Salvador 4 days, 3 nights This joyous colonial city retains its spirit of Africa, and you may witness the intoxicating blend of cultures show itself in the song and dance which spills into the cobbled streets of the colourful Pelourinho district. You will have a city tour for orientation and there is free time to explore independently. There is also an excursion into the Recôncavo – the rural tobacco and sugar growing hinterland during colonial times – and the atmospheric river port of Cachoeira. How about? Spending a night at Cachoeira to allow extra time to soak up the atmosphere of this sleepy, colonial backwater; stay at a former 17th century monastery, now a hotel.

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