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Joined 2024
Alan D.
Available Areas
Rio de Janeiro (Living)
Languages
English, French, Portuguese (Native), Spanish
Response Time
2 hours on average
Availability Updated
1 day ago
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
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Hidden Gems Tour of Rio
7 Unbelievable, dramatic and exotic photogenic places in Rio! This is a tour especially designed for those who love to take pictures of hidden gems of surreal beauty. Discover the most beautiful off the beaten track places of Rio de Janeiro! If an attraction is not open on your chosen day, I will replace it with another hidden gem.
Hidden Gems Tour of Rio
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Rio Hidden Viewpoints
The best entrance free lookouts of Rio! For landscape lovers, this is the perfect tour! Apart from Sugar Loaf and Christ the Redeemer, I chosed the best 7 free entrance viewpoints of Rio de Janeiro. If a viewpoint is not open on your chosen day, I will replace it with another hidden top view. This tour can also be a customized tour.
Rio Hidden Viewpoints
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Santa Teresa + Dona Marta Viewpoint
Get to know this piece of Lisbon in Brazil! This is a tour focused only in Santa Teresa + Dona Marta Viewpoint, which is part of the suburb area of the neighborhood. This is the perfect half day private tour in Rio to visit the best that the picturesque neighborhood of Santa Teresa has to offer! Santa Teresa is a bucolic neighborhood of Rio, known for its trolley, castles, art galleries and historical colonial houses, Selaron Stairs and the Ruins Park.
Santa Teresa + Dona Marta Viewpoint
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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!
9-hour Full Day Tour of Rio de Janeiro
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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!
Petropolis Day Trip
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Rio Food Tour
The best way to get to know the Brazilian cuisine is by doing a walking tour with your local tour guide in Rio. You will have the chance to eat in different bars (and in a Fruits Street Fair in the beggining of our tour). Seafood snacks, caipirinha, local beers, sugar cane juice, tapioca, fruits, cod fried balls, feijoada fried balls, ham and filet mignon sandwich, pastel, chicken hearts, cheese balls, açaí. Come on an empty stomach and lets try it all together!
Rio Food Tour
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