Joined 2024
Alan D.
Available Areas
Rio de Janeiro (Living)
Languages
English, French, Portuguese (Native), Spanish
Response Time
3 hours on average
Availability Updated
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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!
Tours
All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!
Categories
Rio Historic Downtown - Walking Tour (car pick-up included)
Get to know the history of Rio with your guide! The best way to get to know the history of Rio is by doing a walking tour with your local tour guide in Rio. You will have the chance to experience the Historic Center where the city was founded, in 1565. We will park the car at the Metropolitan Cathedral and start walking by churches, squares and palaces. You will understand the history of Rio from 1565 to the present days.
Santa Teresa & Tijuca Forest
This combination will make you experience totally different atmosphere: the nature and silence of the Tijuca Forest and the picturesque Santa Teresa neighborhood. In 8 hours you will see a big amount of the Tijuca National Park, where we are going to visit the Chinese View, Dona Marta viewpoint, the Taunay waterfall and drive around - and Santa Teresa, where we are going to take the trolley and visit Selaron Stairs and the Ruins Park. Let's head together from Santa Teresa to the Tijuca Forest!
9-hour Full Day Tour of Rio de Janeiro
You have only one day to explore Rio? This tour is your best choice! We will have an 9-hour itinerary that encompasses as much as possible. We will cover the main attractions of Rio, and I will give you an inside about cultural life in Rio and how is the day by the day of locals. This tour can also be a customized tour. I want it to be a special day for you. Let's have an amazing day together!
5 Viewpoints of Rio (Beyond christ-sugarloaf)
For landscape lovers, this is the perfect tour! Apart from Sugar Loaf and Christ the Redeemer, I chose the best 5 free entrance viewpoints of Rio de Janeiro that you will see in 5 hours: Joá viewpoint, Dona Marta viewpoint, Chinese View, Pedra Bonita Ramp, and Two Brothers Park.
Petropolis Day Trip
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!
Rio Football Tour Maracana and Flamengo
On this tour, we are going to visit Maracanã Stadium and Flamengo club. On this tour, we will understand why some of the best players of the world come from poor slams of Rio, such as Romário, Ronaldo, Adriano, Vinicius Jr. We will also visit the most popular club of Brazil which is considered the greatest social phenomenon in Brazilian society: Flamengo, a carioca club that draws crowds anywhere in Brazil - mainly in the North, a region of the country located hundreds of km from Rio.
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