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Explore Behind the Scenes of Carnival and Samba in Rio

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Tickets for Explore the Backstage of Rio's Carnival and Samba, Rio de Janeiro
🎫 Adult ticket (ages 12 to 59)
🎫 Senior ticket (age 60 and over)

The ticket includes:

  • Guided tour of the Grande Rio samba school's barracão - one of the city's leading samba schools in Rio de Janeiro
  • Presentation of the explanatory panel: a little of the history of samba and carnival parades
  • Getting into the mood: access to costumes for photographing and trying on
  • Taste: welcome caipirinhas
  • Samba class with a professional dancer from the samba school


General Info
🕒 Time: daily at 11am or 4pm
⏳ Duration: approximately 1h30
📍 Location: Carnaval Experience, Avenida Binário do Porto - Main Entrance to Cidade do Samba - Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22132-503, Brazil
👤 Age requirement: 12 years and over; alcoholic beverages for 18 years and over
👉 Experience available in Portuguese and English
♿ Accessibility: wheelchair accessible
❗ Attention: experience not recommended for pregnant women
📱 You will find your entry in the confirmation email and in the tickets
❓ For this experience, all sales are final and tickets are not refundable or exchangeable. For more information, please consult our terms and conditions

Description
If life is a party, Carnival is samba and you won't want to miss the only guided tour behind the scenes of Rio's most famous Carnival. Visit Cidade do Samba and feel like you're in another world. Start by seeing how the floats and costumes are produced, get to know the history of samba and carnival, and also stop by the dressing room full of costumes, where you'll have the chance to dress up and take some photos. But the experience doesn't end there! Show off your dance moves in a samba class with a professional dancer from the samba school and finish with a traditional caipirinha, Brazil's national cocktail! Live life, live samba, live Carnival! Buy your tickets now to Explore the Backstage of Rio's Carnival and Samba in Rio de Janeiro!

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How to get there?

Samba City

R. Rivadávia Corrêa, 60 - Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro, 20220-290

Rio de Janeiro


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