Salvador, the Recôncanvo and Morro de São Paulo Island

Your English-speaking guide and a driver will be waiting for you as you get off the plane to drive you to your hotel in downtown Salvador.

n.b. : 45 minutes’ drive
In the evening, your English-speaking guide will come to pick you up at the hotel to go to the Miguel Santana Theatre. You will watch the magnificent folkloric ballet of Bahia perform songs and dances about Afro Brazilian divinities worshiped in Salvador.
After the show, you will go to a restaurant taste Bahia traditional dishes.
You will go back to your hotel at the end of the night.
Included : english speaking guide, transfer arrival, dinner (no drinks), entrance fees, private transport

After your breakfast, your English-speaking guide will come to pick you up at the hotel lobby to visit the so called “Black Rome”, nicknamed like so because of the African culture influences on its traditions.
Your will start your city tour by the Ordem Terceira de São Francisco church, that has been built in the XVIIIth century.
You will then walk through the famous Pelourinho square, surrounded by colorful Portuguese colonial mansions.
You will go up the Ladeira do Carmo street to reach Santo Antonio neighborhood, and go through the Terreiro de Jesus square to the huge Art deco style Lacerda elevator. Don't resist the temptation of a refreshing “picolé” (ice cream)!
The second part of this tour will be dedicated to the “low city” at the foot of the elevator. The first thing you will see is the Mercado Modelo, a neoclassic building which was used to receive the slaves arriving from Africa. It burnt to the ground in 1986 and has then become a handicraft market.
You will finish this tour by the Bonfim church, see its railings embellished by rainbow-colored ribbons called “fitas” and enter the Miracle Room, where people bring ex-voto hoping to heal wounded family members and friends.
In the evening, your driver will bring you back to the hotel.
Included : english speaking guide, entrance fees, excursion (private)

You will spend the day in the Recôncavo, the inland region of Bahia.

Departure early in the morning for a 2 hours ride to Cachoeira and São Felix, two villages facing each other on both sides of the Paraguaçu river.
During its golden age, Cachoeira was well-known for its cigar production. You will have the opportunity to visit a cigar factory and even smoke a cigar if you wish.

You will be told the villages history while walking through them with your guide. Among the colonial buildings you will visit is the Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.

You will go from Cachoeira to São Felix by crossing an old ironbridge.

In the afternoon, ride back to Salvador da Bahia.
Included : english speaking guide, entrance fees, private transport

In the morning, transfer from Salvador to Morro de São Paulo Island.
Your driver will pick you up at the hotel and take you to Salvador harbor, where you will embark and cross the Bay of All Saints. You will then take a vehicle and a fast boat to reach the island, where a local guide will take you to your hotel.
n.b. 2 hours transfer.
Included : private transport

Free day in Morro de São Paulo to enjoy the hotel facilities and the surrounding natural pools.

Journey back from Morro to Salvador.
You will take a motorized boat and cross the Bay of All Saints, before reaching the beautiful Salvador. Your driver will pick you up at the harbor to drive you to your hotel or to Salvador airport.
Included : private transport