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Private Beach Tour Santos & Guarujá: Exploring Brazilian Culture, History, & Beautiful Coastlines
4.8
29 Ratings
Santos
Experience the beauty of the Brazilian coast on a private beach tour of Santos and Guarujá. Explore historic sites, ride a funicular tram, and relax on sandy beaches.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Monte Serrat - Ride on a tram upwards Mont Serrat which is a peak that has a superb panoramic viewpoint from the former old casino on the top of it. The access to the hill is made by a funicular system (called the cable car of Monte Serrat) that connects the top hill to the center of the city and departs every 20 minutes. From its viewpoint, it is possible to have a complete view of the port, the urban part of Santos and surroundings, Bertioga Canal, Estuary and Barnabé and Santo Amaro Islands.
- Coffee Museum - Have a breakfast at the stylish coffee shop of the coffee museum in Santos, and visit it to learn about the importance of the coffee for Brazilian socio-economic development. The coffee shop offers the opportunity to try out all the types and aromas of coffees grounded right before drinking.
- Santos - Take a sightseeing in the beautiful restored historic center of Santos and drive along the 8-km long of continuous, wide and flat strip of sandy beaches. Santos major highlight is the largest beach garden in the world, recorded in the Book of Records with 5335 meters long, full of flowers and carefully treated trees.
Santos is also home to the largest port in Latin America where a huge portion of the Brazilian GDP passes through at a never-ending coming and going the transatlantics.
- Porchat island - Admire the marvelous view of the shoreline of Santos and the city of “Saint Vincent” (First permanent Portuguese settlement in Brazil) from Niemeyer’s monument on the top of Porchat Island hill. You’ll be able to see the whole shore, ships on the horizon, waves being formed, people like ants and paragliders flying around!
- Guaruja - Guarujá is a classic Brazilian beachfront. A combination of many family-operated businesses, snack bars and restaurants. When you’re hungry, you’ll find plenty of vendors offering all kinds of tasty food, snacks, and drinks. Vendors also rent beach chairs, umbrellas, surfboards, bodyboards, scooters, and much more.
What's Included
- Pick-up and drop-off at any address including hotel, airport, or port
- All-inclusive pricing: VAT, taxes, handling charges, tolls, parking, ferry boat, airport Greet & Meet service
- Private driver for groups over 4; for smaller groups, the guide drives
- Transportation in fully-equipped vehicles
- Licensed bilingual private tour guide
What's Not Included
- Meals and drinks.
- Entrance fees.
- Tips. (optional)
Additional Information
Prepare for a serene day exploring some of the most picturesque coastlines in the state of São Paulo. Enjoy a day filled with sunshine by visiting the charming beach towns of Santos and Guarujá.
The tour begins with a pick-up from your hotel in São Paulo and a 1h30 journey to the coast. During the excursion, encounter scenic beaches, city center, viewpoints, and enjoy an exhilarating funicular tram ride up a mountain!
Tour the prominent sites of Santos like Mont Serrat, Coffee Museum, and Porchat Island, complemented by a scenic drive through its beaches. Following that, change the scenery by taking a ferry boat to the nearby beach town of Guarujá to unwind on a sandy beach, near dining establishments, enjoying starters and savoring beachfront beverages.
Guarujá is known for its stretch of gleaming soft sand and moderate waves, perfect for sea swimming. It is definitely a go-to spot for those seeking a closer connection with nature or to simply luxuriate on the sand while leisurely whiling the time away in style.
Location
Monte Serrat
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(29 Ratings)
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23justiny
Mar 30, 2024
Recommended - Our guide, Nelio, showed up 5 minutes before the designated meeting time, he is a good driver and speaks excellent English. We visited some great sightseeing points and museums, Nelio is knowledgeable about the region and its history, he explained things very well and answered all of our questions.
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Robertosadasd
Mar 7, 2024
Amazing tour and exceptional guide, Marcio! - Márcio is an exceptional guide, who provided me an extended tour of southern SP in and around Santos at the very last minute. I booked this tour less than 30 minutes before he picked me up at my hotel. He speaks excellent English (as well as multiple other languages) and customized/personalized the tour exactly to my liking. He showed me an incredible restaurant in São Vicente and shared his extensive knowledge of history and culture in SP. I cannot recommend him and GregTurs highly enough. This was an OUTSTANDING TOUR AND MARCIO IS AMAZING ❤️
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Kaleb_a
Sep 21, 2023
Great day with Danilo - I was very happy to do this tour, it’s a beautiful drive outside São Paulo that takes you to the beach which would be difficult for a tourist to do without a knowledgeable guide. I felt very comfortable in a nice vehicle and my guide let me decide on many options to make my experience most best. He also made sure to bring back in time for a early dinner I had planned which I was very appreciative of. Obrigado!
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Lucreciav2015
Sep 9, 2023
A spectacular experience!!! - We had a great time, good food, excellent views and our guide Danilo was very attentive, friendly, had a pleasant conversation, apart from all that he was a wonderful photographer, we were delighted with the beaches, the road and the places. THANK YOU 😊
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Mike
Mar 18, 2023
What an amazing day my wife and I had with our tour guide Fabio mean fabulous! 😃😃 - The guide Fabio was very friendly, his English, historical knowledge, driving skills were excellent. He was flexible with us and fulfilled our needs. He was not only a tour guide or a driver , he was a passionate person sharing with us Brazilian experience and vibe. I would recommend this trip and Fabio as a guide as it was a memorable time which stays with us forever.
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Rogermb9379zo
Mar 1, 2023
Wonderful tour to Santos and Gauruja - Wonderful and memorable tour with lovely and excellent guide, Danilo. Danilo was a responsive, informative and flexible guide. Highly recommended.
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Sandrab3748
Feb 24, 2023
A truly memorable day - Danilo took us on this amazing tour. We had had him as our guide on a different tour the day before and were delighted to find we had him again.
He was a very responsive and flexible guide tailoring the tour to us. He quickly picked up what we were interested in.
We drove to the port of Santos and Danilo gave us a tour of the historic centre and a fascinating explanation about it’s history and culture. We could have visited other places there but we were keen to maximise our time on the beach in Guaruja so we briefly visited the beach and port area of Santos and then took the ferry to to Guaruja.
Danilo took us to a beautiful, idyllic part of the beach and we had a fabulous afternoon there. He gave us space to enjoy the beach as a family whilst looking after us beautifully.
Santos and the beach were quite a drive from the city. Danilo was a great driver. We thoroughly enjoyed Danilo’s thoughtful, interesting and informative conversation and the time flew. His English is absolutely excellent.
My husband and 2 grown up daughters loved the tour and thought Danilo was an excellent and lovely guide. It was a truly memorable day. We all felt sad to say goodbye to Danilo. I cannot recommend this tour and Danilo as a guide too highly.
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Alpharettaclinic
Dec 28, 2022
Excellent service - Joyce was very helpful and flexible in letting us choose what we were interested to go to. Excellent experience and would do it again on our next Brazil trip
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Tony_m
Nov 21, 2022
Great Tour - Our tour guide was wonderful what an amazing experience the beach the museums very knowledgeable great customer service if I come back I would like to have this tour guide again
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Coastal459500
May 5, 2024
Don't Bother - This was easily the worse tour experience I have ever had, especially for the price, which at the time I took the tour was over US$500 for two people.
1. The tour guide did speak English, but not very well. Kudos to him for learning more than one language, but the experience led to much confusion and a diminished experience.
2. The "historic cultural downtown" was a drive by and hand wave.
3. The Monte Serrat funicular was ok but we had all figured out by then that the language barrier was going to be a problem. I learned more by looking at the Wikipedia page after the tour.
3. The Coffee Museum was somewhat interesting but again the tour guide skipped through a lot of the exhibits because of the language barrier.
4. We chose to skip the Santos Beach because he said it was not as good as the Guaruja beach. Why would that even be a tour stop?
5. We did go to Guaruja beach which was.....fine. It's not any better or worse than any other Caribbean beach other than the water is colder. We ordered fried shrimp and they brought peel-n-eat shrimp that was not deveined. The meat filled pastry was a little better but greasy. I did love the pina colada made from fresh fruit.
6. The last stop was a lookout point over the Guaruja beach. That had pretty views.
The tour lasted 6 hours - off the ship at 9 am and back to the ship by 3 pm, so we paid nearly $100/hour for a bad tour.
Other people on our cruise paid US$30 for a taxi to Santos Beach, or a little more for a taxi Guaruja Beach. Should we ever return to Santos, we will do the same or just stay on the ship.
This tour is a terrible value.
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