Salvador With An Art Touch
The tour flirts with the visual arts and history of Salvador, visiting tourist attractions from colonial Brazil and African influence.
Visual arts and the history of Salvador
This tour flirts with the visual arts and history of Salvador, its ancient and modern vision. We will see the city’s tourist attractions related to colonial Brazil, the African influence everywhere, and enjoy Pelourinho – the largest baroque neighborhood outside of Europe.
Galeria
We set off from the Ondina neighborhood to check out the work “Meninas do Brasil” by local artist Eliana Kertész, who has exhibited in several parts of the country. Eliana Kertész’s “gordinhas” can be seen in full here in Ondina, where the Meninas do Brasil are posing religiously for photos: the three bronze figures symbolize the typical races of Brazil and their due miscegenation.
Next, we will visit Mercado Modelo – one of the oldest and most traditional shopping areas in the city of Salvador, with its architecture listed as a National Historic Heritage Site. There are 263 craft shops. We will stop to see the Monumento de Salvador, by the artist Mário Cravo Jr., an internationally recognized sculptor and the greatest exponent of modern Bahia in the 1940s and 1950s. His sculptures can be seen in many parts of Brazil, especially in Salvador.
This tour flirts with the visual arts and history of Salvador, its ancient and modern vision. We will see the city’s tourist attractions related to colonial Brazil, the African influence everywhere, and enjoy Pelourinho – the largest baroque neighborhood outside of Europe.
We will also meet local chef Murilo Brocchini who will prepare a very exquisite lunch, showing us some peculiarities and the best of Bahian cuisine. All this in a totally exclusive service.
Transfer back to the hotel.