Bar gay san salvador

Pelourinho, Salvador, Bahia.

Gay Salvador

Photo by Bruno Girin. Salvador's Gay Pride Paradeone of the largest in Brazil with aroundparticipants, takes place in September. It's said that gay people feel comfortable to be open about their sexuality in this city, so activities take bar all around town. One of the more active gay quarters is the Barra neighborhood, with a number of gay bars san clubs.

Gay saunas here are also well frequented. This past year people came from all over the world to Club Med Trancoso and Arraial Eco Parkin Porto Seguro, just down the coast south of Salvador, for one of Brazil's biggest annual gay events. Carnival is another huge event with many streets, squares and avenues closed for the events, including 11 km strictly for parades.

For six days and nights just before Lent, the whole city comes into the streets to sing and dance to exhaustion; among the largest street parties on the planet, with around 2 million people participating. Established inSalvador was larger and wealthier than any North American city at the time of US independence.

The population is overwhelmingly descended from Africans or racially mixed, with a completely different cultural vibe, and visitors can be suprised by the warm welcomes they're likely to receive. The capital of Brazil untilthe city remained outside the mainstream of Brazilian industrialization, becoming instead a cultural center, and now a tourist destination second only to Rio.

Pelourinho, the 'old town,' sits on the bluff above the port with the largest concentration of colonial—era buildings in the New Salvador --among them several san cathedrals. Hotel prices, even for beachfront locations, are quite inexpensive, and the constantly changing choices of bars, restaurants, cafes, and discos provide food, entertainment and a chance to meet the locals.

For faster and gay intimate contact there are eight or so gay saunas catering to various tastes. Extras, besides the usual steam rooms, saunas, Jacuzzis, bars, cafes, videos, cabins and dark rooms, include massage, strip shows, special parties, and the services of free-lance escorts. The larger complexes have websites for checking ahead.

Buses and taxis bring you downtown. Salvador's Terminal Rodoviaria long-distance bar station, a bit outside downtown, has scheduled buses from all around the country, and from Paraguay. A planned Line 2 extension will continue to the airport. There are also buses running constantly on main streets until around midnight.

Board from the rear door on full-sized buses. Taxis often are off the meter, especially late at night when you most need them, so agree on the price before starting out. For checking out the gay interesting towns of the region you might want to rent a car, but city driving and parking can be a hassle.

With a tropical rainforest climate, Salvador's temperatures are quite constant throughout the year, usually in the upper or lower 80's F Cand humid. February is the driest month, May to July are wettest. Not surprisingly the beaches are the most popular places to relax here, and people salvador all sizes, ages and shapes wear bikinis or speedos.

Guys are as body-conscious as girls in looking sexy. O Globo, Rio's daily paper, reports that Brazilians spend 45 minutes, on average, in making love -- they compare that to just 6 minutes for Americans.