3H CITY TOUR (pick up / delivery within Sao Paulo city limits)

Great way to get an overview of São Paulo. The tour guide, Gil use to live in the US in CA so he has great points of reference for comparisons. He is easy to get in contact and communicate with ahead of time. Due to a canceled flight there were some changes with scheduling and hotel pick-up on our end and he was very accommodating. There were limitations on what we could see do to closures with COVID which was expected. There were some conflicting things between hours posted online and in person. Gil attempted to work that out ahead of time by calling ahead. Still had an informative tour and got to see a variety of things! Gil is very knowledgeable and has a great grasp of history and information on different sites. He is well known by different vendors in the Municipale Mercardo. We were excited to visit the market and told him we had hoped to try cashew fruit and some other local fruit. Some vendors do offer samples and we would not have minded paying since with the hotel we did not have access to knives for any fruit that had to be cut. He has preferred vendors within the market. So we visited one fruit vendor and he pointed out the cashew fruit and they let us try a sample of dragon fruit. But we were a little disappointed we were unable to try more fruit, especially the cashew fruit, or visit other fruit vendors. But he was very helpful in coordinating with vendors and we were able to purchase some great souvenirs for family! Overall a great tour and would definitely recommend Gil!

I booked the 5 hour tour of Sao Paulo with Gil. I was weary of booking a tour because I haven't enjoyed too many of them in the past but boy was I proven wrong. Gil was AMAZING! He arrived promptly at the hotel and I told him my interests around arts, culture and food. He built the tour around this. He was so knowledgeable and personable. He told the story of Sao Paulo beautifully. We walked the streets of Villa Madalena, visited a few cathedrals, saw a jaw-dropping view of the city at the Museum of Contemporary Art, ate lunch at Mercado Municipal and drove through Japan Town. I walked away learning so much about the Brazilian history and culture. You would be making a huge mistake by not booking this tour with Gil! Highly recommend!

We chose the 5 hour private tour with Gil and the whole experience was fantastic. His knowledge of the city’s history, culture and traditions was very educational and entertaining. We had researched many other tour companies and based on reviews and itinerary options decided to choose Gil and felt like we made the best decision. It made for a much more personalized experience and we would definitely recommend him as your future tour guide.