Types of show

Pick the kind of night first. Each page explains what you will sit through and lists the cities where we compare the houses.

A tablao show is about an hour of song, guitar and dance in a small room. The differences are in the seats, the drink and the dinner.

A Paris cabaret sells a revue of about 90 minutes to two hours, with champagne or dinner at a table the house assigns.

Fado is sold two ways: a long dinner in a casa de fado with short sets of songs, or a one-hour concert with no meal.

A tango dinner show is a staged evening of about four hours with transfer. A milonga is a dance hall where local people dance.

These are short programmes of well-known pieces in palaces and churches, sold by seat category. Here is how to read the ticket.

The sema is a Mevlevi religious ceremony of about an hour, watched in silence. A Turkish night dinner show is a different thing.

Rio offers samba three ways: a seated stage revue, a samba school rehearsal in its own hall, and a roda de samba in a bar.

Shows by what you need

The same sheets, sorted by a single fact: dinner, age limit, room size, refund terms, price, start time.