Top 9 Tours in Recife

1.Private Transfer from Recife Airport to Porto de Galinhas

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 98 reviews Our pick

Travel privately from Recife Airport to Porto de Galinhas in about 50 minutes. You get an air-conditioned vehicle for your group of up to four, with a route that passes Boa Viagem Beach. WhatsApp communication, polite drivers, and clean vehicles are reported strengths, but you should confirm that the operator received your reservation and flight details.

“Bruno was great. Very polite, good driver and very helpful. I hope we have him as our driver on the way back to Recife”

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2.Private Transfer from Recife Airport to Maragogi

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 63 reviews · 2 hours (approx.)

Arrange a private, air-conditioned ride for your group of up to four between Recife and Maragogi. The trip takes about two hours and offers door-to-door convenience instead of sharing a vehicle. Confirm your pickup details carefully, since the published information also mentions Porto de Galinhas and gives limited route detail.

“Quando cheguei não estavam nos esperando. Tento contato para reebolso e não consigo. Péssima experiência”

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3.Recife & Olinda City Tour: Unveiling the Charm of Two Cities

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 51 reviews · 8 hours · from $32

Spend eight hours touring Recife and Olinda with a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking guide. See Boa Viagem Beach, Recife’s Santo Antônio and Boa Vista districts, Casa da Cultura, and Olinda’s Alto da Sé Cathedral. Expect walking on hills, optional paid visits, and pickup from most Boa Viagem hotels. An English guide is available only for private tours.

“Fue muy interesante conocer la historia de Recife y Olinda . Excelente guía, siempre atento a que comprenda el idioma y atendiendo permanentemente a todos los pasajeros .”

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4.Private Transport from Recife to Maragogi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 32 reviews Top rated

Travel privately from Recife to Maragogi in a service arranged around your flight or hotel schedule. Pickup is available at Recife Airport or your hotel, with space for up to four people per booking. The ride takes about two hours, and drivers such as Nito, Israel, and Paulo Juarez have handled transfers for the company.

“Very careful and helpful transfer driver, delivered much more than hired. Made a lot of difference. On another occasion we will return.Auto-translated”

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5.Carneiros Beach

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 27 reviews · 8 hours · from $32

Travel from Recife to Praia dos Carneiros for an eight-hour beach day with hotel pickup, warm natural pools, free swimming time, an optional catamaran ride, mud bathing, and the 18th-century São Benedito Chapel. Portuguese and Spanish guides lead the outing, and guide Edson has received particular praise.

“Guide Edson was great. Catamaran trip was the highlight”

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6.City Tour Recife & Olinda

★★★★★★★★★★3.1 · 10 reviews · 7 hours · from $29Best value

Spend seven hours touring Olinda and Recife with hotel pickup, a live Spanish or Portuguese guide, and stops at São Bento Basilica, Rua do Amparo, Alto da Sé, the giant Carnival dolls, and Arsenal. Guides such as Baruk, Wagner, Lionel, Junior, and Irene have earned strong praise, but confirm pickup details and optional transport costs before booking.

“Our guide, Baruk, was so knowledgeable, kind and funny. Always helpful and energetic, even at his “better age” ;) Beware that there are add-on costs on this tour-trip, if you want to see certain things, otherwise you end up waiting around walking around taking in the scenery, by yourself, nearby these attractions (most are cheap $3-5 and are fun enough, even if just for the pictures.) PS - Baruk’s charming company and endless jokes and anecdotes were worthy enough entertainment for the tour fee, already. I hope you get him as a guide.”

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7.Olinda City Tour and Instituto Ricardo Brennand

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 9 reviews · 6 hours · from $94

Leave Recife around 11:00 for a six-hour private-group tour of Olinda and the Ricardo Brennand Institute. With hotel pickup, transport, guide, and admission included, you’ll see Alto da Sé, three churches, the former slave market, carnival dolls, São Bento Church, and Dutch-era collections. Guides speak Portuguese, Spanish, or English.

“Outstanding tour. We had the good fortune to be accompanied by Caio for our second tour in Recife. Once again he was professional, punctual, and very knowledgeable about the area. We enjoyed the historical sights and flavors of Olinda (thank you for the wonderful fresh coconut) after which we were able to enjoy a private time for Lunch before traveling to the magical Ricardo Brennand Institute. just to make sure we would never forget him and our trip to Olinda, Caio gifted us a delightful parting gift of Olinda. Thank you again for the great day and for the memories.”

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8.Colonial North Coast beaches – Full-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.2 · 6 reviews · 9.5 hours · from $40

Spend 9.5 hours on Brazil’s North Coast with hotel transfer, a beach-club stop, an optional catamaran to Coroa do Avião and Itamaracá, Forte Orange views, and a quad-bike outing near Nova Cruz. Portuguese and Spanish guides lead the day. Food, entrance fees, and optional rides cost extra.

“Une belle sortie bien organisée : Le trajet, le restaurant, le catamaran... Nous avons passée de bons moments en famille. Merci.”

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9.City Tour Recife with Catamaran included

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 4 reviews · 5 hours

Start with hotel pickup in Boa Viagem, Pina, or Piedade, then visit Recife’s key sights before a 1-hour-20-minute catamaran ride on the Capibaribe River. A guide speaks Portuguese, Spanish, or English aboard the boat. The private tour costs $180 for up to two people and includes transport, tickets, and drop-off.

“Nosso motorista Esdras foi muito paciencioso e prestativo. Carro ótimo. Uma maneira segura de conhecer o centro do Recife que parece meio perigoso, como a maioria das grandes cidades. No passeio, teve guia apenas na parte do catamarã. Gostei muito de ir no centro de cultura, antiga prisão, que hj abriga muitas lojas...as de renda são especialmente lindas!”

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