Sitio Roberto Burle Marx Tour: Explore House, Art Collection, and Famous Garden

30 Ratings

Rio de Janeiro

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Immerse yourself in the world of Roberto Burle Marx on this tour of Sitio Burle Marx. Explore his house, art collection, and famous garden while learning about his intellectual process and inspirations. Experience the peacefulness of this place and feel his presence. Book now!

Duration: 5 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Sitio Roberto Burle Marx - The Sitio Roberto Burle Marx is located 30 miles southeast of the city, in a secluded area.
The architecture Roberto Burle Marx had an avant-garde and modern style and his designs were inspired by cubism and abstractionism, with a distinctly Brazilian style.
Recreio dos Bandeirantes - Panoramic city view of the…

What's Included

Professional guide
Entrance to the Sitio Burle Marx
Hotel/port pickup and drop-off

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Additional Information

The tour offers you the opportunity to see his house and his art collection, mostly folk art, and walk around his famous garden.
You learn about his intellectual process, his ideas, and his inspirations.
Enjoy the peacefulness of this place and feel his presence on this great tour.
Tour guide, ticktes to the the Sitio Burle Marx and roundtrip transfer…

Location

Sitio Roberto Burle Marx

Estrada De Guaratiba 2019, Barra De Guaratiba

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Jjhappytraveler

Dec 9, 2024

Modernism in the Garden, with Excellent Guides - This was an excellent tour with Monica B. and Alan (our driver). It ended up being a private tour with just my husband and I as tourists. We couldn't praise her enough for her professionalism, her deep knowledge of her subjects, and her warmth and personal charm. Monica is a very knowledgeable guide, and took excellent care of us the whole way, even pointing out locations of interest along the way to the Sitío. She translated the Protuguese site guides' remarks for us, but she was also able to give us a lot of background on Roberto Burle Marx as a person, how he used his home, and some of his background. The gardens are spectacular, the landscape architecture is inspirational for anyone who gardens or just enjoys a pleasure garden. The nation of Brasil has done an excellent job of maintaining the site as it was meant to be. It was a unique and enriching experience for us in our exploration of Rio de Janeiro.

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Mikecanela

Aug 27, 2024

Great Visit to Sítio Burle Marx!! - We really enjoyed the tour to Sítio Burle Marx!! He was not only an accomplished landscape designer, but also a very talented painter and sculptor. The sitio contains numerous plants from all over the word, and various settings where he experimented with different characteristics for growing the plants. In his home, where he lived until his death in 1994, contains numerous paintings by Burle Marx as well as from other artists. Our tour guide Monica was also excellent. She was very knowledgeable of Burle Marx’ life as well as his many accomplishments. Monica is very friendly, and in addition to sharing her knowledge about Burle Marx and Rio de Janeiro, provided great conversation as we explored the sitio. Overall, a very nice afternoon if Rio>

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Robert_c

Jun 30, 2024

The driver / guide from... - The driver / guide from the hotel was excellent company and spoke good English. Also the guide at Burle Marx's sitio was very informative and an excellent English speaker. All organised very well and excellent value for money.

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John

Jan 27, 2024

Great visit, interesting guide - Great guide, interesting background information as travelled to the Sitio, great location, local guide also excellent and very interesting visit of plantings and artworks combined. A highlight of Rio, will visit again next time we are here

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Jason_d

Jan 14, 2025

Excellent guide, extraordinary site - The site is one of the world's greatest gardens and one of the best house museums I have seen. The guide shared information about Brazilian culture, the city of Rio, and the Sítio Burle Marx and was able to translate the on-site group guide's Portuguese discussion of the property into English for me to understand better. In addition to being fluent in several languages (Spanish, French, Italian, as well as Portuguese and English), he was cordial, intelligent, and kept our little group in order despite misbehavior from the other two tour customers.

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Rod_g

Mar 11, 2024

astonishing - the house and gardens were super and also to see the artists working areas plus his collection of all manner of things

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Alberto_r

Jan 2, 2025

I do not recommend - The tour is not even a tour. The guide is just a driver and the tour is only in English through the museum guy. I am absolutely disappointed with this tour.

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Jose_m

Jan 5, 2025

Not a tour. It’s an overpriced uncomfortable transport to Sitio - Advertised as a group tour, but the transport provided was a compact car. We were two people crammed in the back with a third client for a 1 hour trip, each way. Very incomfortable. No notice the day before of the transport nor that we were traveling in a car intended for private tours, and not a van as is the norm for group tours. Carioca Tours did nothing to resolve the situation, did not provide an alternate vehicle suitable for this type of tour. Did not answer our calls but responded by text with the excuse that it is an automated number and can not take calls, however texts were responsed by a person on the same number. The tour guide Renato was very unprofessional and did not handle the situation in a respectful way. Zero attention to the clients comfort. Stopped at a gas station and very aggressively threatened to abandoned us in the middle of nowhere. When we refused to get out of the car he slammed the door on us. Avoid this tour, it is overpriced for what it is. Get an uber for $10-$15, and pay the entrance at Sitio which is about $3-$4. This is an overpriced transport to Sitio, the tour guide did not provide any service. The tour at Sitio is provided by one of Sitio’s guides. We ended up taking an Uber back to Rio. Do not book tours with Carioca Tours, terrible service and lack of attention to paying clients needs.

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Ann_a

Jul 24, 2024

Terrible Toyr Company - Rio Carioca - Tour company RiO Carioca failed to arrive at pick time although they were paid in advance. No response from them about refunds. The hotel we were staying in provided transport and tickets but we missed half the tour

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Culture678341

Feb 19, 2024

As above - My trip with Cariocas was cancelled by them less than 24 hours before scheduled visit. They said next available date was in four days time. I requested to reschedule if possible. Less than 14 hours before visit still awaited response from Cariocas . When asked they were unable to advise about either the visit or repayment. It would appear that booking money is taken one, two or more weeks prior to tour but Cariocas do not buy any requisite tickets until a day before scheduled visit. No financial outlet by them , whilst money paid earns interest. When you ask about reimbursement the response - let me have your booking reference. At best this is utter incompetence, or worse a scam. Unreliable service.

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