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Little Africa And The City Of Samba: Where Dreams Come True

Location Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil, Brazil
$96.86
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Overview

Visit the most typical places of the first African cultural manifestations in the Americas. Take a new look at the two cultures, African and European, and its legacy in the arts, cuisine, dance and music, highlighting the Carnival.
• Visit the City of Samba, or City of Dreams, an area where the Samba Schools develop the floats that will parade in the Sambodrome
• Understand how celebrations of Catholic and African merged its cultural manifestations and producing the most famous Carnival in the world.
• Visit the current region of the Port, which for decades received thousands of Africans from different ethnic groups, nations, and cultures.
• Visit Pedra do Sal (Salt Stone), where the Community of Remnants of Quilombos is located and considered as Cultural Heritage.
• Get to know Valongo Wharf, the largest African point of entry in the Americas. It has been submitted to UNESCO to become World Heritage.
Little Africa And The City Of Samba: Where Dreams Come True
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 5 hours

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
  • Snacks
  • Bottled water
  • Food and drinks

Meeting point
Go to the Hotel Copacabana Palace and wait for the guide.
Return details
Go to the Hotel Copacabana Palace and wait for the guide.

  • Pedra do Sal
    This local is considered Little Africa, one of the places in Rio where the samba was born.
  • Cais do Valongo
    Considered by UNESCO Human Heritage due to its importance to understanding the influence African culture in the Americas
  • Instituto de Pesquisa e Memoria Pretos Novos - IPN
    Visiting the cemetery of new blacks, watching a video describing the history of the arriving the Africans in America
  • Cidade Do Samba
    The place with twelve pavilions where main samba schools prepare its floats for the carnival parade at the Sambadrome

  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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    Little Africa And The City Of Samba: Where Dreams Come True

    Location Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil, Brazil
    $96.86
    This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.
    How it works?
    01 You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
    02 We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
    03 Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!
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