A note on tickets and palcos: We booked our Carnival tickets via tuboleta.com for 440,000 pesos (~$130 US) total, covering all three days of the parade (that's how they're sold), so each ticket cost us ~$20 US. You purchase tickets for a particular palco (shaded bleacher, no assigned seat, just sit where there's room). Ours was called Arlequin 36-39 in Zone 4 and was near the end of the parade route on Via 40. Note: our palco was the only one that offered free beer all day Saturday! That said, we'd pay a little extra next time to be near the beginning of the parade route when parade participants' energy levels are at their highest. Some dancers seemed understandably tired by the time they reached us, or were running to catch up to their group.
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