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Petrópolis Day Trip from Rio de Janeiro including Imperial Museum and Crystal Palace
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Stop At: Quitandinha Palace, Av. Joaquim Rolla, 2 - Quitandinha, Petrópolis - RJ, 25650-340, Brazil
Get a nice perspective outside of Quintandinha Palace as soon as you arrive in Petropolis and take nice photos of the beautiful building.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Imperial Museum, Rua da Imperatriz 220 Centro, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25610-320 Brazil
Arriving at Petropolis, start off at the Imperial Museum, housed in the former summer palace of Pedro II, Brazil's second emperor. Follow your guide into this restored Austrian-style palace built in 1845, and get a good look at how Brazil’s royalty once lived.
Walk by tapestries, antique furniture and jewels, and gawk at the imperial crown studded with over 600 diamonds and 77 pearls, weighing nearly four pounds (1.9 kg). See the golden quill used by Princess Isabel to sign a law that liberated Brazil’s slaves in 1888.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Restaurante Catedral, R. da Imperatriz - Centro, Petrópolis - RJ, 25685-300, Brazil
You will have one hour or so to have lunch (not included) in a local restaurant before walking to the Gothic Cathedral
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Catedral de Sao Pedro de Alcantara, Rua Sao Pedro Alcantara 60, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25685-300 Brazil
The tour will continue on to the Gothic Cathedral where Princess Isabel was buried along with the tombstones of D. Pedro II and his wife.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Museu Casa de Santos Dumont, Rua do Encanto, 22 _ Centro Próximo ao Relógio das Flores, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25685-081 Brazil
You will go to the 14 Bis Square and then walk to the Santos Dumont Museum House, better known as The Enchanted. A picturesque residence embedded in a steep town in the city, built in 1918.
The Museum preserves and disseminates a memory of the father of Brazilian aviation, the engineering genius who revolutionized the world.
The visit to this Museum is optional and therefore the tickets are not included.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Crystal Palace, Rua Alfredo Pacha S/N 0, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25685-210 Brazil
Walk over to a quiet park and feast your eyes on the Crystal Palace, a ballroom of glass and steel with chandeliers, all built and imported from France, as a gift to Princess Isabel from her husband. Hear about the expositions and royal parties once held here.
You will stay here for around 40 minutes if you are going to the Teresa Street later. But if you are going to the Bohemia Beer Factory, the visit here will last for 10 minutes only
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Rua Santa Teresa, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25625-970 Brazil
If you want to, in your free time, you can choose to visit between the Teresa Street or the Bohemia Beer Factory.
The Teresa Street is an open air shopping with great variety of goods, clothes at a very good price. Take your time and buy souvenirs for the whole family.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Cervejaria Bohemia, Rua Alfredo Pacha 166, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25685-210 Brazil
If you want to, in your free time, you can choose to visit between the Teresa Street or the Bohemia Beer Factory.
If you are more into local beers, you should visit the Bohemia Beer Factory (tickets not included), the first of its kind in Brazil. The tour is an interactive journey through the history, art and science of brewing. Find out all about beer from ancient times to the present day. Taste Bohemia direct form the source and live the whole experience in a modern and interactive environment. The Brewery Bohemia also has an emporium, a bar, and restaurant for you to enjoy all of their special beers with tasty dishes and snacks.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
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This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Quitandinha Palace, Av. Joaquim Rolla, 2 - Quitandinha, Petrópolis - RJ, 25650-340, Brazil
Get a nice perspective outside of Quintandinha Palace as soon as you arrive in Petropolis and take nice photos of the beautiful building.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Imperial Museum, Rua da Imperatriz 220 Centro, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25610-320 Brazil
Arriving at Petropolis, start off at the Imperial Museum, housed in the former summer palace of Pedro II, Brazil's second emperor. Follow your guide into this restored Austrian-style palace built in 1845, and get a good look at how Brazil’s royalty once lived.
Walk by tapestries, antique furniture and jewels, and gawk at the imperial crown studded with over 600 diamonds and 77 pearls, weighing nearly four pounds (1.9 kg). See the golden quill used by Princess Isabel to sign a law that liberated Brazil’s slaves in 1888.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Restaurante Catedral, R. da Imperatriz - Centro, Petrópolis - RJ, 25685-300, Brazil
You will have one hour or so to have lunch (not included) in a local restaurant before walking to the Gothic Cathedral
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Catedral de Sao Pedro de Alcantara, Rua Sao Pedro Alcantara 60, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25685-300 Brazil
The tour will continue on to the Gothic Cathedral where Princess Isabel was buried along with the tombstones of D. Pedro II and his wife.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Museu Casa de Santos Dumont, Rua do Encanto, 22 _ Centro Próximo ao Relógio das Flores, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25685-081 Brazil
You will go to the 14 Bis Square and then walk to the Santos Dumont Museum House, better known as The Enchanted. A picturesque residence embedded in a steep town in the city, built in 1918.
The Museum preserves and disseminates a memory of the father of Brazilian aviation, the engineering genius who revolutionized the world.
The visit to this Museum is optional and therefore the tickets are not included.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Crystal Palace, Rua Alfredo Pacha S/N 0, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25685-210 Brazil
Walk over to a quiet park and feast your eyes on the Crystal Palace, a ballroom of glass and steel with chandeliers, all built and imported from France, as a gift to Princess Isabel from her husband. Hear about the expositions and royal parties once held here.
You will stay here for around 40 minutes if you are going to the Teresa Street later. But if you are going to the Bohemia Beer Factory, the visit here will last for 10 minutes only
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Rua Santa Teresa, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25625-970 Brazil
If you want to, in your free time, you can choose to visit between the Teresa Street or the Bohemia Beer Factory.
The Teresa Street is an open air shopping with great variety of goods, clothes at a very good price. Take your time and buy souvenirs for the whole family.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Cervejaria Bohemia, Rua Alfredo Pacha 166, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25685-210 Brazil
If you want to, in your free time, you can choose to visit between the Teresa Street or the Bohemia Beer Factory.
If you are more into local beers, you should visit the Bohemia Beer Factory (tickets not included), the first of its kind in Brazil. The tour is an interactive journey through the history, art and science of brewing. Find out all about beer from ancient times to the present day. Taste Bohemia direct form the source and live the whole experience in a modern and interactive environment. The Brewery Bohemia also has an emporium, a bar, and restaurant for you to enjoy all of their special beers with tasty dishes and snacks.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Included
- Guided tour
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Imperial Museum Entrance Ticket
- Entry/Admission - Imperial Museum
Not included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Entrance fees to Bohemia Beer Factory
- Entrance fees to Santos Dumont House
- Entry/Admission - Quitandinha Palace
- Entry/Admission - Restaurante Catedral
- Entry/Admission - Museu Casa de Santos Dumont
- Entry/Admission - Cervejaria Bohemia
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- The specific departure time for this tour will be determined upon reconfirmation.
- Stroller accessible
- Tour has free time for visiting other main sights. Only tickets for Imperial Museum are included in price. Entrance fees to any other attractions are not inlcuded.
- Most travelers can participate
- Entrance fees to Santos Dumont House: BRL 8,00
- Entrance to Bohemia Beer Factory: BRL 39,00
- Prices are approximated and subject to change without notice.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
75%
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Honestly if the tour guide TT hadn't been so funny and entertaining I don't know that I would have enjoyed this tour so much. She and the Imperial Museum are what made it worthwhile. The other sites on the tour were somewhat meh. And the hour spent shopping I could have done without, absolutely nothing of interest on that street. I would have enjoyed more time walking in the historical area by the imperial museum. It looked much more charming than anything on the street for the shopping area.
This tour was amazing!
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 leisurely pace. Tanya was exceedingly accommodating in having the driver drop me off close to the port so as to reboard my ship. The tour was well worth the price, and the guide was worth her weight in gold.
Petropolis is a fascinating place if you are interested in history. The guide was very knowledgeable about the different places we visited and could answer our questions. It is also a very picturesque place and we had plenty of opportunities for photographs, except in the Imperial Museum where it is not allowed. My only issue were there were times when things could be more organized. We were left in downtown for shopping for over one hour, and everyone felt that was a waste of time.