Porto da Barra Beach
The beach has simple tents, clean water and calm seas suitable for bathing, which makes it one of the most sought after beaches on the weekends. During the week it is far quieter. A nice attraction is the night lighting, which ensures an active area even after the sun goes down. Porto da Barra is furthest point out into the ocean around Salvador, and it's also the place where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Baía de Todos os Santo. The beach here is also very well suited for many water sports such as windsurfing.
It is in Porto da Barra that the Genovese navigator Americo Vespucci planted the flag of the Portuguese possession in Brazil in 1501. Years later, in 1549, it was time to disembark and Tomé de Souza founded the city of Salvador. The historical importance of this beach is well known and there are many monuments such as the fortress of Santa Maria and San Diego, and the church of Our Lady of Grace and Our Lady of Victory.
On Fridays and Saturdays it is also worthy visiting the "Delícias do Porto da Barra" (Porto da Barra Delights) a most interesting crafts and food fair.
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Address: Barra Salvador - BAActivities near to Porto da Barra Beach
| Farol da Barra Beach (beach) -
Celebrations of the city, such as Eve are done here are Farol da Barra Beach, which is also the location of St. Anthony Fort and where the navigator Amerigo Vespucci arrived in 1501 and planted the Portuguese flag. Today this is where the Fort and Lighhouse Bar are located and a big tourist destination in Salvador.
The image of the Farol da Barra Beach and the Lacerda Elevator is probably one of the best known in... Address: Farol da Barra Av. Alm Marques Leão, 138 - Barra, Salvador - BA Distance: 0.58km from the Porto da Barra Beach |  |
| Náutico da Bahia Museum (museum) - Pc Farol Barra s/n, 40140650 Salvador
71 33318039
A postcard of Bahia
Housed in the Fort of Santo Antonio da Barra, the oldest military construction in Brazil, whose construction dates from 1534, the Nautical Museum of Bahia is unique of its kind in the entire state, gathering valuable collection of archaeological finds submarines, a collection of navigational instruments and signaling boating, models, miniatures of boats of ... Address: Pc Farol Barra s/n, 40140650, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Distance: 0.70km from the Porto da Barra Beach |  |
| Fundação Assuntos do Mar (museum) - Pc Farol Barra s/n, 40140650 Salvador
71 32643296 Address: Pc Farol Barra s/n, 40140650, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Distance: 0.70km from the Porto da Barra Beach | |
| Tamina Park (activity) -
Rod BR 324 s/n km 17,2, 41300500 Salvador
71 35949718
The Tamina Park has four pools of different sizes and water-pipes, traditional toys and mechanical minizoo, offers bars, snack-food restaurant, snack bar and pizzeria.
Admission: R$ 9.00.
Children under 1 meter and above 60 years old are free.
http://www.oocities.org/ealado/pamar_parq.htm
Address: Simões Filho - Bahia, Brasil Distance: 0.78km from the Porto da Barra Beach | |
| Delícias do Porto da Barra (market) -
A must-see event is the Porto da Barra Delights (Delícias do Porto da Barra) craft and food fair, an event with a partnership with Institute of Crafts Visconde de Maua. (11772)
The fair gathers cooks selling the delicacies of typical Bahian cuisine and artisans. The diverse menu features from enhanced dishes, such as "feijoada" (typical Brazilian dish prepared with black beans with a variety of salte... Address: Largo do Porto da Barra Salvador - BA Distance: 0.91km from the Porto da Barra Beach |  |
| Institute of Crafts Visconde de Maua (market) -
Created on 20.03.1939 and Industrial Institute Female Visconde de Maua, in order to provide, in the main population centers of the state, the clothing industry at home.
In 1966 it was transformed into a local authority, linked to Setrabes / Department of Labor and Social Welfare under the name Industrial Institute Visconde de Maua, whose purpose was to teach and coordinate the teaching of handicraft in the state.
In 1983 cha... Address: Lgo Porto Barra, 2 - Barra, Salvador - BA, 40140-970, Brazil Distance: 0.91km from the Porto da Barra Beach | |
| Sociedade Cultural Auguste Rodin (museum) - Lgo Graça 292, 40150060 Salvador
71 33371032
THE VILLA OF CATHARINA PALACETE ARTS RODIN BAHIA
The Commander's Palace Catharino Bernardo Martins, also called "Villa Catharino" had its bold architectural design and innovative, designed by architect Rossi Baptista and decorated by Oreste Sercelli, being completed in 1912. Expressing the desire that the bourgeoisie had the Bahian to the modernization of the way English and F... Address: Lgo Graça 292, 40150060, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Distance: 1.11km from the Porto da Barra Beach |  |
| Costa Pinto Museum (museum) -
The Museum has a Café, Café Balagandã, which also runs the museum, except Saturdays and Sundays it is open from 2:30 pm until 7:00 pm. Carlos Costa Pinto Museum reveals the intimacy of rich families of the eighteenth and nineteenth centureies, with private a large private collection of Costa Pinto on display which is displayed in 23 exhibition halls, with art and decorative paintings. The ... Address: Avenida Sete de Setembro, 2490, Vitória, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Distance: 1.47km from the Porto da Barra Beach |  |
| Martim Gonçalves Theater (theater) -
In 1958 was inaugurated the Teatro San Antonio (on the 40th anniversary of this school was renamed the Martin Theater Gonçalves), part of the architectural complex of the house. At the time, this theater was a temporary construction that can later be made permanent building.
Today, after 50 years, the former San Antonio Theatre (now Theatre Martim Gonçalves) was reopened on October 1, 2007, based on the i... Address: Av. Araújo Pinho, 292 - Canela Salvador - BA, 40110-150 Distance: 1.66km from the Porto da Barra Beach | |
| Vila Velha Theater (theater) - The main stage of the Village is a spacious and versatile, able to adopt different configurations and adapt to different types of shows and presentations. The capacity varies depending on the configuration of the room. Performances of dance, theater, concerts, lectures and seminars are taking place in this space.The Cabaret of the new theater is a cafe where he runs a concert hall. In front of the small stage to distribute tables and ch... Address: Av. Sete de Setembro Salvador - BA Distance: 1.69km from the Porto da Barra Beach |  |
| Forte Beach (beach) - Located 70 kilometers from Salvador, Praia do Forte has 14 km, being full of natural beauty to behold and a variety of entertainment.
The border has palm trees, white sands, coral reefs and crystal-clear sea full of colored schools. Around it are must-sees, as the Garcia D'Ávila Castle, the first Portuguese construction of residential architecture in military Brazil, the national headquarters of the Tamar and the Humpback Whale Inst... Address: PASSEIO PRAIA DO FORTE Avenida Adhemar de Barros, 58 - Ondina, Salvador - BA Distance: 1.83km from the Porto da Barra Beach |  |
Restaurants near to Porto da Barra Beach
Fábrica de Sucos is a Juice bar restaurant that is roughly 0.08km from Porto da Barra Beach and can be found at Rua Miguel Burnier, 114
Açaí da Barra is a Juice bar restaurant that is roughly 0.08km from Porto da Barra Beach and can be found at Rua Miguel Burnier, 126
Nova Alameda Delicatessen is a Bakery restaurant that is roughly 0.11km from Porto da Barra Beach and can be found at Rua Marquês de Caravelas, 586
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