Museum Tour
- Sep 9, 2025
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Updated: Sep 18, 2025
This visit to Salvador’s three main museums allows you to experience Brazil from times long past.
About the Tour
Departure from the hotel with a guide towards Avenida Sete de Setembro. Visit to the Carlos Costa Pinto Museum. The museum’s collection mainly consists of items from the 17th to 19th centuries, including furniture, silverware, crystal, jewelry, Chinese and English porcelain, paintings by Bahian and foreign artists, tapestries, etc.
Next, visit the Museum of Sacred Art, located in the former Convent of Santa Tereza, which housed Carmelite nuns. From there, enjoy a beautiful view of the Bay of All Saints. The museum’s collection consists of objects from the 16th to 19th centuries, all of religious nature.
The tour continues to the Historic Center to visit the Afro-Brazilian Museum, housed in the building that once served as the old Medical School. This museum shows the main aspects of African culture in Brazil, with a collection of animist cult objects of African origin and the spectacular wooden panels representing the orixás, carved by Carybé, one of Salvador’s most celebrated artists.
Return to the hotel in the late afternoon.
Tour Duration:
Approximately 3 hours (without meal), 4 hours (with meal).
Departures and Returns: Salvador (hotel or airport)
Tip: Avoid Sundays and long holidays.
Start and End Times:
Morning departure: Start at 12:00 PM, end at 5:00 PM (with meal)
Start at 2:00 PM, end at 5:00 PM (without meal)
Lunch: optional (Typical Bahian Cuisine)
Group Tour:
Available for booking from 5 adults
Visits/Activities included: Carlos Costa Pinto Museum, Afro-Brazilian Museum, and Museum of Sacred Art
Small group tour (up to 15 people)
Lunch: optional (Typical Bahian Cuisine)
Private Tour:
Available for booking from 1 adult
Visits/Activities included: Carlos Costa Pinto Museum, Afro-Brazilian Museum, and Museum of Sacred Art
Exclusive private tour
Lunch: optional (Typical Bahian Cuisine)
Contact us to book your tour!
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