Welcome to the first Segway Tour in Brazil
iCafe do Sul Consultoria welcomes you to the Segway Tour in Porto Alegre. You will be one of the first driving a Segway in all Brazil.
Porto Alegre is offering the best conditions to use the Segway. All sidewalks in Porto Alegre have ramps required by law so the city seemed to be designed for the Segway.
The 3 hour tour is an absolut individual tour limited to one client with a personal guide ! You can count on a save experience with a personal trainer in all situations. We offer guides speaking english, german, spanish, catalan, japanese and portuguese.
The Tour: We go on tour in the district of CIDADE BAIXA, the so called "SoHo" of Porto Alegre. You will glide through the biggest park of the city - The FARROUPILHA PARK.
See the market "Brique da Redenção" on Saturday and Sunday. In Centro we see all the Great Moments in baroque architecture and you will learn why the street "Rua da Praia" don´t have a Praia (beach).
From Centro we glide to a stop over at the most photographed building in Porto Alegre: The Gasômetro. There you learn the secrets of a brazilian technologie - the Aeromovel: A train driven by the wind.
Finally we fly the Segways along the shores of river Guaíba and at the right time you will experience the beauty of the Sunset of Porto Alegre.
Sights on the tour:
- Cidade Baixa / Brique da Redencao
- Farroupilha Parque
- Lago Guaiba
- Sao Pedro Theatro
- Mercado Público
- Catedral Metropolitana
- Prefeitura
- Ingreja Nossa Senhora das Dores
- Palacio Piratini
- Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana
- MARGS- The Museum of Art
- Gasômetro
TOUR Information
Language
english / german / spanish / catalan / japanese / português
Meeting Point
Cidade Baixa, Centro Comercial Nova Olaria,
Rua General Lima e Silva ,776 - lojas 13 e 14
Price
R$ 150,00, $ 100, € 60 per person. We accept cash: R$, $$, €. VISA, Mastercard and all brazilian debit cards
Duration
Approximately 3-4 hours, dependend on your needs of training.
Reservations Required
Phone: (51) 8194 5508
Training
First we offer a 30-minute training on the Segway. In a closed area you can experience the self-balancing technlogie of the Segway. We will practice how to drive the Segway forwared, backward and sidewards. Also incline, downhill and how to climb a ramp. If you feel comfortable you will be allowed to use the Segway without speed limitation in the fast mode.
User restriction
Minimum 12 years old. Minors under 18 must either be accompanied by an adult who have to complete the paperwork in advance of the tour. We don´t recomend the tour for pregnant women.
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iCafe do Sul Consultoria Ltda is registered in Porto Alegre, CNPJ 09.364.371/0001-27.We founded the first Segway Tour Company in Brazil after experience with Segways in Barcelona, Paris and Berlin. Our goal is to promote the Segway in Brazil for private use.
