🏨 Downtown Ancient Rio Tour with Hotel pick-up and drop-off Activity

Downtown Ancient Rio Tour with Hotel pick-up and drop-off

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From $60.00

4 reviews (5.00)

Price varies by group size

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 4 hours

Departs: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

We take you on a journey through time. If you enjoy history and culture, this is the perfect tour for you. In this half-day tour, we will visit the Cinelandia Square, a place surrounded by the Municipal Theater, the National Library, the National Museum of Fine Arts and the Municipality Chamber of Rio. We will also visit the Praça XV, a place surrounded by the Palácio Tiradentes, the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, the Paço Imperial and Arco dos Teles. We will go through the Arco dos Teles to go to the CCBB and reach the Mosteiro de São Bento.

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

What's Not Included

Lunch

Snacks

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 4
CHILD: Age: 5 - 10
ADULT: Age: 11 - 99

Additional Info

Comfortable clothing and walking shoes are recommended for this tour.
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Public transportation options are available nearby
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Comfortable clothing and walking shoes are recommended for this tour.
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Public transportation options are available nearby
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Cinelandia

From the Cinelandia Square you can see the most important historical and political buildings in Downtown Rio: the Municipal Theater, the National Library, the National Museum of Fine Arts and the Municipal Chamber of Rio.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro

Inaugurated in 1909, the Theatro Municipal is one of the most importante theaters of Brazil and Latin America. The Theatro Municipal has drawn international artists and important names from Brazilian culture, including dancers, musicians, opera singers, and performing artists. Since the 1930s, the Theatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro has maintained its artistic independence, and is the only Brazilian institution to have its own choir, a symphony orchestra, and ballet company.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

National Library (Biblioteca Nacional)

The biggest library in Latin America was founded in 1810 by D. João VI, the King of Portugal. It is an imponent building with an archive of almost 9 millions items in downtown Rio that holds rare books, manuscripts, original letters written by Princess Isabel, the first newspapers printed in the country, and two copies of the precious Mainz Psalter Bible, printed in 1492.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Museu Nacional De Belas Artes

Designed in 1908 by architect Adolfo Morales de los Rios to host the National School of Fine Arts, heir to the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, this building was built during the urban modernization carried out by mayor Pereira Passos in the then Federal Capital.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Praca Quinze de Novembro

The square is located in the historical centre of Rio de Janeiro and is surrounded by the Palácio Tiradentes, the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro; and the Paço Imperial. The Praça XV Station is a ferry terminal servicing a number of destinations in the city of Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Arco do Teles

Located in what was once the downtown market of the city, it has small streets and alleys full of bars and small restaurants.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - CCBB Rio de Janeiro

Important cultural center that was once a bank.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Church of Our Lady of the Candelaria

Important church in the center of the busiest avenue of the city.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Sao Bento Monastery

The statues, the walls, the golden leaves and even the floor were designed to be admired by everyone.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Reviews

Dario is the best !!!

Yuliya_G, 20-12-2022

Our tour guy Dario was excellent. Very knowledgeable, experienced, polite and attentive. Our tour was so wonderful ! Lovely afternoon in Rio. Highly recommended

This tour and guide really special.

johnrV5067SY, 11-12-2022

A really excellent tour. Our guide, Monica B, was great. Superb English, really interesting and v good at pacing and slanting the tour in tune with our interests. We have been travelling to some amazing places in the last 3 weeks, and reckon this guide and tour to be particularly special .

Nice old Rio tour including santa teresa

nickrB1771JV, 10-11-2022

we had an excellent guide. He included a ride on the tram that weaves through Santa Teresa and that was a nice cool (i.e. breezy) ride that gave us a good feel for the neighbourhood. You'll have to talk your guide into it, it's not part of the old city tour, but for me it was the best part.

Monica was very knowledgeable and flexible with what we wanted to see. She gave us options and spoke excellent English.

Voyager07697456189, 12-07-2022

Rio with Monica is a must! We learned so much. It was interesting with a lot of variety to keep everyone engaged. Her passion for Rio is contagious!

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