Salvador
Salvador is a Brazilian municipality and capital city of the state of Bahia.
Salvador is a Brazilian municipality and capital city of the state of Bahia. Situated in the Zona da Mata in the Northeast Region of Brazil, Salvador is recognized throughout the country and internationally for its cuisine, music, and architecture. The African influence in many cultural aspects of the city makes it a center of Afro-Brazilian culture. As the first capital of Colonial Brazil, the city is one of the oldest in the Americas. Its foundation in 1549 by Tomé de Sousa took place on account of the implementation of the General Government of Brazil by the Portuguese Empire.
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Worth seeing in and around Salvador
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Federal University of Bahia
The Federal University of Bahia is a public university located mainly in the city of Salvador. It is the largest university in the state of Bahia.
5.2 km · federal public university in Salvador, Bahia · Wikipedia - 02Instituto Federal da Bahia
The Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia, in english: Bahia Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, is a Brazilian institution that offers higher and vocational education, having a multi-curricular structure with greater emphasis on science, tech and engineering courses. The Institute has many campuses at the Brazilian state of Bahia, each one of those offering professional and technological education in different sub-fields of knowledge.
3 km · university in Salvador, Brazil · Wikipedia - 03Arena Fonte Nova
The Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova is a football-specific stadium located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil with a maximum capacity of 47,902 people. The stadium was built in place of the older Estádio Fonte Nova.
3 km · football stadium in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil · Wikipedia - 04Cathedral of Salvador
The Cathedral Basilica of Salvador, officially dedicated to the Transfiguration of Christ and named Primatial Cathedral Basilica of the Transfiguration of the Lord is the seat of the Archbishop of the city of Salvador, in the State of Bahia, in Brazil. The Archbishop of Salvador is also ex officio Primate of Brazil.
3.7 km · church in Salvador, Bahia · Wikipedia - 05Historic Centre of Salvador da Bahia
The Historic Center or Centre of Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, also known as the Pelourinho or Pelô, is a historic neighborhood in western Salvador, Bahia. It was the city's center during the Portuguese colonial period and was named for the whipping post in its central plaza where enslaved people from Africa were publicly beaten as punishment for alleged infractions.
2.7 km · World Heritage Site in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil · Wikipedia - 06Estádio de Pituaçu
Estádio Governador Roberto Santos, usually known as Estádio de Pituaçu, is a football stadium located in Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil. The stadium is owned by the Government of Bahia state and it was built in 1979.
7.2 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 07Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim
The Church of Our Lord of Bonfim is the most famous of the Catholic churches of Salvador, in the State of Bahia, Brazil. It was built in the 18th century on the only line of hills in the Itapagipe Peninsula, in the lower town of Salvador.
6.6 km · church in Salvador, Brazil · Wikipedia - 08Barradão
The Estádio de Futebol Manoel Barradas Carneiro “Barradão”, commonly known as the Estádio Manoel Barradas or Barradão, is a multi-purpose stadium in Salvador, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
8.2 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 09Farol da Barra
The Barra Lighthouse also known as the Santo Antônio Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It is located at the tip of the Padrão, now the Point of Santo Antônio, to the extreme south of Salvador, at the entrance of the Bay of All Saints.
7.3 km · lighthouse in Bahia, Brazil · Wikipedia - 10São Francisco Church and Convent
The São Francisco Church and Convent is located in the Historic Center of Salvador, in the State of Bahia, Brazil. The ornate Church of the Third Order of Saint Francis sits adjacent to the convent.
3.5 km · church and convent in Salvador, Brazil · Wikipedia
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Getting to Salvador
- Airports
- Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães (SSA), 18 km
- Stations
- Port of Salvador, 3.8 km
- Porto Seguro → Salvador391 km · quickest by air, 4h 26m · R$330–520
- Maceió → Salvador475 km · quickest by air, 5h 16m · R$410–630
- Recife → Salvador675 km · quickest by air, 5h 1m · R$420–660
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No local-transport research exists yet for Salvador
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Salvador. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTo the ferry-boat terminal (to Itaparica), take the subway to Acesso Norte Station (Line 1 and 2) and then a bus towards São Joaquim.
- Get inA third option would be the executive air-conditioned minibuses which depart every 20 minutes to the Praça da Sé, in downtown near Pelourinho via the seaside, stopping at famous beaches like Ondina, Pituba, Amaralina and Itapuã, and Barra as well as stopping by Shopping Barra--an American-style shopping mall located not too far from the Farol da Barra The fare for these buses is R$4.
- Get aroundTo get between the upper and lower sections, take the Elevador Lacerda or the cable car, remember to take small change as the fare is just R$0.15.
- Get aroundExecutive taxis (white and blue) don't have meters, and the prices are on a table, it's more expensive than city taxis, but they are much more comfortable, they are in stops in the main shopping malls, the airport, bus station, ferry-boat station and big hotels.
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Next door to Salvador
Salvador is 35 km from Camaçari, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Graçaneighborhood in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil5.8 km
- Avenida Sete de SetembroAvenida in the city of Salvador, Bahia4.3 km
- Liberdadeneighborhood in Salvador, Brazil4 km
- Vitórianeighborhood in Salvador6 km