The boxes nearest the judges stay in the same families for years. One has been released.
Six nights over Carnival, with a penthouse above Ipanema and a private box at the Sambadrome for both nights of the great parades. Twelve samba schools of four thousand dancers each, drums you feel in your chest, and floats three storeys high, passing until the sun comes up. By day, the helicopter, the beach and a long lunch in Santa Teresa. On the last night, if you like, a costume of your own and a place in the parade.
A private box at the Sambadrome
A penthouse above Ipanema
A place in the parade
Handled for you
A car at your door, and at every door after it
Bags collected at home and unpacked before you arrive
A concierge on call, day and night, until you are home
Passes, dress codes and the right entrance, sorted before you land
Best time to go
February to March
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Carnival falls in February or early March, forty-seven days before Easter. The great parades are on the Sunday and Monday nights.
In pictures
A samba school enters the Sambadrome
Four thousand dancers to a school
Sugarloaf, from the helicopter
Sunset at Ipanema, before the parade
Rio after dark, from the penthouse
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