Julio is an excellent guide with great knowledge, magnificent ideas and fine taste!!! It's a pleasure being guided by Julio!!! We had a great time in Rio and we fully recommend him!!! More

Me and my tree friends had a blast with Julio, at Vidigal, climbing till the top of the oldest brother of Morro dos Dois Irmãos. The view was amazing and gave us strength to complete the trail. Once at the top we took lovely and very fun pictures. Great sensation of freedom! After getting back down we had a delicious... More

Our final destination of our South American Cruise was Rio. We had to disembark at 9 am and our flight was not until later that evening. We spent the day seeing the sights in Rio with a wonderful guide, Julio from Laid Back in Rio Tours. He picked us up at the port and showed us his hometown from the... More

My husband and I had the pleasure of having an all day private tour with Julio on our recent trip to Rio. It was the highlight of our time in Rio and probably of our whole month in South America. He showed us his city in a most relaxed and delightful way. He is a great tour guide and we... More

We had just 6 hours to spend in Rio and Julio made the best out of it. He picked us up at the airport, took us to the most popular sights and provided us with a custom-made tour. He managed to keep the balance between intensive sight seeing and relaxing moments - just a perfect day. More

we had a great time with julio. we took the secluded rio beaches tour and had an awesome time. I felt i would have never seen those secluded beaches without julio's knowledge. I recommend the beaches tour to everyone. Thanks rio. More

Julio is a magnificent guide. He speaks virtually perfect English, is very attentive to the needs of his guests and operates a very comfortable and air conditioned vehicle. He knows intimately all of the major tourist attractions and their histories, as well as encyclopedic knowledge of general Brazilian history, including flora and fauna and animal life. Julio is also happy... More

Great knowledge of the area and just the right amount of narration. Warm and caring personality would make me seek him out time and again. We had 2 other guides and preferred Julio over the others. More

I am a travel agent from the US so anywhere I travel, I try to book private tours and this one was one of the best. My husband and I had Julio as our guide. His hospitality, humor, flexibility, relaxed attitude and superb knowledge of the city made the tour interesting and fun. The day was beautiful so we first... More