Brasília Trip Overview
The Bike Tour takes people to get to know the way of life of the locals, the way they occupy the city. The circuit lasts approximately six hours and has numerous stops for explanations, photos and contemplation.
This route will visit the same route as the Monumental Axis, plus the Unity Neighborhood route. It is a complete tour of a large urban area of the city.
Lúcio’s four Scales are the Monumental, Gregarious, Residential, and Bucolic. We will go through them, realizing the characteristics and differences between each of the urban configurations, and the importance that this modernist project has for the history of architecture and urbanism in the world.
In this circuit, optionally, we have a change in the mode of transport – we take the subway with the bicycles. By bicycle we cover circuits impossible for other vehicles and the perspective of the city is completely different
Additional Info
Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Brasília, Brazil
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
The Bike Tour takes people to get to know the way of life of the locals, the way they occupy the city. The circuit lasts approximately six hours and has numerous stops for explanations, photos and contemplation.
This route will visit the same route as the Monumental Axis, plus the Unity Neighborhood route. It is a complete tour of a large urban area of the city.
Lúcio’s four Scales are the Monumental, Gregarious, Residential, and Bucolic. We will go through them, realizing the characteristics and differences between each of the urban configurations, and the importance that this modernist project has for the history of architecture and urbanism in the world.
In this circuit, optionally, we have a change in the mode of transport – we take the subway with the bicycles. By bicycle we cover circuits impossible for other vehicles and the perspective of the city is completely different
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Torre de Televisao, Eixo Monumental S/N, Brasilia, Federal District 70297-400 Brazil
After the meeting at our agency, it’s the first stop.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Feira De Artesanato Da Torre, Esplanada da Torre Zona Civico,Administrativa, Brasilia, Federal District 70070-300 Brazil
After the stop at the TV Tower, we will pass by the TV Tower Craft Fair.
Stop At: Parque da Cidade Sarah Kubitschek, Eixo Monumental Sul, Setor de Industrias, quadras 901, 906 e 910 Asa Sul, Brasilia, Federal District Brazil
One of the largest urban parks in the world
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Santuario Dom Bosco, Quadra Seps 702 Lote B Asa Sul, Brasilia, Federal District 70330-700 Brazil
The Sanctuary was built in honor of the patron saint of Brasilia: St. John Bosco
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: SHCS Superquadra Sul 302 – Asa Sul, Brasília – DF, 70338-000, Brazil
Here, cyclists know a Superquadra. The Residential Scale of the urban project of the city conceived by the genius Lucio Costa. It is not the first Superquadra, the Quadra Modelo, but the configuration is similar due to the projections of the buildings, the lots of local shops, schools and leisure area.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: SHCS Comércio Local Sul 302 – Asa Sul, Brasília – DF, 70297-400, Brazil
We will pass through Rua das Farmacias. A street where commerce is predominantly pharmacies due to the proximity to the South Medical and Hospital Sector
Pass By: Setor Médico Hospitalar Sul, St. Médico Hospitalar Sul – Asa Sul, Brasília – DF, 70297-400, Brazil
The first unit of the Sarah Hospitals Network is a rehabilitation center specializing in locomotion and orthopedic diseases. Architect design. They are notably humanized hospitals that do not look like hospitals. The long stay of patients is softened by large, multicolored, airy environments with natural ventilation and lighting. The buildings adopt a rationalized construction system that facilitates the distribution of installations and the flexibility of the internal areas. In the main building, the facades are marked by the vierendeel beams that, together with the advances and setbacks of the floors, create terraces-gardens with double height ceilings integrated into the internment areas.
João da Gama Filgueiras Lima (Lelé) [1932 -2014] was born in Rio de Janeiro and graduated from UFRJ in 1955. He worked with O. Niemeyer and L. Costa. He was a professor at UnB. Its architecture is marked by the attention to construction methods, the detailing of the projects, and a rationalization of the work.
Stop At: Setor Comercial Sul – Asa Sul, Brasília – DF, 70297-400, Brazil
The Setor Comercial Sul region is central to Brasília. During the weekdays, it is one of the main pedestrian flows in the city due to the services and institutions that are installed there. The proximity to the bus station and Esplanada dos Ministérios also reinforce this flow. This, added to other factors, imposes a genuine cultural diversity. In recent years, some public places have undergone a process of revitalization and there are some buildings by important architects such as Lelé and Oscar Niemeyer. The South Commercial Sector reflects the dynamics of the Gregária Scale and with the new uses that have been given to the spaces, it stands out – “If it were another Brazil, another Brasilia, another time, the South Commercial Sector would be the Champs Élysées that so inspired Lúcio Costa or La Rambla or any other European urban area with intense collective interaction.
It’s all there, ready to be used, used.” (Conceição de Freitas – writer).
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Praca do Povo, Saa Q.3, Brasilia, Federal District 70297-400 Brazil
Praça do Povo, in the South Commercial Sector (SCS), was renovated in 2021 and its project was chosen by the Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB) as one of the regional winners of the IAB Awards 2021 – Centenary Edition. The initiative took the award in the Midwest in the Urbanism, Planning and Cities category.
In the decision, the award judging committee detailed that the project “stands out for its functionality and, above all, for the merit of initiating a process of improving the urban quality of the area in question.” It’s worth checking out – the renovation of the place was inaugurated in October 2021 by the Government of the Federal District and allowed the multifunctionality for the practice of skateboarding, presentation of shows and the organization of areas for kiosks.
Stop At: Itamaraty Palace, Esplanada dos Ministerios Bloco H Bloco H, Brasilia, Federal District 70170-900 Brazil
Headquartered at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and known as Palácio dos Arcos, Itamaraty is one of Niemeyer’s best known works.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Shopping Conjunto Nacional, Sdn, CNB Conjunto A T.119, Brasilia, Federal District 70307-902 Brazil
Brasilia Classic Mall
Stop At: Catedral Metropolitana, Esplanada dos Ministerios lote 12, Brasilia, Federal District 70050-000 Brazil
Authored by architect Oscar Niemeyer, the Cathedral marked a milestone in the history of modern architecture and Brasilia.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Museu Nacional da Republica, Setor Cultural Sul Lote 2 Next to the Plano Piloto bus station, Brasilia, Federal District 70070-150 Brazil
Planned in Brasilia’s original plan, Conjunto Cultural had a project commissioned by architect Oscar Niemeyer in the 1970s
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Supremo Tribunal Federal, Praca dos Tres Poderes Lote Unico Eixo Monumental, Brasilia, Federal District 70175-900 Brazil
Situated on the third vertex of Praça dos Três Poderes, opposite the Planalto Palace, it was designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer with original design by Lucio Costa.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Espaco Lucio Costa, Praca dos Tres Poderes Esplanada dos Ministerios Eixo Monumental, Brasilia, Federal District 70100-000 Brazil
Inaugurated on February 27, 1992 in the commemoration of Lucio Costa’s 90th anniversary, the space is an underground construction that houses the Brasilia Model and the Plano Piloto Tactile Model
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Praca dos Tres Poderes, Eixo Monumental, Brasilia, Federal District 70100-000 Brazil
Inaugurated on April 21, 1960, the Three Powers Square is a large civic space. Created by Lucio Costa and designed by Oscar Niemeyer, the square was inaugurated in 1960, the same day as the inauguration of the Federal Capital.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Espaco Cultural Renato Russo – de Bolso Theater, W3 Sul – Qd. 508, 67 – Bloco A – Loja 72, Brasilia, Federal District 70351-580 Brazil
Renato Russo Hall
Stop At: National Theatre, Setor Cultural Norte Via N2 Asa Norte, Brasilia, Federal District Brazil
Created by Oscar Niemeyer, the Claudio Santoro National Theater is one of the most beautiful works in Brasilia.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Setor Cultural Sul, Lote 2, Edificio Biblioteca Nacional de Brasilia Lot 2, National Library Building, Brasilia, Federal District 70070-150 Brazil
National Library of Brasilia
Stop At: Igrejinha N.S. De Fatima church, Entrequadras 307/308 Asa Sul, Brasilia, Federal District 70354-400 Brazil
Inaugurated in June 1958, the Nossa Senhora de Fátima Church was the first church located in the residential sector. Raised at the request of Dona Sarah Kubitschek for a grace achieved in favor of the cure of her daughter. Athos Bulcão’s tiles – stylized figures of the Dove of the Divine and the Star of the Nativity – line the outer walls.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Palacio do Planalto, Praca dos Tres Poderes Anex II, ground floor, ala A, Room 115, Brasilia, Federal District 70150-900 Brazil
Place where the President of the Republic dispatches.
Stop At: SQS 308 Quadra modelo, Quadra Sqs 308, Brasilia, Federal District 70355-000 Brazil
The SQS 308 – Superquadra Sul 308 Court (located in Asa Sul) was chosen to be the city’s model court, so Lúcio Costa designed it and Burle Marx was in charge of its urbanism and landscaping and Banco do Brasil built it. On February 19, 1962 it was inaugurated.
Duration: 45 minutes
Pass By: Congresso Nacional, Praca dos Tres Poderes, Brasilia, Federal District 70090-000 Brazil
The National Congress is a visual landmark in the city’s landscape, the main one at the apex of the Three Powers Square, at the beginning of the Esplanade of Ministries.
Stop At: Jardim Burle Marx, Via W3 Norte, Brasilia, Federal District 70297-400 Brazil
Burle Marx Garden
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Esplanada dos Ministerios, Eixo Monumental Leste, Brasilia, Federal District 70000-000 Brazil
Ministries Esplanade
Stop At: Panteao da Patria, Praca dos Tres Poderes Eixo Monumental, Brasilia, Federal District 70100-000 Brazil
Pantheon of the Fatherland
Duration: 5 minutes
