South (Bahia)

Southern Bahia is a region of the state of Bahia, in the Northeast of Brazil.

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Map of South (Bahia)

Early morning at Prado, on the Whale Coast

Dendê Coast

-13.881445-38.9519481 Barra Grande — a fishing village has managed to preserve its unique charm and environment, with a very relaxed lifestyle and splendid beaches
-13.6233-38.90642 Boipeba — an island surrounded by the ocean and the Inferno River estuary of rare natural beauty, home to a great variety of ecosystems
-13.381667-38.9138893 Morro de São Paulo — a village in the northern tip of the Tinharé island with no paved streets or car traffic
-13.598889-39.1069444 Nilo Peçanha — an agricultural town focused on cocoa, guarana, cloves, oil palm, black pepper and cassava, with some historical buildings
-13.37-39.0727785 Valença — where you'll go to take the boat to Morro de São Paulo

Cocoa Coast

-14.788889-39.0488896 Ilhéus — a place of beautiful beaches and welcoming people, land of cocoa
-14.785833-39.287 Itabuna — the birthplace of writer Jorge Amado , who describes it in some of his works
-14.277778-38.9969448 Itacaré — an up-and-coming vacation spot with amazing beaches, surf, capoeira and plenty of culture

Discovery Coast

-16.490278-39.0759 Arraial d'Ajuda — a beach district of Porto Seguro
-16.785278-39.15472210 Caraíva — a laid-back, isolated, rustic beach town
-16.377778-39.5811 Eunápolis — an inland town of 114,000 people (2020)
-16.45-39.06512 Porto Seguro — it has amazing beaches and preserved areas of Mata Atlântica, an original tropical jungle
-16.590556-39.09583313 Trancoso — an historic city where Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet landed in 1500 to take possession of Brazil on behalf of Portugal

Whale Coast

-17.731944-39.26583314 Caravelas — the nearest town to the Abrolhos Archipelago
-17.038889-39.53083315 Itamaraju — home of the Monte Pascoal, the first land sighted by Pedro Álvares Cabral, seen by many as the first European to arrive in Brazil
-17.535-39.74194416 Teixeira de Freitas — a commercial town of 160,000 serving the surrounding agricultural region

Other destinations

-17.97122-38.700281 Abrolhos — an uninhabited archipelago that is an excellent area for diving, and provides opportunities for bird- and whale-watching

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