Sitio Roberto Burle Marx Tour: Explore House, Art Collection, and Famous Garden
4.6
20 Ratings
Rio de Janeiro
Immerse yourself in the world of Roberto Burle Marx on this tour of Sitio Burle Marx. Explore his house, art collection, and famous garden while learning about his intellectual process and inspirations. Experience the peacefulness of this place and feel his presence. Book now!
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Sitio Roberto Burle Marx - The Sitio Roberto Burle Marx is located 30 miles southeast of the city, in a secluded area.
The architecture Roberto Burle Marx had an avant-garde and modern style and his designs were inspired by cubism and abstractionism, with a distinctly Brazilian style. - Recreio dos Bandeirantes - Panoramic city view of the neighborhood of Recreio dos Bandeirantes.
- Barra da Tijuca - Panoramic city view of the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Entrance to the Sitio Burle Marx
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
The tour offers you the opportunity to see his house and his art collection, mostly folk art, and walk around his famous garden.
You learn about his intellectual process, his ideas, and his inspirations.
Enjoy the peacefulness of this place and feel his presence on this great tour.
Tour guide, ticktes to the the Sitio Burle Marx and roundtrip transfer included.
- We do not operate this tour on Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and Carnival season.
- Final confirmation is subject to availability with Sitio Burle Marx.
- We contact you back with re-confirmation from the Sitio Burle Marx.
- Minimum of 2 people are required for this activity to take place.
- Due to the pandemic, the Sitio Burle Marx has limited the amount of daily visitors.
- Contact us to confirm the pickup time according to hotel location.
Location
Sitio Roberto Burle Marx
Estrada De Guaratiba 2019, Barra De Guaratiba
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(20 Ratings)
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John
Jan 27, 2024
Great visit, interesting guide - Great guide, interesting background information as travelled to the Sitio, great location, local guide also excellent and very interesting visit of plantings and artworks combined. A highlight of Rio, will visit again next time we are here
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Mikewg3298kb
Jan 25, 2024
A must visit for nature and art lovers when in Rio. - We found this garden and presentation of Roberto Burle Marx fantastic and beyond our expectations. Even on a rainy day its was exquisite to walk the gardens and hear off his wife crammed with so much achievement.
The guide we had Matthew was really knowledgeable and interesting.
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Conniels5826uz
Jan 19, 2024
A special place on earth - If you love design or are looking a one of a kind Rio experience this is the tour for you! The house, studio and grounds were hands down spectacular- a highlight of our 11-day trip. Monica, our guide, couldn’t have been more gracious or knowledgeable. You could tell she loved this special place, and her enthusiasm was infectious and made for great story telling. We quickly became immersed in Burle Marx’s philosophy and grew to understand how his approach to landscape design was revolutionary. From what I see, not that many people book this tour and I can’t understand why. It’s just a short drive outside the city and the walk through the property is serene, stunning, and helps give context to the overall evolution of Rio as a city. Don’t hesitate to book with Monica today!
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Shirl_s
Jan 16, 2024
Bromeliads Galiore! - Our tour guide went beyond and above to make this tour memorable gift us. We recommend it for art and nature lovers.
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Cynthya_l
Dec 12, 2022
Beauty in Nature - First, the gardens were beautiful! We learned so much about native and non native plants. The staff was friendly and they knew their stuff! This was the one tour where I took the most photos! It was stunning!
The bonus was that we received door to door service. Our driver was so kind and was fun to ride with.
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Reginacf6933hs
Jan 9, 2022
Amazing!!!! Leandro is the best tour guide!!!!! - Had a wonderful tour with Leandro. He picked me up on time. Drove carefully to the mist beautiful garden in Rio: Sitio Burle Marx.
The garden tour was great! We had great lunch after in a local restaurant that Leandro knew. And he kindly drove back touring the coastline. Leandro too the extra time to make this experience unforgettable beautiful.
If you are looking for this tour, ask for Leandro!!!! He is amazing
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Phills2021
Jan 20, 2021
Sitio Roberto Burle Marx is Open Again: Book a Tour! - Monica provided an excellent tour and experience to sitio Roberto Burle Marx. The studio and gardens only opened up again last week and Monica made sure we saw all of the highlights of the spectacular grounds and understood the work of this great artist. She also built in a side-trip to Barra de Guaratiba and stopped off a local dairy and caixaca distillery. It was a wonderful afternoon and only possible because we used this service. Highly recommended!
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Natalia
Dec 27, 2018
Amazing Landscape - Even though it is a little bit far from Rio, it is so worth it. My husband is a landscape architect and Roberto Burle Marx is his hero. Once we started the tour, I understood why. He was an amazing artist on different mediums. The collection of plants is overwhelming. I would recommend going during the morning when is not that hot yet, it is really humid still but, I cannot imagine dealing with the humidity and the heat at 1 PM.
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Rod_g
Mar 11, 2024
astonishing - the house and gardens were super and also to see the artists working areas plus his collection of all manner of things
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Culture678341
Feb 19, 2024
As above - My trip with Cariocas was cancelled by them less than 24 hours before scheduled visit. They said next available date was in four days time. I requested to reschedule if possible.
Less than 14 hours before visit still awaited response from Cariocas . When asked they were unable to advise about either the visit or repayment.
It would appear that booking money is taken one, two or more weeks prior to tour but Cariocas do not buy any requisite tickets until a day before scheduled visit. No financial outlet by them , whilst money paid earns interest.
When you ask about reimbursement the response - let me have your booking reference.
At best this is utter incompetence, or worse a scam.
Unreliable service.
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