Full Day Complete Tour of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Trip Type: Full-day Tours
Duration: 9 hours
This is a complete full day tour of the city of Rio de Janeiro covering its best landmarks. You will be accompanied by a professional guide and have hotel pickup and drop-off included.
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This is a complete full day tour of the city of Rio de Janeiro covering its best landmarks. You will be accompanied by a professional guide and have hotel pickup and drop-off included.After early morning hotel pickup, you'll enjoy a tour of Christ the Redeemer without many of the crowds. On the way, you will enjoy views of Copacabana beach, Botafogo beach and Palácio Guanabara. Before heading up, you'll reach Tijuca Forest, stopping at Paineiras to board the vehicles up to Corcovado. The visit to the monument lasts approximately 45 minutes. In case of poor visibility on the summit of the Corcovado, you will make an alternative stop at Mirante Dona Marta (362m), generally less affected by cloudiness.
Then, you'll head to Sugar Loaf continuing to Botafogo beach towards Praia Vermelha, in the district of Urca, passing by the imposing neo-classical buildings of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the Institute Benjamim Constant for the blind and the National Institute for Mineral Resources. You'll board the cable-car and Urca Hill (200m) and Sugar Loaf, staying there for around 30 minutes at the top. Enjoy lunch at one of the best stake houses in the city and then heading to visit to the Maracanã Stadium from the outside (stopping at Bellini's statue for pictures) and then heading to the Sambadrome (the stadium for the city's main Carnival parade).
In continuation, you'll see the Lapa Arches, Lavradio street and Avenida Chile. Visit the cone-shaped Metropolitan Cathedral, not only one of the Brazilian city's landmarks, but also a masterpiece of modern art. Then, visit the Escadaria Selarón – one of the most fascinating and original staircases in the world. Head to the São Bento Monastery, which has been compared to a museum and has a monastic simplicity making it one of the most beautiful architectural complexes in Brazil. There is a surprising contrast between the austere purposefully simple appearance of the exterior and the richness of the interior highlighting gilded Baroque engravings with plants motifs and the exuberant Rococo style in the engraving on the high altar, cross vaulting and Chapel of the Santíssimo Sacramento.
On the way back to the hotels, along Aterro do Flamengo, you'll see the Museum of Modern Art, the Monument to the Fallen in World War II, the Church of the Outeiro da Glória, the beaches of Flamengo and Botafogo and return to hotels via Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon.
Then, you'll head to Sugar Loaf continuing to Botafogo beach towards Praia Vermelha, in the district of Urca, passing by the imposing neo-classical buildings of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the Institute Benjamim Constant for the blind and the National Institute for Mineral Resources. You'll board the cable-car and Urca Hill (200m) and Sugar Loaf, staying there for around 30 minutes at the top. Enjoy lunch at one of the best stake houses in the city and then heading to visit to the Maracanã Stadium from the outside (stopping at Bellini's statue for pictures) and then heading to the Sambadrome (the stadium for the city's main Carnival parade).
In continuation, you'll see the Lapa Arches, Lavradio street and Avenida Chile. Visit the cone-shaped Metropolitan Cathedral, not only one of the Brazilian city's landmarks, but also a masterpiece of modern art. Then, visit the Escadaria Selarón – one of the most fascinating and original staircases in the world. Head to the São Bento Monastery, which has been compared to a museum and has a monastic simplicity making it one of the most beautiful architectural complexes in Brazil. There is a surprising contrast between the austere purposefully simple appearance of the exterior and the richness of the interior highlighting gilded Baroque engravings with plants motifs and the exuberant Rococo style in the engraving on the high altar, cross vaulting and Chapel of the Santíssimo Sacramento.
On the way back to the hotels, along Aterro do Flamengo, you'll see the Museum of Modern Art, the Monument to the Fallen in World War II, the Church of the Outeiro da Glória, the beaches of Flamengo and Botafogo and return to hotels via Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon.
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