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 Arraial Praia Hotel Pousada 
Estrada do Arraial d'Ajuda, 1415, Porto Seguro (bahia)
User review: 7.07. From BRL 124.00
 Hotel Galeão
Av dos Navegantes, 300 - Centro, Porto Seguro (bahia)
User review: - . From BRL 100.00
 Capitania Hotel De Porto Seguro
Av. Beira Mar 12700, Porto Seguro (bahia)
User review: - . From BRL 126.00
 Porto Verano Residence
Rua Ararai 5 - Paraiso dos Pataxos, Porto Seguro (bahia)
User review: - . From BRL 90.00
Porto Seguro hotels - About Porto Seguro
Porto Seguro is a municipality in Southeastern Bahia, a NE Brazil state and one of the oldest settlements in Portuguese America. It is believed to be the site where Pedro Álvares Cabral, a Portuguese "discoverer" first set foot on while arriving in Brazil on April 22, 1500, as he and his crew supposedly sought another route to the East Indies. Other localities, such as Santa Cruz Cabralia and Coroa Vermelha dispute Porto Seguro's claim to being Brazil's "Terra Mater." Santa Cruz has even marked the site of the first Roman Catholic Mass worship service celebrated in then Ilha de Vera Cruz, --Truthful Cross Island-- which later had its name changed to Terra de Santa Cruz, --Holy Cross Land-- and finally Brazil, due to the abundance of Brazilwood, used by Europeans to die textile material. Regardless of the claims of each of the cities, together with the beach resorts of Trancoso, Arrail d'Ajuda, Porto Seguro, Coroa Vermelha, and Santa Cruz Cabralia make up the "Costa do Descobrimento" --Discovery Coast-- region of Bahia and Brasil. Brazil "was born" during the Easter Season. So, the choices of its previous names allude to the Passion of Jesus Christ and a Brazilian mountain first seen by Cabral from his ships was named after Easter, --Monte Pascoal-- as "Pascoa" means "Passover" and/or "Easter" in Portuguese. Porto Seguro was the busiest port of the developing Portuguese American colonies from 1500 into the early 1800s and it is now a major tourist destination, attracting a great number of adolescent travelers, especially those celebrating their proms. It is a party city with famous clubs lining up Taperapuan beach, the most popular. During Carnival season, "trio eletrico" floats parade in the Centro --downtown-- to the sounds of Axe' and other types of Bahian pop music the whole night, as revelers dance without stopping. The city also attracts events, such as Evangelical revival conferences, which, in an effort to outreach the tourists & the local population, also parades their Gospel music trio-eletrico float throughout the city around Easter. The region, and most of NE Brazil, have become popular with Europeans such as the Dutch, the French, the Italians, and the Portuguese, some of whom have purchased lands, houses, and apartment complexes. They seem to have been lured by the lavish Mata Atlantica vegetation, the emerald Bahian Atlantic Ocean coast, and the easy-going style of the locals, besides the all year-round warm weather. The Porto Seguro or Costa do Descobrimento area is the second most popular Bahian resort after the Salvador region, which became famous amongst Brazilian hippies and honeymooners from the 1970s on, having its peak between the late 1980's and mid 1990's when the late governor Antonio C. Magalhaes took advantage of Bahia's tourism potentials & improved services, even by installing an airport in a city which originally only had a few tens of thousands inhabitants. It soon attracted large numbers of hospitality service workers from neighboring towns as well as entrepreneurs from other states and countries such as Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, and a few from North America, particularly Brazilians who work in the United States & invest their money here. Notable among them, are Minas Gerais State individuals who immigrated to the Boston and New York City regions. A significant number of Bahian women who have married Italian and Swiss men have also purchased land and apartments in Porto Seguro, as they often relocate to their home land with their family or keep vacation homes in Porto Seguro.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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