Day trip

Rio de Janeiro: 6-Stop Highlights of Rio with Lunch

Activity provider: Rio Carioca Tours
Day trip

Rio de Janeiro: 6-Stop Highlights of Rio with Lunch

Activity provider: Rio Carioca Tours
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From US$ 75.44 per person

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Enjoy a city tour of Rio de Janeiro; admire Christ the Redeemer, and the Sugarloaf Mountain. Explore the city by visiting the Maracanã Stadium, Selarón Steps, and more.

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Duration 8 hours
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Live tour guide
French, Portuguese, English, German, Italian, Spanish
Pickup included
Please select a pickup and drop-off from the available options. Pickup is between 7:45 - 9:30 AM, depending on the hotel location of your hotel. Contact the activity provider to find out your exact pickup time. Please wait in the hotel lobby 10 minutes before your scheduled pickup time. Your tour guide will call your name in the hotel lobby. Drivers will wait no longer than 5 minutes after the scheduled pickup time.
Wheelchair accessible

Experience

Highlights
  • Take in panoramic views of the city from Christ the Redeemer
  • Admire the beauty of the colorful tiles of the Selarón Steps
  • Learn more about Brazilian's passion for football and samba at the Maracanã and the Sambadrome
  • Marvel at the beautiful landscape by taking the cable car ride on the Sugarloaf Mountain
  • See the beautiful stained-glass inside the Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro
Full description

Start your adventure with a pickup in the morning from hotels located in the South Zone and head towards your first stop at Christ the Redeemer. 

 

Enjoy great jungle views in the minivan ride through the Tijuca Forest that surrounds the Corcovado Mountain. Reach the peak of the mountain and meet the statue of the Christ the Redeemer with its arms right open over the city. Admire the sweeping views and take breathtaking pictures.

 

Head to a nice walk outside the Maracanã Stadium and find out more about the passion of the Brazilians for football. Learn about the samba tradition in Rio by visiting the Sambadrome, the place with the biggest Carnival parade on the planet.

 

Marvel at the beautiful street art of the Selarón Steps, a gigantic mosaic work of the Chilean artist Jorge Selarón. He started dedicating himself to decorate the stairs in the early 90s. The 250 steps have become a monument and an icon of Rio.

 

Stop at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro to revel at the biblical passages on the stained-glass inside it, following a stop for lunch in an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant. With the batteries recharged, there is still one place left. 

 

Head to Urca neighborhood and marvel at the beauty of the Sugarloaf Mountain and be amazed by the cable ride to the top. From 220 meters above sea level take in the breathtaking 360-degree view of Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara Bay, the city of Niteroi, and the blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

Includes
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Entry Fees to Christ the Redeemer, Cathedral, and Sugarloaf
  • External visits to Selarón Steps, Maracanã, and Sambodrome
  • Multilingual Guide
  • Drinks and dessert
  • Entrance to Maracanã and Sambodrome
Not suitable for
  • People with mobility impairments
  • Wheelchair users

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What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes
  • Comfortable clothes
  • Passport or ID card, copy accepted

Not allowed

  • Luggage or large bags

Know before you go

  • This tour will take place rain or shine
  • Pickup is between 7:45 AM to 9:30 AM, depending on the hotel location of your hotel. Contact local supplier to find out pickup time
  • The order of the itinerary is subject to change without notice
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.6 /5

based on 453 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.8/5
  • Transportation
    4.7/5
  • Value for money
    4.6/5
  • Service
    5/5

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This experience was wonderful. We had Monica as our tour guide. She was phenomenal I can’t say enough great things. She was extremely helpful to my mom who has a knee injury made sure we were always taken care of. Her knowledge of every stop on the tour was top notch. She even took the best pictures for us.. wish she could do all our tours

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March 26, 2023

Corcovado, Sugarloaf and Selaton steps definitely worth to be seen, and lunch was nice. But excursion was too long - closed Sambadrom and empty football stadium is absolute waste of time, there is no point to include them in the tour, there is nothing to see, nothing to do. Also there was no skip the line at Sugarloaf, it was annoying to stand in line at the heat. I was also surprised that they changed the chronology of tour and Christ redeemer was last one! It became already cloudy, so k was a bit upset that Corcovado was not clearly seen at the pictures. But in general the excursion was nice and transportation was very convenient.

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March 26, 2023

Packed a lot into one day, but felt rushed the entire time for really no reason because we ended up waiting around at a couple stops. It was nice not having to figure out logistics by ourselves. Lunch was just okay, nothing special. The guide treated us like we knew absolutely nothing about how to visit places which got annoying very quickly.

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March 26, 2023

Product ID: 388272