Brazil · City Tours

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

6 Hours Round trip from Pickup service provided in Santos. Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Private Santos sightseeing tour with hotel or port pick-up
  • 02 Visit the Coffee Museum and learn about coffee’s role in Brazil
  • 03 Ride the funicular up Monte Serrat for panoramic city views
  • 04 See the chapel at Monte Serrat, dating from 1603
  • 05 Admire the coastline from Niemeyer’s monument on Porchat Island
  • 06 Spend time by Santos’ famous beachfront gardens
  • 07 Discover the story of Pelé at the Pelé Museum
  • 08 Travel with a licensed private guide and private transport

Discover the highlights of Santos on a private half-day tour that combines history, culture, panoramic viewpoints, and the city’s famous beachfront. Ideal for cruise passengers or visitors staying in town, this experience offers a convenient overview of one of Brazil’s most important coastal cities.

Along the way, explore landmarks such as the Coffee Museum, Monte Serrat, Porchat Island, the beachfront gardens, and the Pelé Museum. With private transport and a licensed guide, you can enjoy Santos’ historic center, scenic outlooks, and seaside atmosphere in comfort.

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.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 6 Hours
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access No
City Santos
Languages English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

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.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.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.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.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.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Pickup service provided in Santos. 1 city · 6 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Transport by fully-equipped vehicle.
  • Professional licensed private tour guide.
  • Private driver for groups bigger 4 people, otherwise the guide drives the vehicle themselves.
  • VAT, all taxes, tolls, handling charges, parking fees during stops and port Greet & Meet service.
  • Hotels and port pickup and drop-off. (Within Santos and its greater area limits)

What's Not Included

  • Entrance fees and admission fees.
  • Food and drinks.
  • Gratuities (optional)

Know before you go

  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not stroller accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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). 'For tours starting at the port, please send us the ship information so that we can track it and be waiting for you at the right time.' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In the very unlikely situation that the client are not able to locate our driver, please call our emergency telephone number below. Contacts:
  • 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).

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Pickup service provided in Santos.
Tour start
Pickup service provided in Santos.
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 6 hours finish where they began, in Pickup service provided in Santos..

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