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Carnival in Rio de Janeiro 2026, Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Carnival in Rio de Janeiro 2026

Rio's Sambadrome parades run Sunday and Monday nights, plus six days of street blocos across Ipanema, Santa Teresa, and Lapa with 5 million on the streets.

Feb 13 – Feb 18, 2026 GIGCheck live flight prices

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Where to stay

Ipanema and Leblon are safer, walkable, and closest to the best beach blocos.

Expected hotel surge

Beachfront Rio hotels run 3 to 5 times off-season and enforce week-long minimums.

Dates

Feb 13 – Feb 18, 2026. Book flights 3+ months out for the best pricing.

How it works

Marlow plans your Rio de Janeiro trip in 60 seconds. A real advisor books it.

The average traveller spends 10 to 15 hours bouncing between Skyscanner, Booking, TripAdvisor, and Google Docs before they commit. Marlow turns that into one conversation. You stay in control. The advisor handles the boring parts.

Drafted in 60 seconds

Marlow pulls live flight, hotel, and activity prices and turns them into a day by day plan you can read on one screen.

Saves 10 plus hours

No more 12 open tabs. No more arguing about dates. One short brief in, a finished trip out.

Human advisor refines it

A real person sanity checks every plan, swaps weak picks, and adds local know how Marlow cannot get from the internet.

One checkout, we own it

Flights, hotel, transfers, and tickets booked together. If anything breaks, we fix it. You do not lose money.

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Frequently asked

Carnival in Rio de Janeiro 2026 runs February 13, 2026 to February 18, 2026. Book flights three months out for reliable pricing; the closer you get to the event, the more airlines and hotels lift rates.

Ipanema and Leblon are safer, walkable, and closest to the best beach blocos.

Beachfront Rio hotels run 3 to 5 times off-season and enforce week-long minimums. Booking through Tripdash locks pricing at the time you confirm, so late rate hikes do not affect you.

GIG is the closest major airport to Rio de Janeiro. Your advisor will check alternates for cheaper connections before booking.

Marlow is our in-house AI travel planner. You tell it where, when, and roughly what you want. It pulls live flight, hotel, and activity options, then drafts a day by day itinerary with honest prices, all in under a minute.

Yes. Every Marlow draft is reviewed by a real travel advisor before anything is booked. They check pricing, swap weak picks, add their own local know how, and confirm with you before charging anything.

Message your advisor in the app. We rebook, refund, or reshape on your behalf. You do not sit on hold with the airline.