The Couples Route · 7 Days
A real BBE itinerary, day by day. Not a brochure. Not a group tour. Just the shape a typical couples trip takes when you have a local crew routing it.
Day by Day
Your Experience Concierge meets you at GIG airport. Private transport to your apartment in Ipanema or Leblon. Hotel sourcing happens on the planning call, so the apartment is locked in once we know your dates and style.
Then a short neighborhood walk: the corner padaria, the closest beach entrance, and where to get water. No map scavenger hunt. Just orientation.
Predawn cable car up Sugar Loaf. Sunrise over the city before the crowds arrive. Just you, the city waking up, and the bay below.
Go classic with Christ the Redeemer. Take a beach day at Rasta Beach by Posto 1, Ipanema at Posto 9, or Arpoador at sunset. If it is a Monday, Little Africa and Pedra do Sal are on the table. Or leave the city for a day trip: hang gliding or a quieter beach town.
Chef Arthur Benicio arrives at your apartment. Le Cordon Bleu trained. MasterChef Brasil alum. He brings groceries and his knives and cooks a multicourse tasting menu built for two.
SWAP: if you would rather go out, we book a chef tasting restaurant, then Boate Save in Lapa. Open bar floor, mixed crowd, no dress code.
Mix and match from the same list: Christ the Redeemer, Rasta Beach at Posto 1, Ipanema at Posto 9, Arpoador at sunset, Little Africa and Pedra do Sal on a Monday, or a day trip for hang gliding or a beach town. This is the rhythm of a real trip, not a fixed script.
Free beach morning. Sleep in, swim, do nothing. In the afternoon, add a Lookout if you want: someone trusted to watch your things while you swim. From $69.
Vidigal at sunset. Bar da Laje. The sun behind the mountain, the city below.
SWAP: if it is a Friday, close with one last night out at Casa Black. Samba, pagode, funk, and afrobeats.
The 7 day route is $3,500 per couple. That works out to $1,750 per person, private, with your own local crew. Big group tours to Brazil start at $2,599 per person for a shared room. With a stay booked through us, most couples land between $2,200 and $2,350 a person for the week, outside the holiday peaks.
Deposit is 30 percent to lock dates ($1,050), refundable for 14 days unless the trip starts within 30 days.
The free 30 minute planning call is where we build the real version of this around your dates, your energy, and the places you must see. We've got your back.
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