Santos and Guarujá Beach Tour: Private City & Island Trip
Coffee Palace, cable car views, and two island beaches in one day
A private 8-hour tour of Santos and Guarujá combines the city's coffee heritage with beach time across two locations. Your guide picks you up from your hotel, takes you through Santos' Coffee Museum (the old stock exchange), and ferries you to Guarujá for an afternoon on the island's beaches. The tour runs with a professional guide in English, Spanish or Portuguese, and transport by private vehicle is included throughout.
Step-by-step itinerary
Tour Santos city and Guarujá beaches
- Visit Coffee Museum in Santos
- See Santos Port and Coffee Palace
- Optional cable car to mountain top
- Optional visit to soccer player museum
- View Tomie Othake sculpture
- Walk Santos beach area
- Ferry to Guarujá Island
- Visit charming Guarujá beaches
- See largest beach-front garden
- Enjoy overview of Guarujá
- Coffee Museum 1h
- Guarujá passing by
What’s included
- Private transport by vehicle.
- professional guide in your choice of English, Spanish or Portuguese.
- hotel pickup and drop-off at selected hotels.
- ferry passage to Guarujá.
Times
- Every day 08:00 09:00 10:00
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The experience
The day starts in Santos, where your guide walks you through the Coffee Museum, housed in the building that was once Brazil's coffee stock exchange. You'll also have the option to ride the cable car up the mountainside for views across the city, or visit the Pelé Museum if that interests you. The guide shapes the stops around what you want to see, so the morning isn't locked into a fixed sequence.
After Santos, you take a ferry across to Guarujá, where the afternoon is spent on the island's beaches. The beaches here have soft sand and good surf, and the guide will show you the charming spots locals favor. One of them sits next to the world's largest beachfront garden, which gives a sense of the scale of the place. You'll also get an overview from higher ground before heading back to the ferry for the return to Santos.
The tour runs 8 hours total. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included for selected hotels, and the guide speaks your language: English, Spanish or Portuguese. One practical note: Guarujá doesn't allow vans or buses into the city itself, so if your group is four people or larger, the tour stays in Santos and skips the island portion. Groups of three or fewer proceed to Guarujá as planned.
Is this one for you?Book this tour if you're traveling solo or with one or two others and want to see both Santos' coffee history and island beaches without arranging your own transport or ferry tickets. Groups of four or more will stay in Santos only, so if you're a larger party, expect a city-focused day rather than the beach portion.
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Top questions
What languages is the tour guided in?
Live guide in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
What is the Coffee Museum in Santos?
The Coffee Museum occupies the old coffee stock exchange building, where Brazil's coffee trade was historically managed. It's now a museum dedicated to the country's coffee heritage and history.
Do I have to visit every stop on the tour?
No. The cable car ride and the Pelé Museum are optional. Your guide will take you to them if you want to go, but you can skip either one and spend more time at the beaches or elsewhere.
Can I go to Guarujá if I'm traveling in a group of four or more?
Groups of four or larger stay in Santos only, because Guarujá's regulations don't permit vans or buses to enter the city. Groups of three or fewer travel to Guarujá as part of the tour.
What's included in the 8-hour tour?
The tour includes private transport by vehicle, a professional guide, hotel pickup and drop-off (for selected hotels), and ferry passage to Guarujá. Food, drinks and lunch are not included.
How do I get to the beaches in Guarujá?
You take a ferry from Santos to Guarujá. The ferry crossing is part of the tour, and your guide travels with you to show you the best beaches and spots once you arrive on the island.
Santos and Guarujá Beach Tour: Private City & Island Trip
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