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New Year’s eve in Rio is huge: 3 million flock to Copacabana beach to watch the fireworks show at midnight, then go on to various NYE balls and parties around the city.

Ticket to these parties vary from R$70 to R$900, with the majority being in the R$300 range. These include all you can drink and eat. Your options are:

• Club party (produced by all the clubs in Rio)
• Boat party (our recommendation, since you see the fireworks, avoid traffic and party all night along Rio’s coast—truely superb)
• Mansion party (kept to locals, kind of snooty)
• Copacabana beach view party (usually produced by a hotel)
• Beach party (not popular and kept to locals)

To choose the right party for you, you should either follow whatever your Brazilian contact (if you have one) suggests, or get a ticket to a boat party. A Copacabana beach view party is also good, since you get party and watch the fireworks.