Sitio Roberto Burle Marx Tour Guidato Biglietto e Transfer

Monica was an amazing guide. She was incredibly passionate, informative, and really fun to be around! We had a wonderful time talking to her. All of the logistics were as described as well. This is a do not miss tour and was easily one of the highlights of our trip. It is a stunningly beautiful place and must be seen to be believed. We got a little unlucky with the weather and it rained all day, but I would do it again under those circumstances in a heartbeat!

Wonderful morning at Burle Marx (the rain meant that it was lovely and quiet. The greens of the trees and plants were even more vibrant). Fascinating to also see his home and art collections. With all of Monica’s knowledge it gave as a better understanding of the man and his genesis work. There were a number of languages in our group and Monica was able to jump from one language to another enabling everyone to get some much from the day .

One of the most beautiful parks in the region All with a guide who listens and who accompanies us during the visit to translate us

The guide was excellent and knowledgeable. These gardens are worth visiting.

Amazing discovery of the Roberto Burle Marx Sitio: lots of cultural stuff. The best comes because of Dario, the top ranking kind of a guide: utmost skilled as nice. You have to deal with him.

The site is one of the world's greatest gardens and one of the best house museums I have seen. The guide shared information about Brazilian culture, the city of Rio, and the Sítio Burle Marx and was able to translate the on-site group guide's Portuguese discussion of the property into English for me to understand better. In addition to being fluent in several languages (Spanish, French, Italian, as well as Portuguese and English), he was cordial, intelligent, and kept our little group in order despite misbehavior from the other two tour customers.

Advertised as a group tour, but the transport provided was a compact car. We were two people crammed in the back with a third client for a 1 hour trip, each way. Very incomfortable. No notice the day before of the transport nor that we were traveling in a car intended for private tours, and not a van as is the norm for group tours. Carioca Tours did nothing to resolve the situation, did not provide an alternate vehicle suitable for this type of tour. Did not answer our calls but responded by text with the excuse that it is an automated number and can not take calls, however texts were responsed by a person on the same number. The tour guide Renato was very unprofessional and did not handle the situation in a respectful way. Zero attention to the clients comfort. Stopped at a gas station and very aggressively threatened to abandoned us in the middle of nowhere. When we refused to get out of the car he slammed the door on us. Avoid this tour, it is overpriced for what it is. Get an uber for $10-$15, and pay the entrance at Sitio which is about $3-$4. This is an overpriced transport to Sitio, the tour guide did not provide any service. The tour at Sitio is provided by one of Sitio’s guides. We ended up taking an Uber back to Rio. Do not book tours with Carioca Tours, terrible service and lack of attention to paying clients needs.

The tour is not even a tour. The guide is just a driver and the tour is only in English through the museum guy. I am absolutely disappointed with this tour.

This was an excellent tour with Monica B. and Alan (our driver). It ended up being a private tour with just my husband and I as tourists. We couldn't praise her enough for her professionalism, her deep knowledge of her subjects, and her warmth and personal charm. Monica is a very knowledgeable guide, and took excellent care of us the whole way, even pointing out locations of interest along the way to the Sitío. She translated the Protuguese site guides' remarks for us, but she was also able to give us a lot of background on Roberto Burle Marx as a person, how he used his home, and some of his background. The gardens are spectacular, the landscape architecture is inspirational for anyone who gardens or just enjoys a pleasure garden. The nation of Brasil has done an excellent job of maintaining the site as it was meant to be. It was a unique and enriching experience for us in our exploration of Rio de Janeiro.

We really enjoyed the tour to Sítio Burle Marx!! He was not only an accomplished landscape designer, but also a very talented painter and sculptor. The sitio contains numerous plants from all over the word, and various settings where he experimented with different characteristics for growing the plants. In his home, where he lived until his death in 1994, contains numerous paintings by Burle Marx as well as from other artists. Our tour guide Monica was also excellent. She was very knowledgeable of Burle Marx’ life as well as his many accomplishments. Monica is very friendly, and in addition to sharing her knowledge about Burle Marx and Rio de Janeiro, provided great conversation as we explored the sitio. Overall, a very nice afternoon if Rio>