Originally Posted by
RodrigoPintoSP
I recommend using a local tour operator to make the most out of your short time in the city. I have used
http://prestheza.com.br before and they are great (although probably more expensive than the 100 BRL taxi budget you have set of the activity). If you contact them they will be able to at least tell you what you'll be able to see in this short period of time.
It would obviously have to be an individual, personalized tour. We took package tour in a minibus and were not thrilled, but because the stops it emphasized weren't our main interests. We got more out of our taxi driver's tour, but we knew in advance where we wanted to go, and we speak Portuguese. I can try to find our driver's number (my wife tends to keep cards). But in the time you'll have, just giving a ist of a few places you want to drive by may suffice. BTW, DO you speak any Portuguese?