4 Museum Visits in Brazil Worth Booking

1.Petrópolis Day Trip from Rio de Janeiro including Imperial Museum and Crystal Palace

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 101 reviews · 9 hours (approx.) · from $93Our pick

Travel from Rio to Petrópolis with a multilingual guide, hotel pickup, and Imperial Museum admission. See Pedro II’s summer palace, royal tombs, Crystal Palace, and optional Santos Dumont House, Rua Teresa shopping, or Bohemia brewery. Expect a scenic mountain drive, a packed schedule, and possible pickup delays.

“Enjoyable day. 8-6. Nice to go up into the mountains and out of Rio. The hour shopping wasn’t for us (English) but the Brazilians loved it!”

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2.7-Hour Shared Group Santos Tour : Mont Serrat, Coffee Museum and Sightseeing

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 68 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $89Top rated

Spend about seven hours seeing Santos by comfortable vehicle, with pickup at the cruise terminal, a bilingual guide, and admission included at Monte Serrat, the Zoobotanical Park, the Pelé Museum, and Coffee Museum. Guides such as Romi, Elaine, Mary, and Gladys are praised for clear English and flexible planning. Lunch and drinks cost extra.

“Very good tour smooth paced and informative with Norma, bit difficult finding the pick up point as there are 3 number 2 signs but airport staff helped us out.”

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3.Olympic Boulevard, Museum of Tomorrow & Historical Rio

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 66 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $72

See a side of Rio beyond Copacabana on a four-hour guided tour through Porto Maravilha and the historic center. Visit the interactive Museum of Tomorrow, São Bento Monastery, Olympic Boulevard, Cais do Valongo, Praça Quinze, and Confeitaria Colombo. Hotel pickup is available from key South and West Zone hotels, with guides in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

“We had a great time on this tour. It is a half day tour so it felt like a perfect amount of time to spend if you are not looking for an activity that takes up the whole day. This is a walking tour so keep that in mind when picking out your shoes for the day. We loved getting to see the city and learn some more about the history. Our tour guide was great. It was us and one other couple so we got through the tour pretty quickly. The van picked us up and dropped us back off at our hotel”

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4.Olympic Boulevard, AquaRio and Museum of Tomorrow Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 54 reviews · 4 hours · from $49Best value

Spend four hours exploring Rio’s renewed port district with a Spanish, English, or Portuguese-speaking guide. Visit the Museum of Tomorrow, photograph Eduardo Kobra’s giant mural, and add AquaRio for sharks, rays, corals, and thousands of marine animals. Hotel pickup, admission, and drop-off are included.

“El guía fue excelente. El tour en general es bueno, pero la peor parte es la larga caminata por el bulevar para llegar al museo del mañana. Esta parte del tour se debería obviar y hacer el traslado en el mismo minibús.”

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