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Rio city tour is most popular tours on a full-day shore excursion packed with breathtaking views. In the morning, you?ll enjoy a panoramic city tour and have the opportunity to ride a cable car to the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain. After lunch, you?ll travel through the Tijuca Rain Forest by cog train to the statue of Christ the Redeemer on top of Corcovado Mountain. This tour is an excellent option if your time in Rio de Janeiro is limited, giving you the best of Rio in one great day.

Arrival at the Morro de Urca and the cable car up to Pao de Acucar. The Sugar Loaf Mountain complex is one of Rio de Janeiro most famous trademarks and postcard. The Sugar Loaf mountain complex is located at Urca neighbourhood, in the southern area of Rio de Janeiro, 10 minutes away from Copacabana neighbourhood, and 20 minutes away from Ipanema and Leblon neighbourhoods. THE SUGAR LOAF COMPLEX CABLE CAR TOUR: The Sugar Loaf complex main attraction consists in a teleferical, cable car ride algong and through three teleferical stations: 1‾ Ground station, 2‾ Urca Mountain Station, and 3‾ Sugar Loaf Mountain Station. The shortest mountain of the Sugar Loaf complex, and first stop of the teleferical tour is named Morro da Urca Mountain, and its the first stop of the cable cars. Morro da Urca Mountain is 224 meters tall. This is where you find the restaurant, and the amphitheater. The Sugarloaf Mountain, (second and final stop of the cable cars), at Rio de Janeiro, itself, is 395 meters tall, and is the final stop of the telesferical ride.

This is an excellent option to see the best of Rio de Janeiro if time is limited. In only one day you may visit Corcovado and Sugar Loaf. In the morning you will visit the Christ Statue at Corcovado Mountain by taking the cog train through the luxuriant rain forest. Enjoy the spectacular views of Rio and the surrounding countryside. After the morning tour, relax and enjoy lunch at a seafood restaurant. In the afternoon, join the Sugar Loaf tour, driving by downtown Rio with its fine colonial-style Portuguese buildings, and continuing on to the cable car at Prai Vermelha ‾ red beach‾ . A ride to the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain gives the visitor a wonderful view of the city nestled between the mountains and the sea, and the sight of the sun going down over Copacabana beach is magical!

In evening show of Samba performances during the year, when Samba Schools do not train or perform. Each School presents their mascots with photo opportunities with performers and dancers.

Plataforma Samba Show and Dinner in Rio de Janeiro ‾ Come and enjoy the most famous spectacle of the authentic Brazilian folklore! It is in the Plataforma Show that you will feel the effervescent rhythm of Samba, that you will hear the most famous songs of this musical genre. It was inside of the cariocas′ joints, with the beat of forks and glasses or "batucadas" on matchboxes that the most beautiful Samba songs were written. Night in Rio makes the heart beat faster. Music and joy, key ingredients to a good nightlife, go together with a permanent parade of artists in the show houses. A delicious dinner in a typical Rio Barbeque House is included. After dinner, you′ll be taken to Plataforma to enjoy a spectacular Samba music show. You will feel the energy expressed in Carnival - an enchantment that touches all, a charm that is distinctly Rio!

Cidade Do Samba Is Where All Carnival Preparations Happen! One of the biggest developments in Rio′s Carnaval world is Cidade do Samba, which opened in 2006. Located north of Centro near the port, the "city" is actually made up of 14 large buildings in which the top schools assemble the Carnaval floats.

Depart from the hotel to Angra dos Reis. On the way, along the Rio-Santos road, we will pass by Itaguai, Itacuruca and Mangaratiba. Cruise to Angra Dos Reis island or Ilha Grande bay where you can swim in the Ocean. Lunch (assorted buffet). Return from there. Duration 10 hours. With an archipelago of more than 300 islands and countless beaches, the town of Angra lies in the heart of this paradise, located south of Rio. Spectacular views include mountainous terrain covered in lush Atlantic rain forest, graceful coves, sandy beaches, little islands and crystal clear water. This is truly a place you won′t soon forget! The town of Angra dos Reis has been continuously settled since the early 1500s. There are many lovely old buildings from the colonial past when the town was a great port and agricultural center. A schooner waits at the dock to take visitors on a cruise past many of the islands, stopping for a swim in the enticing turquoise blue waters. Then a delicious hot and cold self-service buffet lunch will be served.

See the huge salinas along the road to Sao Pedro da Aldeia, canals and beaches. Buzios and the beauty of its Costa do Sol. Boat ride and lunch included.Take a day trip to experience the cosmopolitan style, charm and elegant architecture of Buzios that has become a fashionable and sophisticated city while retaining its quaint village atmosphere.