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

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

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 5 hours

Departs: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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.

What's Included

Bottled water

Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)

Snacks

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Traveler Information

YOUTH: Age: 10 - 17
ADULT: Age: 18 - 90

Additional Info

Face masks provided for travellers
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
We follow the rules of the Health Ministry and the Wolrd Health Organization.

Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

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

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

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

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

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

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Cidade Do Samba

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

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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