Praia do Forte, Brazil

... 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...