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"The Road to Rio"

EcoAdventures Extension
Sugar Loaf Mountain and Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sugar Loaf Glowing Over Rio

4 Days/3 Nights from $299

Rates Include:
• Accommodations in hotel of choice, tax & service
• Round-trip airport/hotel transfers via private car/van with guide in Rio
• Buffet breakfast daily
• Half-Day motorcoach tour of Rio's Sugar Loaf

NOTE: Airfares NOT included. Call 800-326-5025 for airfares from major US cities.

Hotels Selection  
Package Rates
Extra Nights
 
Season
Dbl
Sgl Supp.
Dbl
Sgl Supp.
Oceano Copacabana
APR-JUN
$355
129
$75
139
MAR, JUL-DEC 20
299
140
85
155
Excelsior Copacabana
(Standard)
MAR-AUG
$435
230
$115
230
SEP-DEC 28
485
280
140
280
Excelsior Copacabana
(Superior)
MAR-AUG
$460
129
$129
255
SEP-DEC 28
520
159
159
315
Excelsior Copacabana
(Deluxe Oceanview)
MAR-AUG
$575
369
$185
369
SEP-DEC 28
689
400
245
485
Praia Ipanema
(Superior)
APR-AUG
$515
310
$55
310
MAR, SEP-DEC 27
539
330
165
330
Praia Ipanema
(Deluxe Oceanview)
APR-AUG
$595
389
$195
389
MAR, SEP-DEC 27
615
409
205
409
JW Marriott
(Atrium View)
MAR-AUG
$615
409
$205
409
SEP, DEC 01-28
670
431
216
431
OCT-NOV
659
454
227
454
JW Marriott
(Deluxe Oceanview)
MAR-AUG
$759
545
$273
545
SEP, DEC 01-28, OCT-NOV
725
523
261
523
Sofitel Rio Palace
(Classic)
MAR-MAY, OCT-NOV
$665
398
$220
418
JUN-SEP, DEC 01-27
655
389
215
409
Sofitel Rio Palace
(Deluxe Imperial Oceanview)
MAR-MAY, OCT-NOV
$995
700
$390
741
JUN-SEP, DEC 01-27
795
530
290
555
Excelsior Hotel, Rio de Janerio, Brazil
Excelsior Hotel,
Copacabana Beach


Sofitel Rio Palace Hotel, Rio De Janerio, Brazil
Sofitel Rio Palace Hotel, Rio de Janeiro

Note: Low Season = APR-JUN, AUG & SEP, DEC 01-DEC 20.
Rates are not valid during Christmas/New Year’s Eve, Carnival or Easter Week.
Rates subject to change without notice
.

Suggested Optional Rio Day Tours
Two Brothers, Ipanema Beach, Rio
$49
Samba Show at Rio's Plataforma Cabaret
Half-Day Motorcoach Corcovado & Tijuca Forest Jeep Safari
79
49
69
95



Optional Tours
Outside of Rio

After all of that sizzle, we recommend a quiet getaway to one of the beaches north or south of Rio.

Brazil packages include
: hotel accommodations, tax & service, daily Brazilian buffet breakfast and round-trip ground transfers.

 

Brazilian tapestry
Handwoven Brazilian Tapestry


Take a kayak ride along Joao Fernandez beach. Then stop at one of the many local beachfront restaurants for a cool tropical fruit drink under a forest of umbrellas.
Take a kayak ride along Joao Fernandez beach. Then stop at one of the many local beachfront restaurants for a cool tropical fruit drink under a forest of umbrellas.
Buzios (Romantic Getaway)
3-Day Extension
Click here for slideshow

Drive north 2½ hours from Buzios Map, BrazilRio to the seaside resort of Buzios, playground to European and Brazilian jet setters. The resort is built in the Portuguese colonial style around an antique fishing village that is located almost at the tip of a long, 92-square kilometer cape that juts out into the Atlantic in a west/northeast direction. There are 23 charming beaches to chose from skirting the peninsula. Follow a day of sunbathing or windsurfing with shopping and a sumptuous seafood dinner. Rates include round-trip transfers from Rio via shuttle van/bus with a driver.

Click on downtown area to see a closeup map

Buzios Map, Brazil

The oldest and most quaint part of town is Armacao/Centro Beach ("praia" in Portuguese), with Canto Beach further to the northwest. The old church sits on a point between Armacao and Ossos beaches.

Old Town Chapel Virgin overlooking Praia dos Osos, BuziosThe "old" town is characterized by a beautiful church from the 1700s, sitting on a promontory which divides the city beach (Armacao) and the piers from Praia dos Osos, (left), so named because in whaling times, that is where the whalers dumped the whale bones."The Three Fishermen"

There is a famous statue in the bay of Old Town called "The Three Fishermen" (right). Here you can see them at low tide. (Move your mouse over the image and see them at high tide.) At low tide the beaches are quite large, and the water is warm and very clean and clear – you can see tropical fish swimming around your feet!

When you're finished swimming and/or sunbathing on the beach, you can either walk back to town, (a 20-30 minute walk), or for about US $3 you can take a taxi, or if it is still daylight, a water taxi (below, left) for about US $4.

If it is still daylight, you can take a water taxi back to town for about US $4The main, commercial part of town stretches off in a southern and western direction.The town of Buzios is adorned with adorable shops and restaurants like this avant-garde Mexican restaurant. The shopping district covers about 20 square blocks of pedestrian-only streets. It is chock-a-block full of shops, restaurants, and shoppers. There are lots of neat, tucked-away "malls" with art galleries and lots of shops with unique, beautiful crafts.

There are all sorts of restaurants of all nationalities, like this colorful avant-garde Mexican restaurant (right), or more traditional restaurants, with both indoor and sidewalk dining. Average price for dinner with salad and a glass of wine: US$10 with carne, US$15 for seafood.

Hotel Selection
Tour Rates Per Person
Low Season
High Season
Armacao Beach
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Pousada Abracadabra (Standard Room)
$230
459
210
$289
570
260
Extra Nights
70
139
60
99
195
85
 
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Pousada Abracadabra (Deluxe Room)
$300
599
275
$345
690
310
Extra Nights
105
209
90
127
255
110
 
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Casas Brancas (Standard Room)
$340
685
309
$440
870
390
Extra Nights
125
250
109
175
345
150
 
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Casas Brancas (Superior Oceanview)
$410
820
369
$520
1030
460
Extra Nights
160
320
139
215
425
185
 
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Casas Brancas (Suite)
$660
1130
500
$465
1470
650
Extra Nights
239
475
205
469
645
280
 
Joao Fernandes Beach
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Colonna Park
$290
535
355
$720
810
585
Extra Nights
100
177
89
170
315
149
 
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Galapagos Inn
$325
650
n/a
$425
850
n/a
Extra Nights
118
235
n/a
169
335
n/a
 
Per Person Supplement
1 Person
2 Persons
3 Persons
Upgrade to ONE-WAY transfer via private car/van with English-speaking driver.
$365
175
140
NOTE: Low Season: APR 01-JUN 30 & AUG 01-DEC 15.
Rates include round-trip transfers from Rio via shuttle van/bus with a driver.
Rates are
not valid during Christmas/New Year’s Eve, Carnival or Easter Week
Rates subject to change without notice.
Take a stroll or bicycle ride on the beach at Buzios.
Take a romantic stroll or bicycle ride at
sunset on the boardwalk at Buzios
View of the beach from Colonna Park Hotel, Buzios, Brazil
View of Joao Fernandinha Beach
from Colonna Park Hotel

Portobello

3-Day Extension
Just a one and a half-hour drive south of Rio, this tropical resort offers a resplendent Polynesian-style setting with all beachfront rooms. Enjoy horseback riding, schooner trips and pristine, unspoiled beaches.
Note: Rates are based on seat-in-bus transfers.
Hotel Portobello**
Rates Per Person
Sailing vessel anchored in protected cove, Portobello Hotel, Brazil
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Low Season
$499
760
498
Extra Nights
$189
289
185
High Season
$645
879
619
Extra Nights
$259
349
245
Upgrade to private transfers
$360
795
275
Single rates based on a minimum of two passengers traveling together.
**Rates include breakfast and dinner daily.
Rates subject to change without notice.
Sailing vessel anchored in protected cove,
Portobello Hotel, Brazil

Portobello & Paraty
4-Day Extension

After two nights at Portobello, continue down the coast for a night at colonial Paraty, a national monument that offers a variety of inns, art galleries, small boutiques and restaurants.
Hotel Portobello**
&
Pousada do Imperial Paraty
Rates Per Person
Colonial Church, Paraty, Brazil
Dbl
Sgl
Tpl
Low Season
$669
1025
655
Extra Nights
$66
119
60
High Season
$845
1195
810
Extra Nights
$100
167
95
Upgrade to private transfers
$499
825
325
Single rates based on a minimum of two passengers traveling together.
**Rates include breakfast and dinner daily.
Rates subject to change without notice.
Colonial Church, Paraty, Brazil

Click here for EcoAdventures other Optional Brazilian Tours to Ouro Preto, Iguassu Falls, Brasilia, Salvador da Bahia or Recife & Olinda!