Full City Tour Historic and Panoramic

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About this activity

Our Historic & Panoramic City Tour delivers the most complete and immersive experience in Salvador. Led by licensed, expert guides, this tour goes beyond sightseeing to offer deep cultural understanding, -bahian and Brazilian history, colonial architecture, and local traditions.

You’ll explore the best of the city in one day: coastline, historic center, and lower city. Enjoy extended time in the Pelourinho (1h30), perfect photo stops, clear explanations, and a balanced, comfortable pace.

Even in a shared format, we provide personalized attention and a carefully designed route that highlights Salvador’s essence—heritage, flavors, faith, art, and rhythm.

Choose this tour for a richer, authentic, and memorable experience that truly connects you to the soul of Salvador.

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At a glance

Duration: 8 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 20 people
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: Portuguese, English, Spanish
Operated by: Your Tour Brazil

Ages: Infants (0–3 years) · Children (4–9 years) · Adults (10–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Air-conditioned vehicle
Included: Guide

Not included

Not included: Entrance fees: Igreja e Convento de Sao Francisco
Not included: Entrance fees: Cathedral Basilica of Salvador
Not included: Lunch: não inclui nem almoço e nem bebidas
Not included: Entrance fees: any churches or convents

Itinerary

Praia Do Porto Da Barra

Passing by

The first beach of the city from the Portuguese colonizer's arrival.
Farol da Barra

20 min Admission not included

This a wonderful stop for a photo, it will take around twenty minutes to explore the area in a walking tour with your personal tour guide. It's not included to go inside of the fort, but, you can use your time for that (tickets not included, you will pay R$12 per person to go in)
Largo do Campo Grande ( Praca 2 de Julho )

Passing by

Stop from the car to have a photo of the independence monument. not drop off and walking.
Stop 4

15 min

Stop to visit the Atelier Casa de Prentice. local tiles painter in his studio.
Basilica Do Senhor Do Bonfim

30 min

we will stop to explore the huge energy of this place and understand the religious aspect of the local in belives of catholic and African saints.
Dique de Tororo

20 min

Great stop to see the African orixas images and see from outside the Stadium of football.
Mercado Modelo

45 min

This a special stop to see the local artcraf and stop for shopping of souvenirs.
Pelourinho

2 hours

Walking tour around the old city, the complex of 5 squares of colonial building and explore the manly historic part of Brazil in cobbled stone streets and feel the magic of our history accompanied by our tour guide with a special explanation of it.
Stop 9

20 min Admission not included

stop for tasting a special ice-cream made since from 1931.

price per each ice cream scoop and one flavor is R$ 10
Cathedral Basilica of Salvador

Passing by

stop and go in to explore the most beautiful ecclesiastic Jesuit art in South America.

Entrance Tickets R$ 5,00
Elevator Lacerda

15 min Admission included

We will go in to experience it.
Forte de Nossa Senhora de Monte Serrat

15 min

stop for a special view from Salvador, in a fortress of mont serrat, not go in, this is a building belonging to the Army and its closed, we will do walking around of it for photos and drinking coconut water.

(coconut water cost R$ 5 per person)
Sister Dulce memorial

20 min

Santuário Irmã Dulce – Visit to the legacy of Brazil’s first saint.