Rio Travel Info | Rio de Janeiro Events

18 – 21 Feb 2012
Everyone has heard of the Rio Carnival – it’s the benchmark against which every other carnival is compared. A spirit and energy takes over the city and has everyone enraptured for four days of infectious rhythmic shuffling and unbeatable revelry. Sambadrome, Avenida Marques de Sapucaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Rio de Janeiro Carnival is considered to be the largest party in the world. This year it will be organized between 5 and 8 of March and it should be pretty amazing (like it was in the past!). Here is the schedule for this year:

The idea to have a full day of celebrating samba was born at the end of the I National Congress that was organized between November 28th and December 2nd, 1962. It was created by a degree and since then every December 2nd is the National Samba Day in Rio de Janeiro. It is considered to [...]

Will start on February 13th (Saturday) from 11pm and is the high point of the night. It is the most famous and luxurious Carnival Ball – the natural choice if you are looking for sophistication and glamour. All the tickets include buffet dinner and free open bar. There are different tickets for the individual dining [...]

It is the highlight of the 2010 Rio de Janeiro Carnival. A must see show in order to find out why the Carnival is that famous. All the Carnival world will be revolving around this event. Here the best samba schools will be showing off their talents to the public. They will be performing on [...]