SEPTEMBER 2022   The Government has announced land owners will receive compensation, the monetary compensation packages will be paid, if their land is compulsory purchased by the Government for the construction of the Salvador – Itaparica Bridge. The announcement by Globo News Channel confirms that residents will receive compensation, this is something local residents had […]

As for highways, the Bahia government is planning to launch a concession that comprises the widening of a 900km stretch between the Salvador-Itaparica bridge and the city of Luis Eduardo Magalhães and another concession that entails the construction of a 550km highway, connecting the cities of Itaparica and Porto Seguro. Itaparica Island was a magnet […]

A Chinese consortium on Thursday signed an agreement with Brazil’s northeast state of Bahia to build Latin America’s longest cable-stayed sea bridge, linking the city of Salvador and the island of Itaparica. The consortium is formed by the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), CCCC South America Regional Company and China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corporation. […]

With Afro-Brazilian culture, stunning architecture, picturesque views, delicious food, and a lively music and nightlife scene, Salvador de Bahia is a top choice for travelers headed to South America. Salvador is now among the largest cities of Brazil, the capital of the state of Bahia, but it was the first slave market in the “New […]

The Government of Bahia is preparing to launch in the second half of the bidding process for the construction of the Salvador-Itaparica Bridge. The intervention is part of the Western Road System (SVO) project, whose construction will be possible thanks to the public-private partnership (PPP), budgeted at R $ 5.34 billion, with a contribution of […]

Brazil has regained its attractiveness to investors in recent years in the wake of consolidated economic recovery and the region’s geopolitical stability. A report released by Ernst & Young shows that the country now ranks second among countries as the best destination for investments. Last year, Brazil ranked eighth. According to the report, entrepreneurs remain […]

The balance of the first half of 2020 in the Bahian real estate market arrived with good news. SELIC bank lending rates now at a record low rate of just 2% After four consecutive years of decline, real estate credit contracted again in Bahia (7.23% in relation to the first half of 2017), according to […]

The 2018 AFIRE foreign investment survey has announced that Brazil is considered the top emerging country for real estate acquisitions and capital appreciation ow.ly/D5U030hHX2D. We offer off plan properties with great exit strategies and returns for overseas investors.  

Cunard Line’s Queen Victoria is sailing around South America this year instead of a world circumnavigation. Queen Victoria will embark on a 75-night South American voyage (V804C). Cruising across the Atlantic to North America, down to the Caribbean and then on to four different Brazilian ports, including two maiden calls and a fantastic overnight stay in Rio […]

To meet the demand expected this Easter holiday, the administrator of the Ferry-Boat system, International Crossings Salvador (ITS), will carry out trips at regular times (hourly) and extra outlets, whenever demand increases, between the 29 March and 2 April. On the days when a greater movement is expected, operation will occur 24 hours – from […]