Niterói City Tour: Explore Contemporary Art Museum and Oscar Niemeyer Architecture

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Copacabana

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Embark on a 5-hour Niterói City Tour and discover the Contemporary Art Museum and iconic Oscar Niemeyer architecture. Explore the bustling harbor, scenic lookout points, and experience the panoramic views of Rio de Janeiro. Don’t miss the highlight of the tour, the Museu de Arte Contemporânea. Book now!

Duration: 5 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Ponte Rio–Niteroi - Enjoy the ride over one of the most famous bridges in Rio.

What's Included

Expert tour guide
Comfortable transportation with in-vehicle air conditioning
Admission to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC)

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Additional Information

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…

Location

Hotel Rio Othon Palace

Avenida Atlântica

If you do not contact us to reconfirm pickup time, we assume you will meet us at the Meeting Point at the Front Desk of the Rio Othon Palace (Avenida Atlântica, 3264 - Copacabana).

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

4.6

(18 Ratings)

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Javier

Feb 22, 2025

Visit Niteoroi and Rio de Janeiro - 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.

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Culture53073568404

Feb 22, 2025

Tour paths Niemeyer - Niteroi. - 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.

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Traveler598801

Feb 14, 2025

Private Tour of Niterói Architecture Highlights - A Must When in Rio - 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!

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Vacationer826319

Jan 23, 2025

Efficiency and flexibility - He was a fun guide. She was a lovely woman, bright and energetic, and a good driver. I was able to fully experience the world of Oskar Niemeyer in Niterøy. They were flexible in other ways, and it was a more fulfilling tour than we could have imagined. Niterói is personally difficult to reach and this tour is also recommended for its direct efficiency.

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Marklondonw12

Jan 9, 2025

Excellent tour, strongly recommended - This tour was a brilliant introduction to Brasilia and Jose Alberto was a great guide. We couldn’t have hoped for a better start to our time in Brasilia. Strongly recommended!

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Jose_m

Jan 2, 2025

Good and complete tour of... - Good and complete tour of the most important places in Niteroi and of the Nimeier landmarks, would recommend

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Judith_p

Jul 4, 2024

Niemeyer architecture in Niteroi - Interesting to see the Niemeyer architecture and the museum. Good overview of Niteroi. Guide was great, just the sites except the museum were not open or active.

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Arlenelm8997zh

Apr 5, 2025

We would love to have a guide whom know better about the architecture - 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

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Inspiration48421

Feb 9, 2025

Bad experience. Not to repeat - The agency got it all wrong, gave some instructions to the tour guide and others to me. Result: we were picked up almost an hour later. One of the attractions was closed for maintenance and they didn't know it.

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From $45

up to 15 guests

1 - Adult