RIO IN ONE DAY – WHEN YOU ARE IN ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PLACES IN THE WORLD BUT YOU DO NOT HAVE TIME!!!

Well you are in Brazil and suddenly you do not have much time to visit the most famous city in the country: RIO DE JANEIRO. But you just have one day..so what to do….

First step, you have a guide, it happens to be me, otherwise you would never read this blog, and we can do the following.

Then we would have to decide your priority, which is more important to you seeing the Sugar Loaf or the Christ ????? Or we have to see which of the landmarks are less cloudy or free of clouds..

VERY IMPORTANT: IT IS NOT USE TO GO TO THE CHRIST WHEN THE MOUNTAIN IS COVERED WITH CLOUDS, IT IS A WASTE OF TIME AND A WASTE OF MONEY.

And remember…you have just one day…so let’s try to see as much as we can in one day…First of all we will drive through Ipanema with a little walking in the rocks of Arpoador and heading to Copacabana beach, then a little walk in the famous WAVING SIDE WALK.

Then we will head to the Bay Side and visiting the surroundings of Sugar Loaf mountains to see the first beach where the Portuguese navigators set foot in Rio for the first time, the Praia Vermelha, and a little walk in the Atlantic Forest, we will see many animals and all kind of plants walking in a path where just locals go, the PISTA CLAUDIO COUTINHO.

After that we will understand more of the city and finally realize that Rio is not only a fantastic beach destination, we will see the European Presence in the colonial and barroc constructions in the old part of Rio, and we will see important buildings and very interesting cultural centers like CENTRO CULTURAL BANCO DO BRASIL, THE MAGNIFICENT CHURCH OF CANDELARIA, THE NARROW STREETS OF TELLES, THE PRAÇA QUINZE WITH THE ROYAL PALACE, THE FERRY BOAT STATION, THE STATE CONGRESS AND CARMO CHURCH, THE ONLY PLACE IN LATIN AMERICA WHERE TWO EUROPEAN WERE CROWNED.

We can eat after this fantastic marathon in Rio in a very typical brazilian restaurant, most of the times nice restaurant where only brazilian goes, we will eat with class and style. The tours are never oriented to classic touristic places, only genuine places where you will feel and experience the best of Brazil in just one day, and better, if by chance your only one day in Rio is in the weekend, you will visit a huge market in the suburbs of RIO, an unique experience where you will witness real brazilian parties, creative art craft and the best of our regional food. You will be at FEIRA DO NORDESTE.

Lots of activity using a comfortable and modern car, a Fiat Doblo, good for 4 people, you will be in Rio with a very experienced guide who will be more than a guide, he will be your friend in the city, it will be a 6 or 8 hours tour and if you are just two people the tour will cost 150 american dollars, if you are 3 or 4 people, then the price will be 250 american dollars.

CHECK WITH ME IF YOU WISH A NIGHT TOUR, THERE WILL BE NICE OPTIONS EXCEPT ON SUNDAYS!!!

Feel free to write and get more details, my email is donrafainrio@yahoo.es