Praia Do Forte, Brazil Travel Blogs

Trusthouse Forte
Nov 8, 2008

... were the rooms lovely and stuffy, we had an AC unit that wasn't switched on to look longingly at! Praia do Forte is a (nicely) manufactured town, built for Salvador's wealthy who want to enjoy the beach and purchase T-shirts of said beach, ...

More sun and sea...
May 20, 2007

Praia do Forte is a beach resort a little north of Salvador catering to wealthy Brazilians. The beaches are similar, soft white sand fringed by palm trees and a warm blue sea. The restaurants serve lovely fish and pint sized caparinhas (strating to get a ...

Luxury...........
Nov 3, 2007 (17 photos)

Saturday 3rd November - Thursday 5th November Treated ourselves to 5 nights in a luxury ecoresort (with spa!) in Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brazil.    (Claire has been promised this since trekking in the andes, mountain biking in Bolivia ...

Two nights in Praia do Forte to see the turtles
Feb 22, 2007 (14 photos)

The turtles were a bit of a disappointment...I was expecting to see baby turtles roaming the beach, based on this article I read in the American Airlines magazine during my flight to Quito. Instead, there were some huge and baby turtles in aquariums. ...

Beach rest and relaxation
Mar 1, 2006 (3 photos)

After all the excitement of Carnaval, we decided to head a little further up the coast to a tourist town called Praia do Forte. It is this pedestrian only walkway full of little shops and boutiques and resturants. A slower pace than we have been used to ...

Turtle, Turtle
Mar 1, 2006 (1 photos)

... hear drumming and singing and parading in the streets. This little vacation town still has many visitors from all over Brazil. I guess they are just finishing their summer holidays. We started off the day by visiting the turtle conservation area. It ...

Praia Do Forte- $3,455
Jun 11, 2006

... a 4 day and 3 night vacation there. You'll be seeing a hundred thousand tall coconut trees surrounding for 7 miles. Plus, Praia Do Forte is known for fascinating resturants, boutiques, and it's wonder ful beach. We'll go snorkling in their local floral, ...

Eco resort - Praia do Forte
May 3, 2007 (1 photos)

... dinner, we locked ourselves in our room and went without. Better say something about where we are - so here it goes! Praia do Forte is an eco-resort just north of Salvador. It has a cool turtle reserve thingy, and apparently all the turtles come to ...

Turtle time
Sep 5, 2008 (11 photos)

Today we were leaving Salvador to head to Praia do Forte, an ecological resort a couple of hours travel on the north coast.We caught a bus in the morning after braving rush hour traffic in a taxi. After an uneventful bus trip, we arrived in the village ...

Movember
Nov 5, 2008 (4 photos)

... seems like my facial hair has fasinated a good percentage of our readers, as such I decided to shave totally* in order to do Mo-vember. Those not familiar with this custom, this is where Kiwi's are not allowed to shave their moustache for the entire month ...

WEEK FIFTY ONE, PARTIES, PARADISE, POP IDOL!
Mar 6, 2008

... me! Then I passed out from exhaustion! I awoke in Salvador and got the first bus out of there to Praia De Forte, a glorious little town with sand for streets, wooden buildings, a quite chilled atmosphere and circled by a beautiful clean sandy ...

Espírito natalino, parte 2
Dec 28, 2007 (1 photos)

... fui a Salvador, soube que no dia seguinte a minha chegada Edgar e Helena iam até lá de sua casa em Guarajuba/Itacimirim/Praia do Forte/sei lá e marquei um encontro com eles ali em frente ao mercado modelo. Eu tinha planejado apenas um encontro, mas uma das ...

Capoeira in Praia do Forte
May 4, 2007

We met this guy called Zoubie at a beach cafe on our last day in Praia do Forte... he was really cool and seriously fit (muscles - lots of them!), and we got chatting - turns out that his brother lives in Jersey (I think!), he started saying that he lives ...

Christmas in the sun with Nuala
Jan 16, 2007 (12 photos)

... Nuala arrived in Salvador on the 22nd and we headed by taxi about an hour north to the resort village of Praia do Forte in Brazil. The hotel, Villa do Corais, was great and had a beautiful pool and restaurant. It was right in the middle ...

Praia Do Forte
Feb 22, 2007 (2 photos)

After Carnival, I spent 1 night in Praia Do Forte with Emily, who I met through CouchSurfing.  It is just north of Salvador, and is a cute (although touristy) beach town.  The main attraction is the visitor centre of `Projecto Tomar` which is a ...

Ouch
Feb 13, 2008

Currently sat nursing my rather battered body.... spent far too long in the sun yesterday! Did the typical English thing of bounding out to the beach like it´s the only sunny day of the year and paying the price for it!! Feel like a vampire.... Anyway, ...

My time in Salvador then on to Praia do Forte
Feb 7, 2008

... taking bets on who could kiss the most women in a night. Unfortunately many of them adopted the custom of the more forward men in Brazil who would grab you by the wrist and insist you kiss them. Some even try without your go-ahead (in which case, placing ...

Tropical Paradise
Jan 3, 2008 (3 photos)

Bahia is a paradise to me! The athmosphere of being so close to the ocean, where the soft wind brings a wonderful feeling and it seems to whisper in my ear: You´re finally on vacation! Enjoy!

Date & location: Log details to be added
Nov 17, 2006

To be added

Praia do Forte
Feb 7, 2008

Praia do Forte (henceforth to be known as P do F) was the next stop. Hannah and Becca (yes, it did get a little confusing at times having 2 Rebeccas) sold me on this little gem. Obscenely touristy but lovely none the less, it´s main drawcard was its turtle ...

Praia Do Forte
Sep 10, 2007

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Bahian Ride
Feb 1, 2005

... made a detour to TAMAR, the sea turtle rescue center that has, in the past decade, helped to transform Praia do Forte from a sleepy fishing village into a colorful vacation destination. The marine life enchanted me, especially the little bambino turtles ...

Praia do Forte
Apr 13, 2006 (3 photos)

Praia do forte, esta ubicada a unos 90 km. al norte de la ciudad de Salvador de Bahia. Aquí disfrutamos de una calurosa estadía, donde nos permitió hacer snorkel y caminar por sus playas tropicales. Este lugar es donde las tortugas ponen los huevos de cuatro ...

Weekend fun and the turtles
Feb 11, 2006

no turtles, just good fun with Spencie.

Praia Do Forte
Aug 12, 2002

Wind and Rain.  Sure, I am the english speaking curator...let me show this Sea Cucumber.  What the fuck is that animal over our bed!!!?  Is that an earring in the mosquito net????  Puddin Puddin Puddin.

Getting situated, situations, situational comedy
Jun 7, 2009 (5 photos)

... the music and the smokey-gray breeze.   Last weekend we went to a beach town about 60 miles north of Salvador called Praia do Forte. The whole group of students went, and all but a few stayed together for the night in a nice hostel.  During the ...

Brazilië 2008
Oct 21, 2008

Second stop

Just Left Brazil
Feb 22, 2007 (5 photos)

... , my rope burns from the circus do not feel good either. They look really bad too. I just got it all in Brazil. Rope burn, sun burn. Now all I need to do is catch my hair on fire and I think that may just top it all off. Onto another subject,...there is ...