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

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5 hours (approximately)
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Offered in: Portuguese and 3 more

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.

What's Included

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

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Note: Upon request, by a message, we can pick you up and drop you off at your lodging location, including port Cruise, within a 15 km radius of the Meeting Point: Hotel Copacabana Palace, Av. Atlântica, 1702, CEP 22021 001, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. The local supplier will confirm the exact time of your hotel pick-up by Phone or email.

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Meeting point

Go to the Hotel Copacabana Palace and wait for the guide.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 5 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Pedra do Sal

    This local is considered Little Africa, one of the places in Rio where the samba was born.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Cais do Valongo

    Considered by UNESCO Human Heritage due to its importance to understanding the influence African culture in the Americas

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3

    Visiting the cemetery of new blacks, watching a video describing the history of the arriving the Africans in America

    40 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 4
    Cidade Do Samba

    The place with twelve pavilions where main samba schools prepare its floats for the carnival parade at the Sambadrome

    1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • 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
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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