The carnival in Salvador de Bahia 2010 will take place from 11 to 16 February. A handful of websites with information on the carnival: Portal oficial del Carnaval 2009. The carnival’s official website. Detail information of the carnival events hasn’t been made public yet, it will be announced during the first fortnight in January. Folia [...]
Publishing house Empresa das Artes, with an extense travel-related catalogue, is enabling free online access to the full contents of several of its guides. To read the guides you need to access the tool provided by Book Stand Panrotas. The available guides are: Amazonas Bahia Goiás Mato Grosso Pará Paraná Santa Catarina To open each [...]
[photo: view from the window of our room at the Ibis Rio Vermelho] NAME: hotel Ibis Rio Vermelho WHERE: Rio Vermelho, Salvador de Bahia WEBSITE: Ibis Salvador Rio Vermelho IN ENGLISH: yes PRICES ON THE WEBSITE: yes LOCATION: the hotel is located in the Rio Vermelho neighbourhood, right next to a tiny and secluded beach. [...]
Acarajé is a true culinary delicacy from the state of Bahia. An acarajé is a ball made from black-eyed peas and fried in dendê oil, usually served with hot chilly pepper sauce. It can be eaten along with dried shrimp and traditional dishes from Bahia such as the vatapá or the caruru. Acarajé is often [...]
Our Accommodation in Brazil has a new listing, this time with hotels and pousadas in the island of Boipeba, Bahia. Boipeba is one of our favourite destinations in Brazil and at this blog’s post destination: Boipeba you will find all the travel information related to the island. subscribe to the Brazil Travel Blog by Email [...]
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