Niterói City Tour & Contemporary Art Museum Admission with Transfer
Description
Enjoy a 5-hour tour to the city of Niteroi. Located in a short distance from downtown Rio, the city is known for its busy harbor, quiet pace, beautiful lookout points and the artwork done by architect Oscar Niemeyer. The easiest way to get there is by crossing the Guanabara Bay – which can be done by car through the Rio-Niterói Bridge. This path is already a tourist attraction as it allows you to have a panoramic city view of Rio de Janeiro. We visit the famous sites, such as the Teatro Popular, the Fundação Oscar Niemeyer, the Memorial Roberto Silveira, the Praça JK and the Centro Petrobras de Cinema Brasileiro, The highlight of the tour is the Museu de Arte Contemporânea, the MAC. With its interesting and inventive shape, the MAC is considered one of the greatest works done by famous architect Oscar Niemeyer. Tour guide, entrance to the MAC and roundtrip transfer included.
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Itinerary
Enjoy the ride over one of the most famous bridges in Rio.
Designed by the architect Oscar Niemeyer, the MAC contains over a thousand items collected since the 1950s by the art collector João Sattamini. It is considered the second largest collection of contemporary art in Brazil.
The path holds the second largest collection of artwork done by the famour architect Oscar Niemeyer.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pickup is available from most hotels in the areas of Leblon, Ipanema, Copacabana, Flamengo and Downtown (Centro). Contact us back to adjust the pickup time. For Barra da Tijuca/ Recreio we provide pick-up for an additional rate.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- We do not operate this tour on Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and Carnival season.
- If requested, you must present a copy of your ID.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 19 travelers per Minivan.
- Contact us to confirm the pickup time according to hotel location.
Reviews(23)
Excellent, especially for architecture lovers. Wagner, a genius of the world! Kind, knowledgeable, friendly.
I did and learned more about Rio (and Brazil) in 1 tour with her than I have my entire 3 days in Rio. She has made me a true believer in Brazilian culture, history, and language! Because of her local knowledge and cultural understanding, I am so eager to come back to Rio. She is more than a tour guide, she is a cultural gem and I was so lucky to have her show me Niteroi!
Wonderful tour - in 4-5 hours we managed to see and learn about great places. Monica is wonderful and speaks wonderful English. The ride was comfortable, we felt like VIPs. Our best tour in Rio, I highly recommend!
Beautiful city to know; the museum is amazing, very beautiful. The guide, Darío, was friendly, provided us with information every moment.
Recommended this tour, it is a beautiful excursion, NITEROI has impacted us, it is a place to come back and know more. Excellent guide, Dario.
If you decided to visit Rio de Janeiro then Niterói city which is right next door is a MUST. Especially with a guide like Monica who made our experience unbelievable. There are so many beautiful work of arts as well as architectural masterpieces designed by Oscar Niemeyer which absolutely need to be visited. Finally, the view of Rio from its facing neighbouring city is one of a kind. However not sure that this trip would be the same without our guide Monica!
The tour was fine, we visited the most important places in Niteroi, but the tour guide doesn't really knew a lot about the architecture of Niemeyer, something that was important for us, since was the main reason to go to Niteroi
I recommend visiting to understand the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niteoi, as well as their iconic buildings. The guide, Monica Betazzolo, answered all queries; she proved to have knowledge about history, urbanism and architecture. He also speaks well in Spanish.
Fantastic experience, we made the tour to Niteroi, no doubt, a very well done tour, especially for lovers of architecture, engineering and history. To mention also the spectacular vitas that we have for the city of Rio de Janeiro, unparalleled. I would like to thank our guide Mónica, who is definitely one of the best guides we have had on our world trips, made us have a fantastic immersion in the city and with great knowledge of architecture, art and history. We were fascinated.
If you appreciate architecture and art, this is an interesting and educational tour. Our guide, Monica, was phenomenal! On the drive to Niterói she gave us a history of Rio which was informative and entertaining. Once in Niterói, we toured several Oscar Niemeyer constructions with the highlights being the buildings of Caminho Niemeyer and the Museo de Arte Contemporanea. The museum (currently, Feb ‘25) has an exhibition on Rio Carnival which was excellent and Monica was even able to answer the many questions we had about the event. To wrap up, Monica gave us a choice in what to see last and after lots of modern architecture we decided to go more traditional and visit Jambiero Manor, the home of a wealthy family from the late 1800’s, completely covered in tiles. This was a great private tour (4 hours in total which felt just right) to balance out our beach time in Rio. Book it!
