Originally Posted by mastak

Hello everyone. Not sure if this topic is mentioned a lot, but I wasn't able to find any answers. I've read recently here in particular) that there are numerous carnivals organized in Brazil, and the one in Rio is actually not the best to go to (overcrowded and not the biggest actually). I am completely new to traveling to South America. Can someone give any tip on which carnival would be best? And by best I mainly mean the one affordable and not-extremely-crowded-so-that-you-hardly-can-breathe