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Flights to Brazil for Carnival
Flights to Brazil for Carnival are best booked well in advance. The main cities for Carnival in Brazil are Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, but you can fly to other cities in Brazil to celebrate Carnival as well.
If you’re a North American or European, your best bet is to fly a major airline on a flight to Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro for Carnival. Sao Paulo and Rio both are served by Delta, American, United, and British Airways, among others. You can use frequent flyer miles on these airlines if you book far enough in advance.
If your final destination for Carnival is Salvador, hop on a short flight to Salvador with a Brazilian low cost airline. Salvador airport (airport code: SSA) is served by low cost airlines in Brazil such as TAM, GOL, and Varig airlines.
GOL airlines is a low cost carrier like Southwest and Ryanair for domestic flights in Brazil. GOL offers roundtrip flights from Sao Paulo to Salvador for Carnaval for around US$150. The same goes for the Rio de Janeiro airports.
Low Cost Airlines in Brazil
If you’re ambitious and trying to save money in Brazil, the best Brazil flight deals are on the low cost airlines in Brazil.
Besides GOL, which lets you book in English, there is also BRA and Webjet.
These latter two low cost airlines in Brazil have websites in Portuguese only.
However, you can at least get prices and then book flights through a Brazil travel agent that speaks English.
BRA airline flies to many places in Brazil, including Salvador (SSA) and Porto Seguro.
Webjet flies far fewer places but is good for Brazil Carnival flights from Rio to Salvador (GIG-SSA).
Where to Stay in Sao Paulo
It is sometimes difficult to decide where to stay in Sao Paulo, as the city is large and there are many options for hotels.
In a metropolis like as Sao Paulo you need to decide where to stay based on the location of the hotel.
It’s terribly painful to travel long distances, so you want a hotel that is central to all the places you will be going.
If you want bars, clubs and nightlife in Sao Paulo, you should look to stay around Paulista Avenue. This is in central Sao Paulo and where the finance companies are located. The Renaissance and Intercontinental hotel in Sao Paulo are here.
The Morumbi Hilton and Grand Hyatt are way outside of the Sao Paulo city center in the Nacoes Unidas district.
That is where most of the multinational companies are and where you would be doing business if you visit Sao Paulo on a business trip.
The Morumbi Blue Tree hotel is located in this area. It is convenient to the Mall and many big buildings in Sao Paulo.
Apart from the international chain hotels in Sao Paulo, there are some smaller boutique hotels in downtown Sao Paulo. The Hotel Unique and the Faisano hotel in Sao Paulo are two good examples of places to stay.