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Centro Historico and Lapa - Santa Teresa Walking, Historical and Bohemian Tour

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Duration

clock7 to 8 hours

Overview

    This walking tour will allow you to have an excellent overview of Rio by browsing its Historical Center which combines Baroque churches, colonial buildings and modern buildings because it is also the business center of Rio as well as the neighborhood bohemian Santa Teresa by accessing it by the famous yellow tram and then wandering around at your own pace.

What's Included

  • Entry/Admission - Station of Santa Teresa trams
  • Pegar
  • Soda/Pop - We will offer you during this tour a caipirinha, a beer, a soda, a fruit juice or water
  • Entry/Admission - Largo da Carioca

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    Itinerary
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    Stop At: Cinelandia, Avenue rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20031-050 Brazil

    Presentation of the square with its major attractions such as the Teatro Municipal (the Rio opera house), the Museu das Bellas Artes, La Camara Municipal, La Biblioteca Nacional, Le Teatro Odeon (the only cinema in the square still in operation)

    Duration: 20 minutes

    Stop At: The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian, Avenida Republica do Chile 245, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20031-170 Brazil

    We enter the Cathedral to present its architecture, its history, its monumental stained glass windows

    Duration: 15 minutes

    Stop At: Largo da Carioca, Rua da Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20050-008 Brazil

    We pass by Largo Carioca to present you the Sao Antonio church and Sao Francisco da Penitencia, one of the most beautiful baroque churches in Brazil and the panoramic view from the terrace of these two churches which are next to each other.

    Duration: 25 minutes

    Stop At: Confeitaria Colombo, R. Gonçalves Dias, 32 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20050-030, Brazil

    We pass through the pedestrian streets of old Rio to reach this place which is one of the oldest cafes in Rio with its art deco style which makes it an iconic place in the Centro

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: Praça Quinze de Novembro - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20010, Brazil

    We continue our walk to arrive at the 15th of November square (proclamation of the Republic) to present to you the Church of Our Lady of the Carmelites, the Paço Imperial, the Equestrian Statue of General Osorio, the Tax Island and the ferry pier to Niteroi and Paqueta Island in Guanabara Bay

    Duration: 20 minutes

    Stop At: Praça Pio X - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20091-000, Brazil

    We then reach Pie X square by the pedestrian streets to show you the Candélaria church, the Olympic boulevard, the CentrO Cultural do Banco do Brasil and the casa França Brasil

    Duration: 15 minutes

    Stop At: Sao Bento Monastery, Rua Dom Gerardo 40 Centro, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20090-030 Brazil

    And we continue our walk to the Saint Benoit monastery which is one of the most beautiful churches in Rio to visit it and tell you its history.

    Duration: 15 minutes

    Stop At: Maua Square, Avenida Rodrigues Alves 1, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20081-250 Brazil

    This square is an important cultural place because there is the Museu de Amanha (Museum of tomorrow) which we do not visit but which is architecturally very interesting as well as the Art Museum of Rio with its panoramic terrace on the top floor which allows you to have an incredible view of the Maua square, the Niteroi Bridge, the Museum of Tomorrow ...

    Duration: 20 minutes

    Stop At: Etnias - Mural de Graffiti (Estúdio Kobra), Orla Pref. Luiz Paulo Conde - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20220-460, Brazil

    This mural, which is considered the largest in the world, represents 5 ethnic groups and was produced by Eduardo Kobra for the Olympic Games

    Duration: 15 minutes

    Stop At: Station of Santa Teresa trams, R. Lélio Gama, s/n - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20031-080, Brazil

    We will then go back to the Santa Teresa Tram station to take the famous yellow Bonde (tram) to go up to the Santa Teresa district. It is a panoramic walk of thirty minutes full of charm.

    Duration: 45 minutes

    Stop At: Largo dos Guimaraes, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20241-310 Brazil

    Walk and around the Largo dos Guimaraes in the heart of Santa Teresa to discover its houses from the end of the XIXth, beginning of the XXth, nice views, restaurants and bars which also make this district famous.

    Duration: 45 minutes

    Stop At: Centro Cultural Municipal Parque das Ruinas, Rua Murtinho Nobre 169, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20241-050 Brazil

    The iconic point of Santa Teresa, former home of Laurinda Santos Lobo transformed into a gazebo with an incredible view of the Centro, the Arches of Lapa, Christ and Botafogo

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Stop At: Escadaria Selaron, Rua Joaquim Silva S/N, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20241-110 Brazil

    Leaving Santa Teresa to go to Lapa at the foot of the hill, we will pass by the famous multicolored staircase of George Selaron, Chilean artist who created it in about twenty years.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Stop At: Carioca Aqueduct, Rua Riachuelo 27, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20230-010 Brazil

    We will continue to stroll while admiring the multiple graffiti which decorate the walls of this district to reach the arches of Lapa, old Rio aqueduct dating from the XVIII and supplying water to the city of Rio until the end of the XIX. The tram from passes through the aqueduct to access Santa Teresa

    Duration: 20 minutes

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