4-Hour Private Carnaval Experience with Pickup: Carnival backstage, Samba & more

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Private guide and pick-up to Carnaval Experience (Samba City).

The only tour behind the scenes of Rio’s carnival, the most famous carnival in the world!

On this tour you will discover the behind-the-scenes of the greatest Carnaval in the world! Have a unique and authentic experience exploring the backstage, the secrets, the people working, and the preparations for the parade!

What you’ll do?

During the tour, accompanied by a bilingual guide, you will visit the Cidade do Samba (“Samba City”), the carnival factory, and see from up close how the floats and costumes for the grand parade are produced. You will also learn about the history of Samba and the carnival in Rio.

Afterward, you will be able to try on real carnival costumes and take beautiful pictures with them, as well as participate in a SAMBA WORKSHOP with a professional dancer from our samba school.

You’ll finish by sharing a delicious caipirinha, Brazil’s national cocktail!

See you at our tour!!
Viva o Carnaval!!

Additional Info

Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours



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Private guide and pick-up to Carnaval Experience (Samba City).

The only tour behind the scenes of Rio’s carnival, the most famous carnival in the world!

On this tour you will discover the behind-the-scenes of the greatest Carnaval in the world! Have a unique and authentic experience exploring the backstage, the secrets, the people working, and the preparations for the parade!

What you’ll do?

During the tour, accompanied by a bilingual guide, you will visit the Cidade do Samba (“Samba City”), the carnival factory, and see from up close how the floats and costumes for the grand parade are produced. You will also learn about the history of Samba and the carnival in Rio.

Afterward, you will be able to try on real carnival costumes and take beautiful pictures with them, as well as participate in a SAMBA WORKSHOP with a professional dancer from our samba school.

You’ll finish by sharing a delicious caipirinha, Brazil’s national cocktail!

See you at our tour!!
Viva o Carnaval!!

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Carnaval Experience, Avenida Binário do Porto – Entrada Principal da – Cidade do Samba – Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22132-503, Brazil

• Bilingual guide

Guided tour to the Grande Rio samba factory – one of the main Samba Schools of the city of Rio de Janeiro 

Presentation of the explanatory panel: some of the history of samba and the carnival parades

Getting in the mood: costume layout to dress and photograph

Samba Flavor: welcoming caipirinhas
• Samba Class with a Passista!

The Tour does not includes transportation. 

We will meet in the Cidade do Samba (Inside the Samba City complex under the smaller tent in the middle of it).

To get here:

There is a VLT (tram) station in front of the main entrance of the City of Samba.

If You came by UBER or Taxi just ask for the Cidade do Samba.

Viva o Carnaval!!

Duration: 2 hours



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