Santos & Guarujá Beach Tour: Funicular, Coffee Museum, Ferry

Funicular to a mountaintop fort, coffee tasting, and a ferry ride across to another beach

A full-day private tour from São Paulo to the coastal towns of Santos and Guarujá combines city history, a working port, and beach time. You ride a funicular cable car up Mont Serrat for views over the port and islands, visit the Coffee Museum to taste Brazilian varieties, walk the 5.3-kilometer beach garden, cross by ferry to Guarujá's sandy shore, and return to your hotel after 10 hours.

Step-by-step itinerary

Stops and time spent at each

1. Our Lady of Mount Serrat Fort40m
2. Coffee Museum40m

Explore Santos and relax in Guarujá

• Ride funicular tram up Mont Serrat
• Have breakfast at Coffee Museum café
• Visit Coffee Museum exhibits
• Tour historic center of Santos
• Drive along Santos beach garden
• Admire view from Porchat Island hill
• Take ferry to Guarujá beach town
• Relax on Guarujá sandy beach
• Enjoy snacks and drinks beachfront

The experience

The day starts with a 90-minute drive from your São Paulo hotel to Santos, where the funicular tram climbs Mont Serrat every 20 minutes. From the top, the viewpoint takes in the entire port, the largest in Latin America, the city sprawl, the Bertioga Canal, and the islands beyond. The cable car itself is the access. There is no hiking involved. Afterward, breakfast and a walk through the Coffee Museum let you taste coffees ground on the spot and learn how coffee shaped Brazil's economy.

The restored city center and its beaches come next. Santos holds the world's largest beach garden (5,335 meters of continuous, flat sand lined with flowers and trees), and you drive the full 8-kilometer stretch. The port traffic never stops. Ships move constantly through one of the hemisphere's busiest harbors. Then you head to Porchat Island, where a monument on the hilltop frames views of the shoreline, Saint Vincent (the first permanent Portuguese settlement in Brazil), and the horizon where paragliders drift overhead.

A ferry boat takes you across to Guarujá, a family-oriented beach town with snack bars, restaurants, and vendors renting chairs, umbrellas, and boards. The beach has soft sand and small waves suited to swimming. You have time to eat, drink, and sit before the return journey to São Paulo.

What’s included

• Hotel or airport pickup and drop-off in São Paulo.
• private bilingual guide (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, or other languages on request).
• fully-equipped vehicle transport.
• ferry boat crossing to Guarujá.
• parking, tolls, and all taxes.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day11 departure times: the first at 06:00, the last at 11:00

Book up to4h before

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 9 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortInfant seats availablePets welcome

Operated by Gregtur Turismo

Is this one for you?Pick this if you want a full day of beach exploration from São Paulo without driving yourself. Your guide handles transport and narrates the route while you relax as a passenger.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What is the Coffee Museum in Santos, and what can I do there?

The Coffee Museum sits in Santos city center and has a coffee shop where you can taste different types of Brazilian coffee ground fresh before each cup. The museum itself covers the role coffee played in Brazil's social and economic development.

What will I see from the top of Mont Serrat?

The Mont Serrat viewpoint overlooks the port of Santos, the city, the Bertioga Canal, the Estuary, and Barnabé and Santo Amaro Islands. On clear days, you can see ships on the horizon and, weather permitting, paragliders in the air.

How do I get to the top of Mont Serrat?

A funicular cable car system connects the city center to the hilltop and departs every 20 minutes. The ride itself is part of the tour, and the access is included.

What is Porchat Island, and what is there to do?

Porchat Island sits off the coast of Santos. A monument on the hilltop offers views of the shoreline, the city of Saint Vincent, and the open water with waves and paragliders visible from above.

How long is the beach in Santos, and what makes it special?

Santos has an 8-kilometer stretch of continuous, wide, flat sandy beach. The beach garden itself is 5,335 meters long and is recorded in the Book of Records as the largest beach garden in the world, planted with flowers and maintained trees.

What is Guarujá like as a beach destination?

Guarujá is a classic Brazilian beachfront with family-run restaurants, snack bars, and vendors. The sand is soft, the waves are small and suited to swimming, and vendors rent beach chairs, umbrellas, surfboards, and other equipment by the hour.