Rio Art Tours was founded by German cultural scientist Emel Mangel, writer of a cultural travel guide book about Brazil - Emel will be your guide on any tour you book here.

After several journalistic activities, in 2011 her cultural guidebook to Brasil Fettnäpfchenführer Brasilien was published by Conbook - In 2012 Emel figured out time had come to accomplish her dream of moving to Rio de Janeiro. From there, she writes as a cultural correspondent for ZEIT ONLINE and other German media.

For visitors wishing to take a graffiti city tour, the company street art rio specializes in showing some of rio de janeiro's best murales, and can be contacted via email or on this link.