Luxury Nordeste

Pick up at the airport and transfer to hotel.

Night at the pousada La Villa Bahia (breakfast included).
Included : transfer arrival, reception with english-speaking guide, room & breakfast

Meet at the hotel at 09:00am with your English-speaking guide for the discovery of the area best representing the heart and soul of Salvador.

With the influences of its African origins, the city has built a unique identity in Latino America, with a daily life animated by capoeira rythms and the religious festivities of the candomblé.

In the morning, visit the lower parts of town. Start with the farol (lighthouse) da Barra, a lonely guard at the entrance of the all saints bay, built under the order of Tomé de Souza, the first gobernador of Salvador.

Then you will head to the port area and visit the Sao Joaquim market, an authentic bahianan market. You will continue to the north and stop at the Bonfim church where you can admire an impressive ex votos collection showing the popular devotion to the Senhor do Bonfim in the "miracles room".

The visit will then take you to Ribeira, a always animated popular area. In the morning with the shouting merchants, at midday for lunch (moqueca specialty, a kind of fish and sea-fruit stew) and the night for dancing.

After lunch, visit of the higher parts of town, with the Pelourinho histrorical area. Its prestigious architectural ensemble was renovated in its original bright colors and has superb colonial houses and many baroque churches. The visit (by foot) will start in the capoieira fort where you will enjoy a wonderful scenic view over the bay.

You will ten walk up the rua do carmo until the convento do Carmo (a convent transformed in a luxurious hotel), The visit will be followed with the jewel workshop D'Klays, the house/museum Jorge Amado and the shiny Sao Francisco church with its surprising azuleiros frescos.

You will finish the afternoon at the base of the Lacerda elevador, the crossing of the lower and upper parts of the city, with a shopping time at the Mercado Modelo.

Return to the hotel at the end of the day.

Option: half day visit of the " candomblé" followed with a night ceremony, check with us.

Departure at 09:00am, in a private vehicle, with your English-speaking guide to go to Cachoeira, one of the colonial pearls of the North East, two hours away from Salvador (110 km). Shortly after leaving you will drive inland and start to feel the typical ambiance of the Recôncavo Baiano. This wealthy agricultural area was one of the first in Brazil to be colonized and exploited by the Portuguese. On your way to Cachoeira, you will cross sugar cane, manioc and tobacco plantations, some of which being many centuries old.

You will stop in Santo Amaro, the birth town of the musician Caetano Veloso, where you can visit the local market.

Your guide will make you discovering the rich historical past of the town of Cachoeira, which was for a time the capital of the state of Bahia, and included among its inhabitants some famous people like Anastacia, symbol of the slave resistance, or Ana Neri, one of the pioneers of humanitarian work.

You will then cross the Rio Paraguaçu to walk through the narrow streets of São Felix, across the river from Cachoeira. Visit of the Dannemann cigar factory, over two centuries old.

Return to Salvador at the end of the day.

Note: Museums are closed on Sundays and the cigar factory on Mondays and Sundays – there is a cattle market on Saturdays.

Departure at 09:00am in a private vehicle with your English-speaking guide going to the North and its beautiful coast.

On the program, a stop in the well-known hippie village of Arembepe (where Janis Joplin and Mick Jagger used to live), then and 85 km further North, a visit of the Praia do Forte, a 12 km fine sand beach bordered with coconut trees.

You can visit the ecological project "Tamar" dedicated to the turtles protection (entrance fee not included / about USD 6) or walk through the many shops of the village.

If wish a quieter place, it is possible to continue to Imbassai ("where the waters meet" in Tupi Guarani dialect) where you will have the choice between fresh and salt water for a swim.

Return to Salvador end of the afternoon.

Transfer to the airport 3 hours prior to departure. Flight from Salvador (flight time and number to be confirmed).

Airport pick up and transfer to the hotel in Olinda.

Night at the pousada do Amparo (breakfast included).
Luxury Superior room.
Included : transfer departure, transfer arrival, room & breakfast

Departure from the hotel at 09:00am with your English-speaking guide for a guided stroll in the streets of Olinda, the city with eight hills. Founded in 1537, Olinda (the beautiful) is one of Brazil’s colonial treasure. The steep narrow streets and their irregular paving stones, the colorful, friendly colonial houses, the mansions and their wrought iron balconies and its the convents with their baroque churches keeping surprising treasures; all of these made this beautiful town worthy of being registered as a world heritage site by Unesco since 1982.

Return to the pousada before lunch time.

Night at the pousada do Amparo (breakfast included).
Luxury Superior room.
Included : english speaking guide, private transport, room & breakfast

Transfer to the airport 2 hours prior to departure. Flight from Recife (flight time and number to be confirmed).
Pick up at the airport and transfer to the hotel.

IMPORTANT:
- Preservation Tax not included (around 44 REAIS / day / person - payment at the airport or on the Internet).
- Entrance Tax on protected sites not included (130 REAIS per person valid for 10 days - Payment at the visitors center ICMBio).
Night at the pousada Maravilha (breakfast included).
Included : transfer departure, transfer arrival, room & breakfast

Day open.
Several activities are possible on the Island (not included) : hiking, horse riding, boat tour, buggy tour, scuba diving. Please check with your pousada.

Night at the pousada Maravilha (breakfast included).
Included : room & breakfast, transfer arrival, transfer departure

Day open.
Several activities are possible on the Island (not included) : hiking, horse riding, boat tour, buggy tour, scuba diving. Please check with your pousada.

Night at the pousada Maravilha (breakfast included).
Included : room & breakfast, transfer arrival, transfer departure

Day open.
Several activities are possible on the Island (not included) : hiking, horse riding, boat tour, buggy tour, scuba diving. Please check with your pousada.

Night at the pousada Maravilha (breakfast included).
Included : room & breakfast, transfer arrival, transfer departure

Transfer to the airport 2 hours prior to departure. Flight from Fernando de Noronha (flight time and number to be confirmed).
Pick up at the airport and transfer to hotel.

Night at the pousada La Villa Bahia (breakfast included).
Included : transfer departure, transfer arrival, reception with english-speaking guide, room & breakfast

Transfer to the airport 3 hours prior to departure. Flight from Salvador (flight time and number to be confirmed).

Included : transfer departure