio.
A single or double accommodation in a 3, 4 or 5 star hotel (see the list of hotels under the Important Info tab)
Sugar Loaf Mountain and City Tour (4 hours)
In the morning, zip around Rio’s top historical sights in air-conditioned transport. Visit the bustling Cinelandia Square, or officially Praça Floriano Peixoto, named after the second president of Brazil. Pass by the Municipal Theater, the National Library and the National Museum of Fine Arts. Stop by the cone-shaped Metropolitan Cathedral, a design inspired by a Mayan pyramid. A fan of Carnival? Check out the Sambadrome, where the city’s samba schools compete with Olympics-level dedication during the annual festival.
Next, board a glass cable car in the Urca district that whisks you up Sugar Loaf Mountain. Make a brief stop at 700 feet (213 meters) above sea level to snap shots of the city, Guanabara Bay, the Rio-Niteroi Bridge and Corcovado Mountain. Then reach the apex of Sugar Loaf, 1,299 feet (396 meters) high, and marvel at panoramas of the Santa Cruz Fortress and the beaches of Niteroi and Copacabana. After drop-off at your hotel, explore the city on your own in the afternoon.
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