Half Day City Tour in Manaus with lunch

Teatro Amazonas

During the sightseeing drive, we will show you the old Manaus, remembering the rubber boom  of the turn of the last century like São Sebastião Square, visit inside the 19th century Palácio Rio Negro built  to  be the private  residence  of a German rubber baron and later the Governors office until 1997, transformed after this date in Cultural Center, the Rio Negro Palace shelters today several exhibitions. The floating Harbor, which was built  by  the  English  in 1903 keeping in mind the annual rise  and  fall  of the Rio Negro, the Customs House, pre-fabricated in Liverpool (England) and shipped to Manaus most of one hundred years ago, the clock tower (called little Big Ben), Matriz Square and the Cathedral. Walk through the Municipal Market was built in front of the Rio Negro, in art nouveau style and inaugurated on 1882.   Its architecture is compared to the extinct Les Hales Market, from Paris. It works until these days as a business center of regional products, learn about the local fish, fruits and medicinal herbs with many pharmacies with natural products. The highlights of the tour will be a visit to the lavish Opera House built almost entirely of European material during the rubber boom and inaugurated in 1896. Lunch at local restaurant included.