Full City Tour Historic and Panoramic
Description
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.
Tour Options
Itinerary
The first beach of the city from the Portuguese colonizer's arrival.
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$12 per person to go in)
Stop from the car to have a photo of the independence monument. not drop off and walking.
Stop to visit the Atelier Casa de Prentice. local tiles painter in his studio.
we will stop to explore the huge energy of this place and understand the religious aspect of the local in belives of catholic and African saints.
Great stop to see the African orixas images and see from outside the Stadium of football.
This a special stop to see the local artcraf and stop for shopping of souvenirs.
Walking tour around the old city, the complex of 5 squares of colonial building and explore the manly historic part of Brazil in cobbled stone streets and feel the magic of our history accompanied by our tour guide with a special explanation of it.
stop for tasting a special ice-cream made since from 1931. price per each ice cream scoop and one flavor is R$ 10
stop and go in to explore the most beautiful ecclesiastic Jesuit art in South America. Entrance Tickets R$ 5,00
We will go in to experience it.
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)
Santuário Irmã Dulce – Visit to the legacy of Brazil’s first saint.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We need the name of the hotel independently if it's not on the area selected, we pick up all clients in all hotel around Salvador City or in Airbnb address.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(25)
Excellent professional who accompanied us. In addition to making the visit easy and fun transmitted a fantastic knowledge and historical frame of Salvador. I recommend.
Very good guide. The tour was exciting and informative. Nevertheless the bufete food was of poor quality.
We had a private tour in Salvador. Great tour. The guide wase very knowledgeable and was happy to share his knowledge. The route was perfectly planned, and nice small gestures from the guide made it even better. Highly recommended.
Very interesting experience in African Brazil, where you can get an idea of what the real rural life of Brazilians and the colonial past of this people is like. My guide, Dirk was fantastic, kind, helpful and great connoisseur of the history of his country!!
The guide did his best but I was the only English speaker out of 19 people in the group - I didn’t get all the info I’d like to get - also, we toured this convent that I had no real interest in - overall, an OK tour but it would be better if the tour was designated for language specific groups only - it’s way too overwhelming for the guide to have to explain everything in 2 different languages - one language group will miss out on some info
Dear guest, Thank you for your review. We would like to clarify that, as always, we contacted you 24 hours before the tour to provide all the details — including the group size and the information that the guide would conduct the activity in three languages. At that moment, we also informed you that there was the possibility of arranging a private tour exclusively for you, with an additional cost, in which all explanations would be in English only. You chose to join the group tour in order to share the experience with other travelers, fully aware that the guide would need to divide the explanations among three languages. We regret that this dynamic was not fully satisfying for you, but we hope you enjoyed the opportunity to experience Salvador with an international group. For future visits, we would be very happy to welcome you in a private and tailor-made tour that can focus entirely on your preferred language. Best regards, YourTour Brazil Team
The tour was really well organized, with a short drive. Our guide Vincent was very kind, he spoke perfect French and had a lot of historical knowledge, the tour was exciting, we saw and learned a lot in one afternoon. Salvador is really a pretty city, I recommend this tour. Thank you!
We had two seniors in the group and the guide Monia and the driver Francisco were very very professional and welcoming. The visit was in stunning places, always with historical information about the places. Great trip!!!
Muito obrigado por compartilhar sua experiência! Que bom saber que o passeio foi especial para todos, inclusive para os idosos do grupo. Mônia e Francisco realmente fazem a diferença com carinho e profissionalismo. Esperamos vê-los novamente em breve!
We had a brilliant time in Salvador. Our guide Vagner is brilliant, he spoke amazing English, covered all the sites and more. He was very patient and considerate. We would highly recommend.
Thank you so much for your kind words! We're delighted you had such a great experience with Vagner — his knowledge and care make all the difference. We truly appreciate your recommendation and hope to see you again in Salvador!
* my guide Wanderlay knew a lot about world and Brazilian history, so it was a treat to hear him talk about his beloved Salvador all day. Great communication, pickup/ transportation in air conditioning. Felt safe and attended to all day, also saw the entirety of Salvador in 8 hours (all the sublime churches, two different markets, walked old Pelourinho and had a delicious lunch) so really appreciate Wanderlay’s itinerary and seamless coordination with the driver. Highly highly recommend to those curious about the city and entire region of Bahia.
I had the best experience in enjoying a private tour with Vagner for a full day. Not only did we see the highlights of the city, including the historic quarter of course, but what I valued the most was the sharing of insights into the history and culture of Salvador, Bahia and Brazil more generally. Vagner's knowledge about his home country and Salvador Bahia more specifically is extensive. It is obvious that this passion for the subject comes from something far deeper than what his employment would require - yet that is what resonates the most with me. I don't think I am alone. Thank you Vagner for sharing your knowledge. I valued our conversation immensely. I learnt so much in just a day. Oh, and yes I really did enjoy the chicken gizzard and Caipirinha!
