Salvador is the country’s heartland of Afro-Brazilian culture, and the largest African city in the world outside Africa — ...

The historic centre of Pelourinho is located in the south-western corner of the city that has 3 million people. Most of the population of Salvador have their roots from African slaves who were brought ...

The writer Itamar Vieira Junior says that to “feel the intensity of life on the streets of Salvador” in Bahia, Brazil, a reader must start with Jorge Amado. By Itamar Vieira Junior and translated by ...

The Scenic Eclipse opened the 2025-26 cruise season in the Brazilian state of Bahia earlier this week, according to a press ...

SALVADOR DE BAHIA (dpa) – Located virtually on the equator, Salvador de Bahia, the capital of Brazil’s Bahia state, greets the tourist with blazing sunshine and fierce heat. The city can be a climatic ...

Here's a quick flash tour through my recent trip to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, arranged for me by Avanti Destinations. Avanti is a custom provider of independent tours to Europe and Latin America. The ...

Rafael Tonon is an award-winning journalist, writer, curator, and researcher, covering food trends and the restaurant industry in Brazil and Portugal for Slate, The Washington Post, Epicurious, Atlas ...

CACHOEIRA, BRAZIL — Semaj Williams, a stress-management consultant from New Jersey, feels Brazil in his past, and his present. “It’s very clear to me that in another life I was Brazilian,” said the ...

Along much of this coast, small fishing villages that celebrate their rich cultural heritage dot hundreds of miles of unspoiled beaches. While large-scale development has begun to encroach, ecological ...

Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. Although acarajé has ...