Maracanã Stadium Tour & Gastronomic Experience with Local Host

5 (3 reviews)  •  South America, Rio de Janeiro

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Hosted by: Matheus

English, Español, Portuguese 5 (69 reviews)

What's included

Stadium Tour

Local Guide

Subway

What we will do

Hi, I’m Matheus, your Local Host in Rio de Janeiro, and football has been a part of my life since very young! I’m ready to show you the best of Rio’s football scene and culture!

Get ready to visit the most iconic stadium in the world: the Maracanã! Feels like a football/soccer star entering the field on this 3-hour tour of the legendary Maracanã Stadium. See a collection of mementoes of the stars who made history in this temple of world football. Get ready for an exciting journey, exploring its history with video, sound and a variety of different experiences.

Opened on June 16, 1950, it has hosted World Cup games that year and some matches from the 2014 World Cup, including the grand final. It also hosted the 2013 Confederations Cup games, the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2007 Pan American Games and, more recently, the Olympic Games in 2016 and the Copa America in 2019. Scenario of the most important derbies of Brazilian football, Maracanã has also received historical moments of international football. Monumental facts, such as the thousandth goal of Rei Pelé, in 1969, also happened on the pitch of the Brazilian football temple!

Maracanã underwent a major renovation for the 2014 World Cup and currently has a capacity for 78,838 fans. The stadium was modernized and today meets international safety, logistics and sustainability requirements!

It is not every stadium that has seen 2 World Cup Finals! There is a lot of history here and excitement in the air. You don’t have to imagine how the world’s biggest football stars such as former players Zico, Pelé and Garrincha feel here, you can feel it too.

To end the tour and experience, we’ll hang out at the most traditional bar in the Maracanã neighborhood, always with cold beers and delicious and traditional snacks.

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Matheus

Host since 2022

  • 5 (69 reviews)
  • English, Español, Portuguese
From £59 9 / person
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5 (3 reviews)

Conor Murray

5.0  •  12/10/2023

Definitely recommend - we really enjoyed the tour, Matheus is a really nice guy, passionate about football and Brazil and overall a great guy to spend time with. Was great to do the tour of stadium with him and get some additional insights and stories on the amazing stadium! His passion for Botafogo has myself and my girlfriend following their results now and we hope to make a trip someday to go watch them play! Overall really enjoyable experience.

Floris Stigter

5.0  •  12/10/2023

If you're looking for an amazing stadium tour with a passionate and genuine guide, Matheus is your guy! The Maracanã tour was amazing, because Matheus knows everything about Brazilian football, especially about his own club Botafogo. It's great to see this passion and all history in the stadium! After the stadium, we visited Matheus' favorite local bar, where we enjoyed a great local snack and had a few beers all together. This really makes the experience unique from others. In the end, we did not only have an amazing experience, we also made a new good friend! Thank you Matheus, you're always welcome to visit us in Rotterdam. 😉✌️

Slobodan Arsić

5.0  •  08/03/2022

It was a wonderful experience visiting one of the world's most iconic stadiums. The local host was very knowledgeable and a real encyclopedia of football stories

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What's included in your experience

  • Stadium Tour


  • Local Guide

    Bilingual local fan of the club

  • Subway


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