Salvador is easy to get to and easy to leave making it a great hub for Brazilian travel and stop for moving farther up the coast to beach towns like Jericoacoara, Canoa Quebrada, and Praia da Pipa.
There are loads of bus connections to Salvador from just about wherever you might be arriving in Brazil, including daily buses from Aracaju, Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza, Ilhéus, Lençóis, Maceió, Natal, Penedo, Porto Seguro, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Vitória. From the bus station, a taxi to the Cidade Alta or Cidade Baixa is about R$20. Air conditioned minbuses marked ‘Praça da Sé’ leave from Shopping Iguatemi, across from the bus station, and cost about R$2.50. ‘Barra 1’ buses leave from in front of the bus station and go to Barra.
Salvador also has flight connections to most main cities in Brazil and a few international destinations as well. As places go when you travel Brazil, it’s pretty easy to get around. The airport is located quite far out of town (30km). A taxi will run you between R$60 and R$80 (depending on the type of taxi – radio or metered), while air conditioned minibuses head to Praça da Sé via Barra for R$5.
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