Top Recife Self-guided Tours

Recife's old town sits where two rivers meet the sea — and this hunt takes you through the history that grew up around that meeting point. This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Recife on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time. • Stand at Marco Zero, the symbolic ground zero of Recife Antigo and the point from which all distances in the city are measured • Walk the legendary Rua do Bom Jesus, one of Brazil's oldest streets and the former centre of Dutch colonial trade in the Americas • Visit the Igreja da Madre de Deus, a baroque church that has watched over the waterfront since the 17th century Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and choose yours when you start the game in the app. Around 2 hours - any group size. Where the Atlantic meets the rivers, Recife's story begins — and this tour tells it from the start.