Bahia Street has been offering guided tours of Salvador da Bahia and the surrounding areas since 2002. Our goal is not to just provide a wide variety of lively, adventurous experiences, but to combine those experiences with a thoughtful, in-depth educational look at the people, culture, and history of the region.
We’ll explore issues of race, class, poverty, and society in Bahia and Brazil, and you’ll meet people making a difference in their communities in and around Salvador. This tour allows you to go “inside Bahia” and experience Salvador through the eyes of its African-Brazilian majority.
Past tour participants
After returning from our Inside Bahia tour, formerly known as the Bahia Street Study Trip, one 2009 participant said, “It was a very educational and culturally rich program that took me out of my comfort zone in a way that helped me begin to understand Brazilian culture, which is more complex and layered than I could have ever imagined. ”
Other comments include:
“A wonderful immersion into place, culture, and history.”
“Pretty darn amazing… I’d come back in a heartbeat.”
“The spontaneous stops were amazing!”
“The people were incredible — leaders as well as other group members.”
“Well-organized… unique.”
“Very educational… accommodation for different language and knowledge levels was appreciated.”
“Carefully organized and offered with love.”
“The trip was very stimulating, emotionally and intellectually.”
“Once in a lifetime… but hopefully not!”
Make your travel dollars count!
Bahia Street is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and proceeds from our tours go to support our programs, including the Bahia Street Center. The Center offers quality educational opportunities for young women and girls in Salvador. Sixty girls from the shantytowns learn all basic subjects, receive health and nutrition services, and develop as leaders through Bahia Street’s comprehensive program. Read more about the Bahia Street Center.
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