Quitandinha Palace

Imperial Museum

Crystal Palace of Petropolis

Quitandinha Palace

Cathderal of Petropolis

Petropolis: the Imperial City

Santos Dumont House

Quitandinha Palace

Imperial Museum: Brazil history

Citroen C3 Aircross 7-seater

Petropolis Day Trip

Car Tour (driving guide)

Joined 2024

Alan D.

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Rio de Janeiro

English, French, Portuguese (Native), Spanish

8 hours

Private tour (only you and Alan D.)

Up to 6 people

70km away from Rio, Petropolis has a totally different atmosphere and architecture from Rio. The city was founded by D. Peter the II to build the summer imperial palace for the portguese royal family.

Petropolis has a unique architectural ensemble, such as the Quitandinha Palace, the St. Peter's Cathedral of Alcantara, the Crystal Palace, the Santos Dumont Hous, the Imperial Museum, and many colonial houses in the historical center.

Feel in Europe!

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

08:00 AM

Meeting Point

Hotel

- Pick-up in a private transportation at: Locations in the south or central zone of the city. Port of Rio de Janeiro

09:30 AM

Quitandinha Palace

We will visit the garden of the once biggest hotel casino of South America.

10:00 AM

Imperial Museum

We are gonna visit the interior of the museum that used to be the summer house of the imperial family.

11:30 AM

St. Peter of Alcantara Cathedral

It is the exotic church with Neolithic architecture.

12:00 PM

Lunch time

Stop for lunch in a delicious Portuguese restaurant.

01:30 PM

Crystal Palace

It was built to be Princess Isabel's botanical garden, today hosts exhibitions and events.

02:00 PM

Santos Dumont house

The house where Santos Dumont lived years before he died.

Ending Point

Hotel

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

- Transportation via Citroen C3 Aircross 7-seater 2025.

- Pick-up and drop-off in locations in the south or central zone of Rio.

- My car is a 7-seater SUV and can accommodate 6 passengers (plus me as the driver guide). For tours, I recommend a total of 4 adults and 2 more persons up to 1.60 meters tall in the 2 back seats. For more than 4 adults over 1.60 meters, I rent a van with a driver (at an extra cost), so that the tour is extremely comfortable for everyone.

- Gasoline fee.

- Toll fee.

- Guide Fees.

What‘s not included

- Tickets to Imperial musem and Santos Dumont house (US$10)

- Lunch

Tour Important Information

Pick-up and drop-off in locations in the south or central zone of Rio (if starting from Barra, start time of the tour will need to be 1h earlier).

We are gonna travel 70km outside Rio, so make sure you are ok with the description of my car if your group will be 5 or 6 people in total:

- My car is a 7-seater SUV and can accommodate 6 passengers (plus me as the driver guide). For tours, I recommend a total of 4 adults and 2 more persons up to 1.70 meters tall in the 2 back seats.

For more than 4 adults over 1.70 meters, I rent a van (at an extra cost), so that the tour is extremely comfortable for everyone.

Pick-up and drop-off in locations in the south or central zone of Rio.

Cancellation Policy

Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time

Joined 2024

Alan D.

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About Tour Guide Alan D.

Hi and welcome! My name is Alan, I am 44 years old, and I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. Having been to 35 countries on all the continents of the world, and having lived in Australia, Holland, Israel and Argentina, I have had the opportunity to be in touch with different cultures and languages - and this grew my desire to show my city, Rio de Janeiro, to tourists.

I am a licensed tour guide in Rio by EMBRATUR, the Brazilian Institute of Tourism, and have been a private guide in Rio de Janeiro since 2013, having carried out hundreds of private tours of Rio, and have become more and more in love with my city and with my job as a Rio Tour Guide.

I am fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and have a BA in Social Communication. When I'm not guiding, I enjoy writing, reading, spirituality, hiking and studying languages (I also speak intermediate French).

In my private tours in Rio de Janeiro I use a 7-seater car (including me as rio de janeiro driver guide), and my motivation is to be flexible and to offer you tailor-made tours in Rio, customized to your needs and desires, optimizing your time in Rio.

What I look for in each tour, is to provide you with an experience that you will remember for many years to come!