Porto da Barra Beach
Porto da Barra Beach is located in Barra neighborhood in the city of Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil. It is located at the entrance of the Baía de Todos os Santos, is 300 metres, and ranges between numerous Portuguese colonial-period military fortifications.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Beach
- Description: Beach in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Also known as: “Porto da Barra”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barra Lighthouse and Museu Náutico da Bahia.
Barra Lighthouse
Photo: Leon petrosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Barra Lighthouse also known as the Santo Antônio Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It is located at the tip of the Padrão, now the Point of Santo Antônio, to the extreme south of Salvador, at the entrance of the Bay of All Saints.
Museu Náutico da Bahia
Museum
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Museu Náutico da Bahia is a museum.
Forte de Santa Maria
Museum
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Forte de Santa Maria is a fort located in Salvador, Bahia in Brazil. It is also known as the Fortim de Santa Maria. It retains much of its original structure of the 17th century, including its broad, stone curtain walls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Graça and Água de Meninos.
Graça
Suburb
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Graça is a neighborhood located in the southern zone of Salvador, Bahia. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Salvador. The Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Grace is located in Graça.
Água de Meninos
Neighborhood
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Água de Meninos is a neighborhood, which is situated 6 km northeast of Porto da Barra Beach.
Itaigara
Suburb
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Itaigara is a neighbourhood located in the southeastern zone of Salvador, Bahia. Modern and bold lies in a region "noble" of the capital Bahia, inhabited mainly by people with high purchasing power. Itaigara is situated 7 km east of Porto da Barra Beach.
Porto da Barra Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Salvador, Grande Salvador, Bahia, Northeast, Brazil, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Porto da Barra Beach” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شاطئ بورتو دا بارا”
- Cebuano: “Porto da Barra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شط بورتو دا بارا”
- Portuguese: “Porto da Barra (Salvador)”
- Portuguese: “Porto da Barra”
- Portuguese: “Praia do Porto da Barra (Salvador)”
- Portuguese: “Praia do Porto da Barra”
- Portuguese: “Praia Porto da Barra”
- Spanish: “Playa de Porto da Barra”
- Swedish: “Porto da Barra”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Barra and Avenida.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shopping Barra and Farol da Barra Beach.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Porto da Barra Beach”. Photo: Luan, CC BY-SA 4.0.