Porto da Barra Beach

Porto da Barra Beach is located in Barra neighborhood in the city of Salvador, Brazil. It is located at the entrance of the Baía de Todos os Santos, with a small, white colonial fort at one end and a whitewashed church sitting up on a hill at the other.

Porto da Barra Beach
Porto da Barra Beach in Brazil
LocationSalvador, Bahia, Brazil
Coordinates13.003317°S 38.532903°W / -13.003317; -38.532903
GeologyBeach

As the beach is in a bay, the water is calm (given that it is right in the heart of Brazil's third-largest city). And in a country with over 7,000 km (4,349 mi) of east-facing coastline, the Porto is one of the few facing west, and sunsets can be seen from there.[1]

Porto da Barra was the site of Bahia's first European settlement, Vila Velha, or the Old Village. During the 1960s it was a hangout for Tropicalistas Caetano Veloso (who sang of the beach in his song "Qual é Baiana?") and Gilberto Gil and their crowd.

See also

References
  1. Porto da Barra Beach - Top 10 beaches of the world - The Guardian (in English)
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