Santos Overview – The Best Sights: Half-Day Private Tour (Santos City Pick-up) | 6 hours

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Santos Overview – The Best Sights: Half-Day Private Tour (Santos City Pick-up)
2 Adults x $342.00
$684.00
Approx Total
$684.00
Pickup included

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: Portuguese, English, French, Spanish
  • Professional licensed private tour guide.
  • Transport by fully-equipped vehicle.
  • VAT, all taxes, tolls, handling charges, parking fees during stops and port Greet & Meet service.
  • Private driver for groups bigger 4 people, otherwise the guide drives the vehicle themselves.
  • Hotels and port pickup and drop-off. (Within Santos and its greater area limits)
  • Entrance fees and admission fees.
  • Food and drinks.
  • Gratuities (optional)

Overview

Get yourself out of a rut taking a guided private city tour in the beach town of Santos visiting its most significant sights to have an overview of it.
This tour could be either for you who are going to arrive at the seaport terminal in Santos on a cruise ship or for those who are staying at a hotel in town. Santos has a rich history as being one of the first settlements in Brazil, the village of Santos was founded in 1546. It stands out for its 7 km of beaches, flat terrain, tropical climate, offering advanced touristic infrastructure, with many hotels, flats, bars and restaurants, shopping malls, tours and tourist attractions for all tastes, in addition to a buzzing nightlife. 
The city of Santos has the largest port in Latin America, a beautiful restored historic center and a major highlight is the largest beach garden in the world, recorded in the Book of Records with 5335 meters long, full of flowers and carefully treated trees.


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PICK-UP INFORMATION: • Wherever place you specify at the time of the booking in the city of Santos. As it’s a private tour, you choose the best pick-up point that suits your needs as long as it's within the city of Santos limits or the seaport terminal. • We DO NOT do ... pick-ups for this specific tour in the city of São Paulo or the countryside. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DROP-OFF INSTRUCTIONS: • Wherever place you specify at the time of the booking in the city of Santos or its surroundings. As it’s a private tour, you choose the best drop-off point that suits your needs as long as it's within the city of Santos. • We DO NOT do drop-offs for this specific tour in São Paulo, countryside or GRU airport. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HOTEL PICK-UP INSTRUCTIONS: • As soon as the tour guide arrives at your hotel, they get the front desk to call you in the room in case you are not at the lobby. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SANTOS PORT DISEMBARKING: • Upon disembarking from the ship at the Santos terminal the customer will be met by our staff (or guide) who will be holding a sign with their name on it. The staff will be waiting for them even if the ship is delayed. • The meeting point is within the terminal area and it's numbered as "2"(Meeting point 2). It is in front of the CROSSWALK, underneath the shelter of the bus platform facing the way out of the terminal named as P3 (Gate P3). Read more ▼

Itinerary

  • Museo de Cafe

    Have a breakfast at the stylish coffee shop of the coffee museum in Santos, and visit it to learn about the importance of the coffee for Brazilian socio-economic development. The coffee shop offers the opportunity to try out all the types and aromas of coffees grounded right before drinking.

    40 minutes

  • Monte Serrat

    Ride on a tram upwards mount Serrat which is a peak that has a superb panoramic viewpoint from the former old casino on the top of it. The access to the hill is made by a funicular system that connects the top hill to the center of the city and departs every half hour. From its viewpoint, it is possible to have a complete view of the port, the urban part of Santos and surroundings, Bertioga Canal, Estuary and Barnabé and Santo Amaro Islands. At the top of peak lays a 17-century Chapel of Our Lady of Monte Serrat, patron saint of the city and one of the historical attractions of it, dating from 1603.

    40 minutes

  • Porchat island

    Admire the marvelous view of the shoreline of Santos and the city of "Saint Vincent" (First permanent Portuguese settlement in Brazil) from Niemeyer’s monument on the top of Porchat Island hill. You'll be able to see the whole shore, ships on the horizon, waves being formed, people like ants and paragliders flying around! The belvedere was projected by the famous Oscar Niemeyer Architect, and inaugurated in 2002 due to 500th year of Brazil's "Discovery". It purely makes this place even more special! In addition, you can enjoy a good lunch at a nice restaurant beside the Niemeyer’s monument. It is an obligatory stop while you are in Santos.

    20 minutes

  • Calcadao da Orla de Santos

    Spend some time at the well-maintained beach with the world's largest beachfront garden according to Guinness Book of Records. The beach has a variety of trees, plants and flowers spread between the street and the edge of the sidewalk by the sand. Several exercises stations and cycle tracks if you are in a mood to exercise, or benches to sit down and relaxing sipping on a cold coconut water directly from the fruit, long white sandy beaches for recreation and sunbathing, a variety of options to eat from, and very colorful vendors all over its extension.

    40 minutes

  • Museu Pele

    The Pelé museum presents the history of the word's most famous and genius football player, Pelé. Pelé played for Santos, which is why there is a museum dedicated to him in this city. The 5-story building museum has a very comprehensive collection of prizes and highlights about the 2 football World cups won by Pelé, photos and video footage, interesting facts about special matches, timeline of his life, and much more. The museum is English speaking friendly and doesn’t cost much to go in. A good way to spend a couple of hours in Santos.

    40 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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Reviews

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Showing 1-5 of 19 reviews with 5 stars

Fantastic tour!

Published on Feb, 2025

Diogo was a fantastic tour guide who spoke excellent English and really bespoke our tour with exactly what we wanted. Thoroughly recommended!

Hendrick was a wonderful...

Published on Jan, 2025

Hendrick was a wonderful guide in Santos. We discussed the significance of the location and historical perspectives on Brazil. We got a great overview of the city. He was very flexible and solicited suggestions as to how we wanted to tailor the experience. All in all, a great tour.

Santos visit

Published on Apr, 2024

We booked a private tour with Nelio. He was amazing. We had such a great experience. He took us to all the important sites and to a beautiful restaurant with an amazing view for lunch. Very friendly, not rushed and very professional. I highly recommend this company and ask to book with Nelio.

Fantastic time in Santos

Published on Apr, 2023

This tour was absolutely fantastic. I would highly recommend this tour. We really enjoyed our time by the coffee museum having lunch, authentic with Caipirinha’s! We really enjoyed what the pannicular as well.

Best of Santos-amazing!!!

Published on Apr, 2023

Our tour operator, Jessica, did a fantastic job showing us the sites of Santos. We really enjoyed hearing about the history of Santos, and also enjoyed and amazing and authentic lunch complete with Caipirinha’s. The. The nuclear we went up along with a separate and complete tour of the former social House and casino at the top of the hill along with the original Church of the settlement of Santos there was fantastic as well. I highly recommend this tour!

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