Ancient Rio and Santa Teresa Tour: Historical Journey with Hotel Transportation

Step back in time and explore the historical center of Rio de Janeiro and the charming neighborhood of Santa Teresa. Visit iconic landmarks, enjoy the traditional tram ride, and discover the artistic heritage of this captivating city.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Santa Teresa - Bucolic neighborhood, home to several painters. Admire the wonderful mansions which date back to the 20th century and be amazed at its history. The neighborhood still has the tram which was built back in 1897.
What's Included
  • Climate-controlled vehicle interiors
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Entrance to museums
Additional Information

We invite you to join us in a journey back in time though Ancient Rio and Santa Teresa! Let’s visit the historical center of Rio and go to the Mosteiro de São Bento, walk through the Praça XV, Arcos dos Teles, Cinelandia (and take the opportunity to visit Colombo’s bakery) and the Arcos da Lapa. We will also visit the bucolic neighborhood of Santa…

Location
Hotel Rio Othon Palace
Avenida Atlântica
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Sandra_j
Oct 24, 2024
Colorful tour - Romeu was an excellent guide. Thiz was a wonderful tour with lots of informative facts and discussion about the Brazilian culture. Santa Teresa was very colorful amd we loved the grafiti.
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Trangn
Sep 13, 2024
Worth the time - Wanessa was really punctual, knowledgeable about the area and history. We went to downtown and Santa Theresa . We got to visit the art fair as well. Good tour to know the area a bit
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Road17860469246
Jun 28, 2024
Exceptional!!! - The guide, Monica, was of absolutely exceptional kindness and skill. The driver, Vinicius, proved most efficient in Rio's inconvenient traffic. They made us discover places that would have been inaccessible to us in such a short time. We learned a lot and end this tour with beautiful memories. We can only send them a huge thank you!
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Rajnish2555
Jun 4, 2024
Amazing tour of old Rio and Santa Teresa - It was a very nice tour to historical part of Rio and to Santa Teresa. Our guide, Monica was extremely knowledgeable and helpful. The tour provided a very good historical understanding of Rio city and will strongly recommend it.
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Apoorvam147
May 1, 2024
Must do historic tour of Rio - Monica was a wonderful and super knowledgeable guide. She talked through various aspects of Rio and Brazil’s history, the architecture, art, religion and culture. She took us to many key locations around Santa Theresa which majority of the tours don’t cover. This is a must do tour to get to know about the history of Rio, after seeing the most popular tourist spots. She was very energetic and kept giving us interesting tid bits. She also had several printed photos of how key locations in the city evolved over time. It really put things into perspective, specially when seeing them in front of the same location. We also got to stop at Cafe Colombo and enjoy delicious treats. Super convenient overall as there was a car and driver with us the whole time and only 3 people including us on the tour - so almost a private tour.
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Hilbert_s
Apr 9, 2024
Very informative - Very knowledgeable guide, who showed us many interesting site. Was good at explaining what things were and know the history of the quite well. Didn’t rush us.
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Nina_k
Mar 25, 2024
Perfect - Perfect guide, speaking not only English but also German Private transfer and interesting facts about the city. Also great restaurant review for the evening.
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Samuel_m
Mar 23, 2024
Interesting history - Dario was an excellent guide! He was super knowledgeable about the history of ancient Rio and made the trip enjoyable. We felt very safe with him
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Greg_k
Apr 10, 2024
Mostly positive. - We were picked up more than 30 minutes late. The van was completely full except for the two back seats in the middle. I was disappointed with not being able to see out. The guide Dario, was knowledgeable and the places we visited were interesting. I was amazed at the culture and beauty of Rio. We didn’t visit all of the places described, but we saw enough in the allotted time. I rated the tour well for what we saw and did. It was mostly a positive experience.
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Anne_b
Apr 2, 2024
Interesting trip - Interesting areas not previously visited. Enjoyed walking around old quarter. Would have liked to have had opportunity to go on tram
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From $40
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).