Brazil · Beach & Island

Full-Day Private Tour in the Beach Towns of Santos & Guarujá (Santos Pick-up)

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

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The journey

Trip highlights

01 Private full-day tour of Santos and Guarujá
02 Ride the funicular up Mont Serrat for panoramic views
03 Visit the Coffee Museum and Santos historic center
04 See the largest beach garden in the world
05 Admire the view from Porchat Island hill
06 Enjoy time by the beach in Guarujá
07 Travel with a licensed bilingual private guide
08 Pickup and drop-off in Santos included

Spend a full day exploring the coastal highlights of Santos and Guarujá on a private tour that blends history, scenic viewpoints, and beach time. Discover some of the most beautiful seaside areas on the coast of São Paulo state while travelling with a licensed bilingual guide and private transport.

In Santos, visit major sights such as Mont Serrat, the Coffee Museum, the restored historic center, and Porchat Island, with sweeping views over the shoreline, port, and surrounding islands. Then continue to neighboring Guarujá to enjoy its classic beachfront atmosphere, with soft sand, small waves, and plenty of snack bars and restaurants nearby.

Spend a full day exploring the coastal highlights of Santos and Guarujá on a private tour that blends history, scenic viewpoints, and beach time.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 8 Hours

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access No

City Santos

Languages English, Portuguese, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Ride on a tram upwards Mont 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 (called the cable car of Monte Serrat) that connects the top hill to the center of the city and departs every 20 minutes. 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.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.Take a sightseeing in the beautiful restored historic center of Santos and drive along the 8-km long of continuous, wide and flat strip of sandy beaches. Santos 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.

Santos is also home to the largest port in Latin America where a huge portion of the Brazilian GDP passes through at a never-ending coming and going the transatlantics.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!Guarujá is a classic Brazilian beachfront. A combination of many family-operated businesses, snack bars and restaurants. When you’re hungry, you’ll find plenty of vendors offering all kinds of tasty food, snacks, and drinks. Vendors also rent beach chairs, umbrellas, sur, bodyboards, scooters, and much more.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map — Round trip from Pickup service provided in Santos. 1 city · 8 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

Transport by fully-equipped vehicles.
Pick-up and drop-off are included like hotel, airport or port.
Licensed bilingual private tour guide.
Private driver for groups bigger than 4 people, otherwise the guide drives the vehicle themselves.
VAT, all taxes, handling charges, tolls, parking fees, airport greet and meet service.

What's Not Included

Meals and drinks.
Entrance fees.
Admission fees for Mont Serrat tram $ 10.00 USD
Admission fees for Coffee Museum $ 2.00 USD
Tips. (optional)

Know before you go

INFANT SEATS AVAILABLE
Not wheelchair accessible
Not stroller accessible
Not suitable for pets
No public transportation nearby
Infants must not sit on laps
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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
Pickup 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-offs information:
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).