Petropolis - This tour was amazing! We went to so many historical places in Petropolis and we got to do some shopping. The tour guide Tete was very entertaining and informational.

A Great Cool Decision... Literally - One of the things that I appreciate and try to do more of, when I travel, is to take day trips. I am able to get away from the major cities.... whereevere I may be... I was traveling to Rio and wanted to get away for a day. Most trips were too nature based for me. They didn't quiet pique my interest. I love nature but I didnt want to pay just to see natural things. Perhaps I needed some more real world tour. Perhaps to include historical but also modern stuff. (also other people got to do some shopping! lol) I found this tour and was immediately intrigued! What? Go to another city in Brasil? Do it with a guide? Be away from the hot weather? Take a vacation within a vacation? YES! to all! ! All the points got touched plus the guide was a super cool guide that was really personable! I speak Spanish and English so I talked to him about how I could kinda understand Portuguese. At the end he showed us a Rio local phrase. I felt so cool and insider-ish using it! One of the best day trips I took. Worth every penny, or whatever your lowest denomonation of currency is in your native legal tender is... Also we had some free time and the guide was able to take us to an extra bonus place that made me feel like I got away with a day tour of a life time. The summer place is one of my favorite places. It isnt extravagant but they do a great job at recreating it as it was back in the day! Wow! ps. they also have a whatsapp number if you have any questions. it was helpful at the beginning.

One really nice day trip - During your trip you will see first suburbs and streets of Rio, while mini van catches around travelers from Copacabana Hotels. If you are in hotels outside downtown, it could be a problem to take a tour since you have to come to Ipanema hotel which can cost you around 100 reals (23 euroes) or 60 reals (13 euro) by Uber. The whole trip costs 180 trips and includes entrance to the Imperial Museum which is absolutely amazing. The city of Petropolis is nice, in mountains. We visited the Cathedral whose stained glass window are very nice. The history of royal family is very interesting. Not miss Simon Duomont house (entrance is 8 reals) and exhibition about him. Cristal Palace is in the city center with nice park with original look, however it could be restaurated. Also many nice villas and palaces to be visited. Be aware that in chocolate shop prices are high. Rich lunch on the basis of Swedish desk offered for less than 10 euroes (worthy of that price) In general, very nice trip!

TT was an energetic and attentive tour... - <p>TT was an energetic and attentive tour guide and we were very impressed by Petropolis.</p>

Fairly good, all-day tour, only a... - <p>Fairly good, all-day tour, only a short ways out of Rio. Great history. Nice scenery. But, it did include shopping.</p>

Great day! I enjoyed seeing more to... - <p>Great day! I enjoyed seeing more to Brazil. I wish the guide, while lovely and helpful, spoke more English.</p>

Some of the People in the tour we... - <p>Some of the People in the tour we were not able to locate after lunch so we spent over an hour sitting in the bus trying to find them. <br/> This ended up making us rush through the rest of the trip and not do everything</p>

Waste of time - This is a classic tourist bus tour where you drive a lot. The first many stops are only for a few minutes to take a picture or for toilet conveintly at a chokolate store so you can leave some money. By lunch time around 15, we had not seen anythong special. The casino is an off distance photoshot. The Crystal Palace is nothing special and no stories were told about it. The only thing worth the trip is the Imperial museum, which was really interesting, but using nine 9 hours is not worth it. The guide was a classic bus trip guide. Not my favorite type, but I think she actually did a good guide job for this kind of trip.

Very long day but despite a 13 hour... - <p>Very long day but despite a 13 hour day we only spent about 3 hours actually looking at the sights. The pickup process was awful. We were first on the bus but it took 2.5 hours to complete the pickup process as the bus wound its way past all the hotels in Rio to collect the 45 people. Very inefficient and time consuming. When we arrived at Petropolis when were left on a street to shop for an hour but most people found that boring. We then had lunch and it was 2:30 before we started looking at anything of real interest. The afternoon improved with some interesting sights and we left at 5:45 before starting the very long drop off process at 7pm. The drop off was quicker but it was still 8:30 by the time we arrived back at our accommodation. It wasnt worth the money. That said, Rodrigo was a good host who knew his stuff.</p>

Tour arrived one hour late from... - <p>Tour arrived one hour late from previously communicated start time. No apologies.<br/> Tour guide English was poor. She would talk in Portuguese and say only few words in English. As far as sightseeing: this is a nice 2 hour tour that was stretched to 12 hours by padding activity. Very dissatisfied.</p>