The Museu do Amanhã lit up at dusk on its pier at Praça Mauá

Itinerary · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Centro and the port in a day

The old city and the rebuilt port: an opera house, a reading room, a tearoom and the Museum of Tomorrow.

One day

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  1. 10:00

    1The Theatro Municipal

    Centro·Opera house

    A guided tour.

  2. 11:30

    2Real Gabinete Português de Leitura

    Centro·Library

    The carved reading room.

  3. 12:30

    3Confeitaria Colombo

    Centro·Historic tearoom

    Lunch in the Belle Époque room.

  4. 14:30

    4Museu do Amanhã

    Praça Mauá·Science museum

    By the VLT to Praça Mauá.

  5. 16:30

    5MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio

    Praça Mauá·Art museum

    Next door.

  6. 17:30

    6The Valongo Wharf

    Gamboa·UNESCO site

    A place of memory.

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