How to Take Public Transportation to and from Carnival in Salvador De Bahia

5 Best Bus Tips for Carnival in Salvador de Bahia: Save a $5 Rs. note for your fare, a transit worker makes change for small bills on the bus. Sit in the front to avoid the drunk and rowdy adolescents. Anticipate waiting at the bus stop for 30 minutes. Use the back door to enter the bus and pay your fare. If the bus doors don't open or the bus drives away before you get on, drum the side of the bus several times with the palm of your hand and the bus will stop for you (all the locals do it).

Public transportation to and from Carnival in Salvador de Bahia. Public buses run 24 hours a day during Carnival and currently cost $3 Rs or less. Don't expect to get off right in the middle of the festivities; anticipate walking at least 10 minutes from an alternative drop-off area. Follow the crowd to Carnival when you are unsure about your destination. Most busses run altered routes for Carnival in Salvador de Bahia because the main streets shut down for pedestrian traffic and entertainment from Praca de Se in Pelohrino thru the beach at Barra. There are 3 main bus stations coinciding with the 3 main areas of Carnival in Salvador de Bahia: Praca de Se, Campo Grande and Shopping Barra. Read on and learn to navigate each one.

The Praca de Se bus stop, located in the historic district of Pelorhino, closes for Carnival in Salvador de Bahia. Walk to the alternate location in Mercado Modelo by taking the free elevator (which is across the street and one block . Once at the bottom, busses stop on both sides of the street. Helpful transit workers in uniform assist you, if you ask. Portuguese spoken only.

Campo Grande, next to the upper-class neighborhood of Vittoria, offers spectators another location to see music at Carnival.Catch your bus just below this park by walking down the stairs found on the side of the park closest to Barra.

In Barra you can find any bus you need to get away from Carnival outside Shopping Barra. Anticipate organized chaos with several waiting areas. Each bus stop is equipped with a large sign clearly stating which bus stops there.

Taking a taxi at Carnival in Salvador de Bahia. An abundance of safe taxi's await to take you anywhere, but expect to pay more than you would on a normal day by $10 Rs. or more. If someone in your group is Bahiano or speaks Portuguese, stand back and let them negotiate the fare. Do not feel obligated to take the first taxi, prices may vary considerably from driver to driver. Traffic is thick on the street; a metered taxi will be more expensive. Ask the staff at your hotel how much you should expect to pay before you head out.

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