Other activities in Rio De Janeiro
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Casa do Caminho Language Centre
The Casa do Caminho Language Centre offers intensive group classes – three hours a day for five days for R$320, or 60 hours of class time over a month for R$820. Profits go toward the Casa do Caminho orphanages in Brazil.
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Associação Centro de Capoeira Angola
A capoeira center in Catete with two-hour classes on weekdays (running from 4pm to 10pm Monday through Thursday and 6pm to 10pm on Friday).
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Maracatu Brasil
Maracatu Brasil is one of the best places in Rio to study percussion. It’s very active in music events throughout the city. Instructors here offer courses in a number of different drumming styles: zabumba, pandeiro and symphonic percussion, as well as guitar and other instruments. If you plan to stick around a while, you can arrange private lessons (R$250 for four one-hour classes) or sign up for group classes (from R$100 a month). On the 1st floor of the lime-green building, Maracatu sells instruments.
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Rio Water Planet
Rio Water Planet claims to be the biggest aquatic park in Latin America. Waterfalls, artificial beaches (a bit surprising in this part of the world) and lazy rafting rivers are part of the attractions, as are Rio Kart Planet (an open-air kart track), Rio Show Planet (an area for shows) and Rio Circus Planet. Children under 1m tall get in free.
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Saveiros Tours
Saveiros leads daily two-hour cruises out over Baía de Guanabara in large schooners. The route follows the coastline of Rio and Niterói with excellent views of Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf), the MAC, Ilha Fiscal and the old fort of Urca. You'll sail under the Niterói bridge.
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Nova União Team
Owned by one of the greatest Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and jiujutsu coaches in the world, Andre Pederneiras, this place offers three-to-four jiujutsu classes a day, plus muay thai, boxing and MMA classes taught by some of the best MMA fighters in the world.
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Tour Shop
This outfit runs a variety of excursions (from R$40), including a daily two-hour open-sided bus tour that visits 12 of the peninsula’s beaches. You can also book schooner and rafting tours, and trips by glass-bottomed catamaran.
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Angola N'Golo
This welcoming place to study capoeira in Santa Teresa is run by Mestre José Carlos. Classes are held in the open-sided space next to the Largo das Letras bookshop and restaurant above Largo do Guimarães.
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Queen Lory
This outfit offers daily 2½-hour and five-hour schooner tours (from R$50) to Ilha Feia, Tartaruga and João Fernandinho. It also rents buggies (around R$120 per day) and arranges fishing and diving trips.
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Instituto Brasil-Estados Unidos
The respected Instituto Brasil-Estados Unidos has three different levels of classes. Each meets two hours a day, four times weekly over four weeks and costs R$1220.
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Grande Rio
Starting in September (in preparation for Carnaval) – or sometimes as early as July – most big samba schools open their weekly rehearsals to the public. Grande Rio is one of them.
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Pink Fleet
Runs two-hour weekend cruises to all of Rio’s best water-accessible attractions in a German-made luxury cruise ship (skip the nonincluded, unmemorable meal).
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De La Riva Jiu-Jitsu
Popular among foreigners, the Equipe 1 gym where the school is located also offers classes in other styles, including boxing, judo and kick boxing.
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Terra Encantada
The Enchanted Land is a large amusement park in Barra. It includes Cabhum (a 64m, 100km/h free fall), Ressaca (a toboggan ride that goes over a waterfall) and many other rides.
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Imperatriz Leopoldinense
A Samba school may be a large dance party and not specific lessons in samba. They are fun to watch, and you may be able to learn samba .
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Gracie Barra
Gracie Barra is the world's biggest jiujutsu affiliation and focuses exclusively on jiujutsu, teaching no other martial arts.
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Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel
An escola de samba (samba school) is a professional troupe that performs in the grand samba parade during Carnaval.
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Salgueiro
Salgueiro is one of the popular Samba schools with tourists.
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Mangueira
Mangueira is one of the popular Samba schools with tourists.
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Rocinha
Samba School that performs in the grand samba parade during Carnaval.
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Ciclovia
Free delivery to hotels in the Zona Sul.
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Vila Isabel
Vila Isabel is a Samba School.
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Viradouro
Viradouro - Samba School.
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Porta da Pedra
One of the Samba Schools.
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Unidos da Tijuca
A Samba School.
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