PRAÇA XV , SANTA TEREZA , LEBLON WITH KENNETH HILL AND HIS WIFE COUPLE FROM IRELAND

The tour was on Independence Day we went to downtown at Praça XV to see the ferry  leaving to Niterói , it was not too sunny but a pleasant day for a  tour 

The fisherman with their boats at the entrance of Guanabara Bay byside de habour in downtown area

 

The Albamar Restaurant on Praça XV , they serve nice seafood and Internacional Cuisine and has a very old construction

The niciest couple I have  met from Ireland in  a picture with the

Sugar Loaf Mountain

This is me Diana

                                                               

SANTA TEREZA AND CATHEDRAL

 

Mirante do Leblon The area is leblon with a very nice beach

Kenneth Hill said :

My wife and I recently spent 11 days in Rio de Janeiro. All the sights were beautiful as expected, but the thing that was best of all was the friendliness of the people. None more so than our licensed tour guide Diana Persi, with whom we went to Santa Teresa, Sugar Loaf etc. She is honest, experienced, a safe driver, speaks English ,French, Spanish ,punctual and nothing is too much trouble for her. A laugh is never far away when you are in her company. So if you need a guide when in Rio and the surrounding countryside I could highly recommend dianatoursinrio. Also if you need any fresh fish- no problem.....she knows all the fishermen!.

Thank your Kenneth -

FULL DAY TOUR WITH TWO PEOPLE -U$200 DOLLARS IT TAKES FROM 6 TO 8 HOURS

FLEA MARKET ON PRAÇA XV

  A Flea market at  the streets of downtown  to be visited on Saturdays from 6:00am to 3:00pm , If you arrive early you can by the  best local hadcrafts , they sell ceramic, paintures  ceramics , coins , statues , very different things , it´s one of the old Markets in Rio , this place  tells a lot about our history , located on Praça 15 de Novembro , If you come to Rio de Janeiro you have to visit this  Market .

In the Center of the Square you find a fountain built by the Famous Brazilian sculptor Mestre Valentim

this square has the name of our first President Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca

Alfonso and I at the Flea Market

you can enjoy the architecture  of old buildings some dated from the 19th  Century

Fiscal Island located on Guanabara Bay was entrusted on the 19th Century was famed  as the venue of the last ball hosted by the Brazilian Empire on November 1889 , the castle underwent an extensive restauration