Grande Hotel da Barra Salvador

Avenida Sete de Setembro, 3564, Porto da Barra Salvador, State of Bahia, 40000, Brazil

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... beachside Barra at the tip of the Peninsula. A short 30 minute local bus ride took us to the bustling historic centre of Pelourinho. Pelo, as it's affectionately called by the locals is the vibrant historic centre of Salvador, a tourist haunt and great for nightlife. Pelourinho means "whipping post" in Portuguese, and this area was Salvador's centre at the time of the Portuguese colonial period. The whipping post ...

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