What You Will Do
Take an anthropological tour of Salvador da Bahia to learn a bit about the cultural history of Brazil. You'll visit sites of African history and check out a street market founded by enslaved Africans. Lunch is included.
Local Tour to feel and taste the real soul of afro Bahian people.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
1
Pelourinho
2 hours
Walking tour around the old city, the complex of 5 squares of colonial building and explore the manly historic part of Brazil in cobbled stone streets and feel the magic of our history accompanied by our tour guide with a special explanation of it.
2
Sao Joaquim market
1 hour
Stop to visit São Joaquim Fair that is the largest free fair in the city of Salvador. It houses innumerable informal workers descended from the enslaved Africans, being the main distributor of clay handicrafts, couscous, pots produced in the Bahia recôncavo and sale of products for rituals of candomblé.
3
Casa do Benin
20 minutes
Visit the Afro Museum of casa do Benin which narrates the history of enslaved Africans in Brazil through important elements, representative of these cultures, or museum presents contents that facilitate the understanding of the historical, artistic and ethnic aspects that identify African societies and use a reflection on the importance of this matrix.
4
Casa de Iemanja
15 minutes
We will visit the queen of the sea house, located by the beach Rio vermelho, at a fishermen community that built an altar in reverence to that african divinity from the sea, the orixá iemanjá.
5
Vodun Zo
30 minutes
Walkthrough the terreiro to see the religious and cultural development that originated from the maroon community, a historical haven for African slaves practicing the Candomblé religion.
6
Recanto das Tias Celia & Leda
1 hour
Stop for lunch in a local family's restaurant with typical food.
7
Dique de Tororo
20 minutes
stop at the lake of tororo, to see and admire the sculperts on the water of the African Gods Orixas.
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