Santa Marta Favela Walking Tour in Rio de Janeiro

Explore Santa Marta Favela on a guided tour with a trilingual local expert and convenient round-trip transfers.

Getting started

Begin by meeting your guide and boarding the vehicle for your round-trip transfers from Rio de Janeiro. After the drive, arrive at Santa Marta, one of the city’s most iconic communities, and get a short orientation before you start walking. Your guided tour of Santa Marta Favela then sets off into the neighborhood’s colorful streets.

What to expect

Santa Marta Favela

Santa Marta Favela is a hillside community in Rio de Janeiro known for its dense layout, local energy, and strong sense of identity. You explore it on foot with your guide, moving through narrow streets, community areas, and key viewpoints that frame Rio from a different angle.

Features

• The guided tour of Santa Marta Favela takes you through colorful streets and alleys, where you observe daily life, local stories, and the authentic lifestyle of residents as you walk.
• With visits to viewpoints with panoramic city views built into the route, you stop at the viewpoint with panoramic views of Rio de Janeiro to see the wider city spread out below.
• An expert Portuguese, Spanish and English-speaking guide leads the entire route, so you can ask questions and follow the experience comfortably in your preferred language.
• Round-trip transfers are included, so your transportation to and from Santa Marta is taken care of and you can focus on the cultural experience instead of logistics.
• Throughout the walk, your guide shares insights on local history and culture, including the social transformation of the community and how Santa Marta fits into the story of Rio de Janeiro.
• As you move between viewpoints and streets, you experience a different perspective of Rio beyond the traditional tourist attractions, combining local interaction, culture, and views of the so-called Marvelous City.