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Petrópolis & Bohemia Brewery: Imperial City & Beer Tasting

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Free cancellation

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Duration8h

GroupUp to 100

LanguagesEN · PT +1

PickupAt your hotel

The Road to Petrópolis: Where Rio's emperors built their escape

You drive into Rio's mountains to Petrópolis, walk through the Imperial Museum and Crystal Palace with entry included, visit the Cathedral and historic palaces, eat lunch, and end the day tasting handmade beer at Bohemia Brewery. Hotel pickup and all museum tickets are part of the package, so you show up and move through the day without arranging transport or entry fees separately.

Step-by-step itinerary

Travel from Rio to Petrópolis
Visit Imperial Museum
Visit Cathedral of Petrópolis
Visit Crystal Palace
Visit Palace Quintandinha
See Relogio das flores
Tour Bohemia Brewery Museum
Enjoy beer tasting at brewery

The Experience

You drive out of Rio's urban sprawl and the landscape shifts. The road climbs into the mountains, and within an hour you're in Petrópolis, the Imperial City where Emperor Pedro II spent his summers 70 kilometers from the coast. The air changes — cooler, greener, the kind of place where horse-drawn carriages still move through tree-lined streets and the architecture belongs to another century. The day unfolds through the city's main landmarks: the Imperial Museum, where you walk through rooms that held the royal family; the Crystal Palace, a glass structure that catches light in ways that make you stop and look; Quintandinha Palace; and the Cathedral. Lunch is built into the schedule, so you're not hunting for a place to eat between stops.

The Bohemia Brewery Museum sits at the end of the day, and this is where the tour shifts from history to something more immediate. You taste handmade beer — the kind that's made locally and doesn't travel far — and the brewery itself is a working operation, not a museum pretending to be one. The tasting is included, which means you're not doing the math on what to order. It's a natural way to close out the day: you've moved through the city's past, and now you're sitting with something people actually make and drink there.

The drive back to Rio takes you the same route in reverse, but you're tired in a good way — the kind of tired that comes from walking through museums and climbing palace stairs and standing in a brewery tasting room. If you're traveling with infants, specialized seats are available, so that logistics piece doesn't become its own problem.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off.
entry to the Imperial Museum.
entry to the Bohemia Brewery Museum with beer tasting.
lunch.
visits to the Crystal Palace, Quintandinha Palace, and Petrópolis Cathedral.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availableInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Brazil Trip Turismo

Is this one for you?Pick this if you want to leave Rio for the day without arranging your own transport or buying tickets at each stop — the drive into the mountains and the mix of history and beer tasting fills a full day without gaps or decisions.