Cidade do Samba
- Address
- Rua Rivadávia Correa 60 Gamboa
- Website
- Phone
- 021 2213-2503
- Hours
- 10am-5pm Tue-Sat
Lonely Planet review for Cidade do Samba
One of the biggest developments in Rio’s Carnaval world is Cidade do Samba, which opened in 2006. Located north of Centro near the port, the ‘city’ is actually made up of 14 large buildings in which the top schools assemble the Carnaval floats.








