2024 Carnival Celebrations: Rio de Janeiro, Tenerife & Venice
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Venice during carnival © iStock
Experience vibrant carnivals in Rio de Janeiro from February 9-17, 2024, or explore Tenerife and Venice for festive celebrations with samba-inspired dances and colorful parades.
Carnivals of 2024: From Rio de Janeiro to Tenerife and Venice overview
Experience vibrant carnivals in Rio de Janeiro from February 9-17, 2024, or explore Tenerife and Venice for festive celebrations with samba-inspired dances and colorful parades.
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- Think of carnival and you’ll probably think of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil’s biggest, most colourful and loudest party is definitely worth a visit.
- But a closer, shorter and cheaper trip to Tenerife or Venice will also enable you to get into the carnival spirit closer to home.
- Find out when you can travel to Rio, Santa Cruz de Tenerife or Venice, and what attractions await you during the 2024 carnival season.
- Rio de Janeiro will soon be bedecked in sequins and feathers as the streets come alive with the sounds of samba and fun.
- Rio’s carnival will take place from 9 to 17 February 2024 – a week before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent in the Catholic Church.
- This has been the tradition ever since 1840, when the Portuguese first organised the “Entrudo” masquerade in Rio, featuring polka and waltz instead of samba.
- The name of the event itself, “carnival”, comes from the words “carne” and “vale”, meaning farewell to meat.
- The epicentre of Rio’s Carnival, with its extravagant and lively samba parade, is the Sambadrome.
- This large concrete structure is 700 metres long and can hold up to 90,000 people on its viewing platforms on both sides of Marquês de Sapucaí Avenue.
- The Sambadrome is a ticketed event and prices for 2024 range from $24 for general admission and standing room to $794 for VIP access, depending on the type of seat.
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