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| Salvador,
Brazil SITE MAP
Top do Brasil |
> Welcome to Salvador, Bahia
The Portal Top do Brasil
presents to its visitors the Guide to Salvador, Bahia, Brasil with
quick and essential information to help you prepare your trip to this Brazilian
colonial and historical citySalvador, Brazil's first Capital, is a cheerful city, and discovering this wonderful town will be a very interesting experience, mainly if you are interested in history, baroque arts and architecture... and nice beaches! Salvador has a lot of surprises to you. So, let's introduce them to you > The All Saints Bay
Salvador, founded in 1549, by the Portuguese Tomé de Souza,
is situated at the entrance of a very large bay, the All Saints Bay (Baía
de Todos os Santos).This exciting city, with a preserved cultural, historical and architectural patrimony, is famous too for its folklore, the capoeira, its colours and rythms and spicy cooking. The bahianos hospitality charms visitors. Salvador awaits your visit Among other historical and colonial cities of Brazil (Olinda, São Luís, Tiradentes, Ouro Preto, Mariana and Diamantina), Salvador deserves surely to be included in your itinerary when traveling to Brazil: its Old Quarter, the Pelourinho, is declared World Cultural Patrimony by Unesco. And, last but not least, besides all Salvador major attractions (See Discover for more details), the city's Carnival is one of the most animated from Brazil. > Baroque TreasuriesSalvador has some of Brazil's most important baroque churches as the marvellous São Francisco Covent, the Ordem Terceira de São Francisco church, and The São Bento Monastery, which keep some of Brazil baroque's greatest treasuries, religious as well as profane, as in other historical cities. A week in SalvadorIf you include Brazil baroque treasures in in your trip, it is worth to include Salvador. A week will suffice to discover its main monuments and churches. 365 ChurchesWalking in the narrow streets of Salvador is like going to the past and discovering Brazil's history. Salvador's richness came from the sugar-cane, tobacco plantations and leather trade with the Portuguese Metropole until late XVIIIth Century. Later, diamond and other precious stones from the Chapada Diamantina contribute to this richness. As a result of this trade, rich private mansions (solar) and imponent churches were build In 1763, Brazil's Capital moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro. A decline followed, but Salvador has always kept its pace in becoming an important commercial and cultural center.
> Old FaçadesBesides baroque
treasuries, Salvador is an important center of religious (the candomblé),
cultural and musical center. Hotels and RestaurantsThere are plenty of them. In Salvador, visitors find excellent hotels, besides a vastness of options of comfortable, economic hotels and plenty of pousadas. See our suggestions (very soon) |
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