Rio de Janeiro: Samba Soul Experience – Visit to Samba School’s Warehouse

Rio de Janeiro: Samba Soul Experience – Visit to Samba School’s Warehouse

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Rio de Janeiro: Samba Soul Experience – Visit to Samba School’s Warehouse

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The best way to get inside Rio's Samba Culture: visiting a Samba School Warehouse

There is no better way to get inside Rio’s Samba culture than this. Although the famous Carnival Parade happens once a year, the ongoing work on the backstage happens every day. You will go to the Cidade do Samba and visit the Academicos da Grande Rio warehouse and contemplate their costumes, allegories and curiosities. A guide will lead you through a tour where the Carnival Spirit will get inside of you

24 hours Fully refundable when canceled up to 24 hours in advance
3:30 Hours Approximately Duration of experience
Tour Guide / Driver Type of tour leader
Suitable for wheelchairs Access type

Experience

  • Guided Visit to Academicos da Grande Rio’s Warehouse
  • Exposure Room – learn a bit of Samba History
  • Carnival fantasies to wear and photograph
  • Taste Caipirinha, the famous Brazilian drink

  • Guided Visit to Grande Rio’s Warehouse
  • Roundtrip transfer to/from most hotels located in Sao Conrado, Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon (South Zone)
  • Professional Tour Guide
  • Drinks (Water and Caipirinha)

  • Food

  • The specific departure time for this tour will be determined upon reconfirmation.
  • Please wait for your guide in the hotel lobby of your selected hotel. if your hotel is not listed, contact us so we can inform you the closest pick up location and time.
  • Keep in mind that if you want to avoid picking other passenger, just ask us to be picked up from the last departure point on the tour
  • Light clothes, sunscreen and sunglasses are recommended

There is no better way to get inside Rio’s Samba Culture than this. Although the famous Carnival Parade happens once a year, the ongoing work on the backstage happens every day. You will go to the Cidade do Samba (City of Samba) and visit the Acadêmicos da Grande Rio warehouse and contemplate their costumes, allegories and curiosities. A guide will lead you through a tour where the Carnival Spirit will get inside of you.



Learn about the history of Samba and Carnival Parade in the Exposure Room

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Highlights
  • Guided Visit to Academicos da Grande Rio’s Warehouse
  • Exposure Room – learn a bit of Samba History
  • Carnival fantasies to wear and photograph
  • Taste Caipirinha, the famous Brazilian drink
Includes
  • Guided Visit to Grande Rio’s Warehouse
  • Roundtrip transfer to/from most hotels located in Sao Conrado, Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon (South Zone)
  • Professional Tour Guide
  • Drinks (Water and Caipirinha)
Excludes
  • Food
Essential Information
  • The specific departure time for this tour will be determined upon reconfirmation.
  • Please wait for your guide in the hotel lobby of your selected hotel. if your hotel is not listed, contact us so we can inform you the closest pick up location and time.
  • Keep in mind that if you want to avoid picking other passenger, just ask us to be picked up from the last departure point on the tour
  • Light clothes, sunscreen and sunglasses are recommended
Itinerary

There is no better way to get inside Rio’s Samba Culture than this. Although the famous Carnival Parade happens once a year, the ongoing work on the backstage happens every day. You will go to the Cidade do Samba (City of Samba) and visit the Acadêmicos da Grande Rio warehouse and contemplate their costumes, allegories and curiosities. A guide will lead you through a tour where the Carnival Spirit will get inside of you.



Learn about the history of Samba and Carnival Parade in the Exposure Room

... See more
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Customer Reviews

5.0
based on 2 verified reviews
Dec 8 2023
Great value for money & a uniquely Rio experience delivered with Carioca style.
Mrs Deborah Nelson
Feb 16 2016
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