Rio de Janeiro · PETRóPOLIS TOURS
10 tours
An hour up the Serra dos Órgãos the temperature drops ten degrees and Brazil suddenly looks Bavarian. Below are the best Petrópolis trips: the Imperial Museum and the emperor’s summer palace, the Crystal Palace, Santos Dumont’s house, and which tours leave time for lunch in the old town.
Petrópolis day trip from Rio: Imperial Museum treasures, neo-gothic cathedral, palace gardens, Crystal Palace photos, optional lunch and brewery.
“Best trip ever! The location was top, especially the glashouse! The food was very good and fresh”
Rio to Petrópolis day trip: Imperial Museum, St Peter of Alcântara Cathedral, Crystal Palace, optional Bohemia brewery.
“First rate trip to see the highlights of Petropolis. The hotel pickups in Rio at the start of the tour included too man stops. But, once we were on the way our guide, Tanya, was great. She efficiently and effectively communicated to a diverse group in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The tour was well organized once we reached Petropolis. We saw or visited most of the highlights before a late 2:30 pm delightful, bargain-priced lunch next door to the cathedral. It was smart of Tanya to suggest waiting until after lunch to visit the Imperial Museum. By then the crowds had thinned out and we were to tour at a…”
A full day trip from Rio to Petrópolis, mixing royal palaces, museum jewels, Gothic cathedrals, and optional beer tastings.
“Despite COVID-related restrictions that did not allow us visit the interior of the Imperial Palace, Osleide, our guide, and the driver Antonio did an excellent job m. All went very well. Osleide was very instructive and helpful. Remarquable!”
Guided Petrópolis day trip from Rio with lunch and Bohemia brewery tastings, plus Imperial sights like the cathedral and palaces.
“Very nice walk, lots of history, beautiful road. We really liked Petropolis and were surprised. Very good food, excellent brewery! All very good! We recommend it.Auto-translated”
Tour Petropolis from Rio with imperial sights, Imperial Museum tickets, and a free Brazilian buffet lunch, plus comfortable executive transfers.
“nice trip to petropolis, good guide. Have Seen a lot. it was a long day. I doesn't like the long pickup of the guest.”
Petrópolis Imperial City sights and Bohemia Brewery tour with three beer tastings, lunch buffet, and famous historic stops in one day.
“Our guide was great. Got to see all the important parts of Petropolis. However, the bus driver was unsafe. He was regularly looking at his phone while driving, checking WhatsApp and leaving messages. At one point he was looking at photos on another persons phone while driving at speed in merging traffic, and nearly crashed.”
Imperial Petrópolis tour from Rio with palace sights, Imperial Museum, cathedral, optional Santos Dumont, Rua Teresa shopping, and lunch buffet.
“Petropolis was interesting, very different to Rio with historic palace etc. Bohemia beer tour of brewery incredible bargain for seniors at 19 reals (£3)!!”
Guided Petrópolis day trip from Rio with Imperial Museum, Santos Dumont house, Crystal Palace, São Pedro Cathedral, and lunch included.
“Absolutely amazing place. Beautiful experience and cool history of Brazil before they were a Republic. Our tour guide Júlio was wonderful, knowledgeable and fun. We truly enjoyed the day with all the sites, history and chocolate! A must do for sure.”
Petrópolis from Rio with Quitandinha, Imperial Museum, Crystal Palace, Saint Peter cathedral, and Santos Dumont, plus smart food stops.
“Educational trip, our tour guide Julio was funny and attentive. He's also multilingual - speaks Spanish, English and Portuguese.”
Private 10-hour Petrópolis day trip from Rio with imperial palaces, Pedro II, São Pedro Cathedral, Santos Dumont, Crystal Palace, beer tastings.
“Imperdível! Guia Newton muito atencioso e conhecedor. Petrópolis tem uma história arquitetônica riquíssima, vale muito a pena conhecer a Cidade Imperial.”
