Far more than seeing Rio.
You have to know how to live it.

Tours led by licensed guides, with history, safety and good conversation.

There is a difference between seeing Rio
and understanding Rio.

Every monument has a story behind it. Our job is to tell that story.

The city you have seen in photos
holds two hundred years of stories.

From the arrival of the Royal Family to the samba of Lapa, Rio makes sense when someone explains it.

Your Rio de Janeiro is not
the same as anyone else s.

We build the itinerary around what you want to see, at your own pace.

From Christ the Redeemer to the streets
almost no one shows you.

Postcard sights, historic centre, communities, trails and viewpoints.

Welcome to the marvellous city.
Let us get to know it properly.

Fifteen years guiding those arriving for the first time and those coming back for more.

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Marco Viggiani
Licensed guide · 15 years in Rio

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Knowing a city is not simply walking past its monuments

My name is Marco Viggiani, known here as Marcao Guia de Turismo. I am a CADASTUR-licensed guide, historian and researcher of the history of Rio de Janeiro. Showing this city in a professional, human and safe way is what I have been doing for fifteen years.

We want to take you to Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf Mountain and the Maracana. But also to the Rio of the Portuguese Royal Family, of palaces and fortresses, of samba and of its communities. Because there is an enormous difference between seeing Rio de Janeiro and understanding Rio de Janeiro.

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The experience is far richer when visitors can discover the city in their own language.

Portugues • Espanhol • Italiano • Frances • Ingles

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No itinerary speaks for itself. After fifteen years guiding visitors around Rio, what remains on record is the experience of those who were here, and that says more about our work than any tour description could.

Marcao Professor e Guia de Turismo RJ

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