📍 Historic📸 Tourist Attraction

Pelourinho

Salvador, Brazil

4.5 (0)

Overview

Neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil. It sits on the northeast coast, which is warm and sunny almost year-round.

Why visit: Pelourinho and the old city cores — where African, Portuguese and Indigenous Brazil visibly meet.

Things to do

›Take a walking tour with a local guide
›Look for the free evening drumming and capoeira in Salvador's old town
›Go by day first, and return in the evening only with company
›Visit the museums for the Afro-Brazilian history

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Travel Information

Best time

April – October

Weather

Warm and sunny nearly all year at 25–32°C, cooled by the trade winds, with a short wetter spell between March and July — the most dependable beach weather in Brazil.

Entry fee

Free to walk; museums ~₹150 – 600

Hours

Open access; museums typically 9 AM – 5 PM

Est. budget

₹800 – ₹3,000

Duration

Half day

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Within

2.1 km

📍 City

4.5

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📍 Island

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Brazilian island in All Saint's Bay (Portuguese: Baia de Todos os Santos), about 10 km from the city of Salvador, Bahia.

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