Guided Walk through the Historic Centre of Rio DE Janeiro

Guided Walk through the Historic Centre of Rio DE Janeiro

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Free cancellation available
3h
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Multiple languages

Overview

The historic centre of Rio de Janeiro is surrounded by centuries-old roads and buildings that illustrate important passages in the history of Brazil from the imperial period to the republic.

Visitors who walk along Avenida Rio Branco, pass through Largo da Carioca, Cinelândia, return and take the Ombudsman to Rua Primeiro de Março and explore many other paths, will find museums, cultural centers and public places where characters from Machado de Assis and they represented the meeting point of intellectuals until the middle of the 20th century.

Activity location

Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
- Praca Floriano, Cinelândia
- 20031-050, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Meeting/Redemption Point

Cinelândia Square
- Centro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Guided Walk through the Historic Centre of Rio DE Janeiro

3h
English

Travellers

Languages available

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Price details

€90.67 x 2 Adults€181.34

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What's included, what's not

Professional bilingual tour guide
Food and Drinks
Private transport

Know before you book

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
The tour is not private, but shared, and the guide will speak in English, Spanish and Portuguese
We do the tour, rain or shine. The day of the tour is chosen by the customer, therefore no refund will be generated in case of bad weather. We will do the tour rain or shine
The time indicated at the time of booking is only indicative. The day before the tour, we will contact you via WhatsApp or via the booking platform to confirm the exact time of pickup.
On days with a higher flow of tourists or in the presence of especially heavy traffic conditions, we can adopt the use of specific meeting points for picking up customers. This choice is made to ensure a more efficient organisation of the tour, reducing the waiting times and inconveniences caused by traffic. Therefore, we invite our customers to read this note carefully to be informed and prepared.
In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro

20m
Admission ticket not included

The Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro is one of the most important Brazilian theatres. It is located in Cinelândia, in the city centre of Rio de Janeiro. Opened in 1909, the Municipal Theatre is one of the main venues in Brazil and Latin America. In the last renovation, gems were found as a large original panel by the Italian Eliseu Visconti were rescued. Important areas of the Theatre have been restored, with an emphasis on the imposing 350kg eagle that adorns the top of the building, which received 8 thousand gold leaves 23 carats of gilding.

Museu Nacional De Belas Artes

20m
Admission ticket not included

The National Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It concentrates the largest collection of works of art of the 19th century, being one of the most important museums of its kind in the country.

Convent of St. Anthony (Convento do Santo Antonio)

Convento de Santo Antônio is a Catholic monastery belonging to the Franciscan Province of the Immaculate Conception of Brazil located on the top of Morro de Santo Antônio and facing Largo da Carioca, in the city centre of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. The convent forms, together with the neighbouring Church of the Third Order of São Francisco da Penitência, one of the oldest and most important colonial groups remaining in the city.

National Library (Biblioteca Nacional)

National Library, also called National Library of Brazil, whose official institutional name is Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, is the depository of the bibliographic and documentary heritage of Brazil, considered by UNESCO one of the ten largest national libraries in the world and the largest in Latin America.

Colombo

Confeitaria Colombo is a traditional confectionery located in the city centre of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, being one of the main tourist points of the Central Region of the city

Primeiro de Maio

The old Rua Direita was the oldest street in Rio de Janeiro and was the most important in the city in the 19th century. Originally, it connected Largo da Misericórdia to Morro de São Bento. In 1875, it was renamed March 1 in honour of the allied victory at the Battle of Aquidabã, which ended the Paraguayan War. Coincidentally, this is also the date of the founding of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Church of Our Lady of the Candelaria

20m
Admission ticket not included

The Church of Nossa Senhora da Candelária is a Catholic temple located in the city centre of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. It is one of the main religious monuments in the city, a traditional stage for weddings in Rio society.

Location

Activity location

Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
- Praca Floriano, Cinelândia
- 20031-050, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Meeting/Redemption Point

Cinelândia Square
- Centro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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