Bahia & Salvador Footprint Focus Guide
Footprint Travel Guides (Verlag)
978-1-908206-12-1 (ISBN)
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Relax on one of Salvador's white-sand beaches and you will see the art ballet of capoeira, smell the rich spicy cooking of Bahia, and get the unmistakable feeling that you are in African Brazil. The homeland of Brazil's African heritage is like nowhere else in Brazil: carnivals sway to the rhythms of the drum troupe orchestras while churches are decorated with statues of black saints. Footprintfocus Bahia & Salvador will take you from the cultural capital Salvador, along Bahia's beautiful coast, stopping off at an assortment of laid-back little towns and hedonistic party-cities on the way. Includes practical advice on getting to and around the region plus fascinating insights into the area's culture and history. * Essentials section with practical advice on getting there and around. * Highlights maps of the region so you know what not to miss. * Comprehensive, up-to-date listings of where to eat, sleep and party. * Detailed street maps for Salvador and other key towns. * Slim enough to fit in your pocket. Loaded with advice and information on how to get around, this concise Footprintfocus guide will help you get the most out of Bahia and Salvador without weighing you down.The content of Footprintfocus Bahia & Salvador guide has been extracted from Footprint's Brazil Handbook.
Alex Robinson is an award-winning writer and photographer based in London. He was runner up in the Friends of the Earth International Photography Award in 2007, won a Brazilian Press Award for the anniversary edition of Latin America's travel magazine Viagem e Turismo and a US National Magazine award as part of the Fall 2006 edition of Departures Magazine. He has worked with numerous magazines, publishers and broadcasters, including Departures, Budget Travel, National Geographic, the Financial Times, Wanderlust, the Discovery Channel, Al Jazeera and the BBC. Early 2011 saw him visit his 61st country, Cape Verde. For more information, see alexrobinsonphotography.co.uk.
1) Salvador and the Reconcavo - Centro Historico, Excursions from Salvador; (2) The Cocoa and Dende Coast - Valenca, Tinhare and Morro de Sao Paulo, Ilha de Boipepa, South to Itacare, Ilheus and around; (3) The Discovery and Whale Coast - Porto Seguro; (4) Linha Verde and the northern coast; (5) Chapada Diamantina and the sertao - Lencois and around, Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.8.2011 |
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Reihe/Serie | Footprint Focus Guide |
Zusatzinfo | col. Illustrations, col. maps |
Verlagsort | Bath |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 110 x 180 mm |
Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Südamerika ► Brasilien |
ISBN-10 | 1-908206-12-8 / 1908206128 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-908206-12-1 / 9781908206121 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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