Qué hay en Salvador, Brasil, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Lavagem do Bonfim, Reveillon and Santa Barbara

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  Lavagem do Bonfim

  15 EneFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Baianas in white wash the church steps with scented water at the end of an eight-kilometre walk from Comercio, followed by about a million people and a great many sound trucks. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Reveillon and Santa Barbara (3 Dic – 2 Ene (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Festa de Iemanja, Carnival

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  Festa de Iemanja

  2 FebFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Rio Vermelho spends 2 February taking flowers and mirrors out to sea for the goddess of the waters; the queue at the fishermen's house starts before dawn. The biggest candomble day of the year. Fuente ↗

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  Carnival

  12–18 FebMucha genteReserva pronto

  The largest street carnival anywhere: six days, trios eletricos on two circuits and no stadium involved. Barra and Campo Grande are impassable, and the rest of the city more or less stops. Fuente ↗

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

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  Semana Santa long weekend

  3–5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Good Friday is a national holiday and the Easter weekend is one of the year's busiest for domestic travel: roads and bus stations jam, beach towns and country retreats fill with Brazilian families, and prices rise. Many shops close on Good Friday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Carnival (12–18 Feb)

Concurrido — Semana Santa long weekend

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Semana Santa long weekend (3–5 Abr)

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Sao Joao, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

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  Sao Joao

  12–30 Jun · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  Bahia takes the June festivals as seriously as carnival, though the best of it is inland at Cachoeira and Amargosa; the city keeps forro, quadrilhas and corn in every form. It rains on all of it. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Dois de Julho, Bahia Independence, July winter break en Brasil

• Naturaleza

  Humpback whale season

  1 Jul – 31 Oct · normalmente

  Humpbacks come up the Bahian coast to calve, and they can be seen from the Farol da Barra as well as from boat trips out of the bay. August and September usually bring the most sightings. Fuente ↗

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  Dois de Julho, Bahia Independence

  2 JulFiesta nacionalMucha gente

  Bahia's own independence day: a daylong parade on foot from Largo da Lapinha to Campo Grande behind the caboclo and cabocla figures, with brass bands and politicians. It is a state holiday and feels more local than Carnival. Fuente ↗

Temporada media — un mes normal

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Humpback whale season (1 Jul – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Humpback whale season (1 Jul – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Humpback whale season (1 Jul – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — AFROPUNK Brasil

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  AFROPUNK Brasil

  7–8 NovFestival de músicaMucha genteReserva pronto

  The Brazilian edition of the Brooklyn festival has made Salvador its home since 2021: two days of Black music, fashion and art at the Parque de Exposicoes, with Brazilian and international headliners. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Reveillon and Santa Barbara, Nossa Senhora da Conceicao da Praia

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  Reveillon and Santa Barbara

  3 Dic – 2 Ene · normalmenteNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  December opens with Santa Barbara at the Mercado and closes with the free new year concerts on the Barra seafront. Beds along the coast go months ahead at their highest rates of the year. Fuente ↗

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  Nossa Senhora da Conceicao da Praia

  8 DicFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The feast of Bahia's patron saint, and a city holiday: mass in the open air and a procession through Comercio below the Elevador Lacerda. It opens the run of summer street festivals that ends with Carnival. Fuente ↗