8-Hour Recife & Olinda Highlights Tour

View along the coast

Recife City Overview

On the way to Olinda's highest hill

Olinda City Overview

Highlights

Olinda, Recife

architectural, cultural, sightseeing

Group Tour

8 Hours

Easy

English, Portuguese

Description

Explore the highlights of the Brazilian towns of Recife & Olinda in 8 hours. Discover the best-preserved colonial town of Olinda, brimming with galleries, artisans' workshops, colourful houses and other architectural wonders. Visit Recife, known as “the Venice of Brazil”, for its many waterways and wells stocked with 17th-century churches and edifices.

Itinerary

Recife and Olinda Tour
- Explore Recife's modern neighbourhood, called Boa Viagem and stop for coconut water on the beachfront boardwalk.
- Travel to the old town of Recife Antigo.
- Walk through the Marco Zero square and Bom Jesus Street.
- Proceed to Republic Square.
- Visit the Golden Chappel, a gem of Brazilian baroque.
- Continue to Casa da Cultura, a former prison now a handcraft mall.
- Move along Olinda's highest hills to visit the SÉ Cathedral and the Benedictine Monastery, with its gold-leaf altar.
- Savour some local snack called Tapioca.
- Pay a visit to Francisco Brennand ceramic workshop & museum.
Return to the hotel.