MUSEU CARLOS COSTA PINTO
Museum in a colonial-style mansion, featuring an important Brazilian silver ...Read more
FORT DE SANTA MARIA
Remodelled fort inspired by Italian architecture, part of Brazil's national ...Read more
SOLAR DO UNHÃO - MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA (MAM)
Aristocratic residential mansion now home to the Museu de Arte Moderna, ...Read more
FORTE DE MONTE SERRAT (SÃO FELIPE)
Read moreFrom the church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim, you can walk along the hill to discover a panorama on the city. Following the main street you go down to Boa Viagem beach. On the road (about 1 km from Bonfim) you can take a stopover at the Fort São Felipe (or Forte of Nossa Senhora Monte Levels), fortress of the th century with white white walls and rounded turrets adorned with old cannons.
FONDATION CULTURELLE DE BAHIA
Foundation with a site for cultural programming, offering artists ...Read more
PLANO INCLINADO GONÇALVES
Funicular railway linking the upper and lower towns, thanks to a small ...Read more
PARQUE METROPOLITANO DE PITUAÇU
Large urban park to the east of the city, with children's playgrounds, ...Read more
MOSTEIRO DE SÃO BENTO
First 3-storey Benedictine monastery, with church and convent, featuring a ...Read more
MUNICIPAL CAMARA
Salvador City Council with its original façade, one of the country's most ...Read more
PRAÇA TOMÉ DE SOUZA
Square in Salvador's historic center, home to all the public buildings of ...Read more
ARTE DA BAHIA MUSEUM
Museum with a rich collection of decorative and plastic arts from the 18th ...Read more
PRAIA DA BOA VIAGEM AND PRAIA DA RIBEIRA
Salvador's popular district, offering two beaches with a relaxed ...Read more
LOWERED LAGOON
Read moreYou can admire the famous lagoon immortalized by the songs of Caetano Veloso or Dorival Caymmi. At the Abaété lagoon fishermen raise their nets by singing in the morning, but the place lost its charm (neither lavandiers nor feasts) and would even have become ill-famed, which makes us a very found morality: we cannot be and have been!
IGREJA DO SANTÍSSIMO SACRAMENTO
Bahia-style church with a chapel where parts of the film O Pagador de ...Read more
IGREJA DO CARMO
Carmelite church in neoclassical style, featuring a large solid silver ...Read more
IGREJA DA GRAÇA
Church of Grace in a charming middle-class neighborhood, housing relics of ...Read more
PARQUE DA CIDADE JUVENTINO SILVA
Read moreIt is one of the busiest parks in the city.
PEDRO GONÇALVES MARQUES
Serious, Cadastur-accredited guide offering a guided tour of the secrets of ...Read more
PONTA DO HUMAITÁ
Ponta do Humaitá Point with panoramic view, in the lower town district, ...Read more
CASA DO RIO VERMELHO - JORGE AMADO E ZÉLIA GATTAI
Jorge Amado's house with beautiful garden, offering a tour of the 15 rooms ...Read more
IGREJA DA ORDEM TERCEIRA DE SÃO FRANCISCO
More modest church in the Rococo Baroque style, with a richly decorated, ...Read more
PRAIA DO RIO VERMELHO
Beach in the Rio Vermelho district, with high waves, used as a harbour for ...Read more
LARGO DOS AFLITOS
Beautiful square to the southwest of the Pelourinho, home to a beautiful ...Read more
PRAIA JAGUARIBE
Read moreAlong the Praia Jaguaribe (or Praia do SESC) there are many small barracas, making it one of the most popular beaches for young people to meet there (paquerar!). The neighbouring Praia de Piatã is bordered by coconut palms.
PRAIA DA PLACAFOR
Read moreLocated between Piatã and Itapoã, Placafor was the beach in vogue in the 1960s. It owes its name to the presence of a Ford advertisement (placa Ford)!
PRAIA DO FAROL DA BARRA
Reef-protected urban beach ideal for surfing, with small waves and natural ...Read more
PRAIA DOS ARTISTAS
Read morePraia dos Artistas was very popular with Bahian artists and intellectuals in the 1970s. The waves are low, which makes it interesting for children.
ARMAÇÃO PRAIA
Read moreArmação beach has strong waves, ideal for surfing and windsurfing.
JARDIM DOS NAMORADOS
Read moreJardim dos Namorados is not suitable for swimming, but it now has a nice and pleasant garden for walks.
PRAIA DO CORSÁRIO
Read morePraia do Corsário is very popular with volleyball and football fans.
PRAIA DE ONDINA
Small, quiet beach, popular at weekends, with turquoise waters and numerous ...Read more
PRAIA DO FLAMENGO
Read moreThe beach of Flamengo is rather pleasant and deserves to spend half a day there. You can go there in the morning to sunbathe next to the coconut trees and walk back to Itapuã.
PRAIA DO PORTO DA BARRA
A popular beach for city dwellers and visitors on holidays and weekends, ...Read more
PALÁCIO DA ACLAMAÇÃO
Monumental building with neoclassical façade, featuring a collection of ...Read more
MUSEU DA GASTRONOMIA BAIANA
Museum of Gastronomy, featuring a variety of ingredients that form the ...Read more
DIQUE DO TORORÓ
Vast artificial lake to the south-east of Pelourinho for fishing or ...Read more
MUSEU AFRO-BRASILEIRO DA UFBA
Afro-Brazilian Museum in the former Jesuit College, with important ...Read more
MUSEU ABELARDO RODRIGUES
Museum featuring an impressive collection of sacred art, with beautiful, ...Read more
PRAÇA DOIS DE JULHO - MONUMENTO AO DOIS DE JULHO
Commemorative monument in the center of the city's largest square, ...Read more
FORTIFIED DE SÃO DIOGO
Fort displaying models of Bahia's forts and videos on the fortification ...Read more
ECO-SISTEMAS
Read moreSalvador, a city in the Brazilian state of Bahia, is home to the ECO-SISTEMAS center dedicated to science and technology. The center offers activities related to permaculture and holistic ecology. For those interested in volunteering, the center offers opportunities both in Salvador and at the EcoFarm in Chapada Diamantina.