Rio de Janeiro Trip Overview
The historic tour through downtown Rio de Janeiro has cultural content, walking through important areas in our history. Learn about the colonial period and about historical changes in the architecture, customs and values of this beautiful and wonderful city of Rio de Janeiro. We will start at Largo da Carioca, observing and visiting the churches of Santo Antônio and São Francisco da Penitência (optional). We continue to the Colombian confectionery, the most beautiful and traditional cafeteria in the river, learning about its history and importance. Praça XV is also an important icon of great facts, such as the arrival of D. João XV and reading of the golden law that freed slaves on May 13, 1888. We continue to the Olympic Boulervard where we will visit the museum of tomorrow.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The historic tour through downtown Rio de Janeiro has cultural content, walking through important areas in our history. Learn about the colonial period and about historical changes in the architecture, customs and values of this beautiful and wonderful city of Rio de Janeiro. We will start at Largo da Carioca, observing and visiting the churches of Santo Antônio and São Francisco da Penitência (optional). We continue to the Colombian confectionery, the most beautiful and traditional cafeteria in the river, learning about its history and importance. Praça XV is also an important icon of great facts, such as the arrival of D. João XV and reading of the golden law that freed slaves on May 13, 1888. We continue to the Olympic Boulervard where we will visit the museum of tomorrow.
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Stop At: Cinelandia, Avenue rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20031-050 Brazil
With a scenario of rare architectural beauty, full of imposing buildings in eclectic and art deco style, Praça Floriano has been, since the 1930s, the stage of important political manifestations in Rio de Janeiro. It is also the street with the largest number of cultural institutions in the city: the National Museum of Fine Arts, the National Library, the Cultural Center Federal Justice, the Municipal Theater and, of course, the cinemas – there have already been so many! – which ended up renaming, informally, the square with the name for which it is best known: Cinelândia.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Largo da Carioca, Rua da Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20050-008 Brazil
The lagoon began to be filled in 1723, in the same year that the first public fountain in the city was inaugurated there: the Chafariz da Carioca, which got its name from capturing the waters of the eponymous river, through a canalization system. that ran through the Morro de Santa Teresa. The work was a great achievement of the time, as the collection of drinking water was always a problem for the colonizers. Until then, residents of the urban area had to pick it up by canoe at the mouth of the river, which flowed into Flamengo Beach.
The landfill – which soon came to be called Largo da Carioca due to the fountain – took about five years to complete and was always desired by the Franciscan friars.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Confeitaria Colombo, R. Gonçalves Dias, 32 – Centro, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 20050-030, Brazil
Confeitaria Colombo, located at Rua Gonçalves Dias, right in the center of Rio de Janeiro, was founded in 1894 by two Portuguese. Today, with 125 years of history, the place is considered artistic and cultural heritage of the city.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Praça Quinze de Novembro, Centro, Rio de Janeiro – State of Rio de Janeiro, 20010, Brazil
Arising from a succession of small and continuous landfills over the Guanabara Bay, which occurred between the first half of the 17th century and the beginning of the 20th, Praça Quinze de Novembro is today associated with Estação das Barcas in an almost visceral way, although it has many other uses. It was in the region between the hills of Castelo and São Bento that the boats that came and went from the Kingdom, Africa and the Rio da Prata, where the slave traders in the city used to sell a good part of the slaves, during the Union era. Iberian. The ships were at anchor in the middle of Guanabara Bay and the goods and crew arrived on dry land by small boats.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Museu do Amanha, Praca Maua 1, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20081-240 Brazil
Opened in 2015 and located in Praça Mauá, the Museum of Tomorrow is focused on applied sciences and explores the opportunities and challenges that humanity will have to face in the next decade.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Sao Bento Monastery, Rua Dom Gerardo 40 Centro, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20090-030 Brazil
Located at the top of Morro de São Bento, the architectural ensemble, which includes the spectacular Abacial Church of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate, constitutes one of the most valuable historical heritage of the 17th century originally preserved.
Its construction, initiated by the Abacial Church in 1633 and the subsequent expansion of the nave with the construction of the cloister, lasted more than a century. Even after it opened, it took many years for the church to be completely completed. After some restorations, it was reopened on July 11, 2015, São Bento Day.
Duration: 30 minutes
