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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(118 Ratings)
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Alessandrasm5304ur
Mar 26, 2025
City tour - Fabulous tour of the ancient city 0ur tour guide Meilin, was very knowledgeable and easy going. Definitely recommended
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343philipp
Mar 9, 2025
Monica! - Monica was great. Good English, we were impressed with her knowledge and engaging personality. Really made the day enjoyable
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R4191sjsandrad
Mar 4, 2025
Amazing and unique Rio experience during Carnival - We had a wonderful experience in Rio. Monica, our tour guide, was amazing, the BEST! The tour itself is at a leisurely pace, with good time to enjoy all the sites, take in the local life and with the added convenience of a driver dropping you off and picking you up at the various sites. Monica is a truly passionate tour guide, extremely knowledgable about everything and very flexible and patient depending on what her clients' preferences are. We went during Carnival and she even brought wigs for us to join in. We had a great and unique time! Can highly recommend her.
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Nataliehz1458ca
Mar 3, 2025
Nice to see - Monica is a super warm tour guide. She gave us great views of the neighborhood and it was super pleasant to listen to her. An artistic tour worth seeing. Monica explains everything worth knowing and is ready to help for any photo you want. Just the right mix of riding and running. We felt very comfortable and would recommend the tour to anyone.
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Alessandrorq6986jb
Mar 3, 2025
Super nice! - Beautiful tour to discover the history and culture of Rio! Listening to Monica was a pleasure, recommended to all those who want to visit the most iconic places in the city!
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Butelka12
Mar 3, 2025
Interesting - Very plesent. We menaged to see places in Rio where we wouldnt necesary plan to go otherwise. The trip was well organised. The group was small (8). Van dropped us in/out in interesting places. Thank you Monika!
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Michael_s
Feb 23, 2025
Fantastic city tour of Rio - Great private tour. Very passionate and spoke English very well. We learned a lot and had lots of fun in the process
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Christopher_c
Feb 6, 2025
A great way to see Santa Teresa and old town. - This was a great to tour. We took the tour guides car. This was, a great way to see Rio for the first time in the Santa Teresa and old town Rio area . Our tour guide was great and local had lots of information. Very satisfied.
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Laverdure_l
Mar 26, 2025
Good - Ut us Very useful to be drop off at thé hôtel Thé guide was sympathic and thé trip was cool and interesting
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Nredmaynemasseyacnz
Mar 3, 2025
Potentially a good tour but probably not so when Carnival is on, due to traffic issues - It's a good tour if it happens as planned. Our tour started more than an hour late due to issues around transport and Carnival caused delays. The tour guide did what she could given the circumstances. The driver had a real short fuse. It was not a pleasant ride back to the hotel. Others on the tour seemed to wonder away as they saw fit, the guide could have been a bit more attentive to who is where at all times.
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