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Salvador, Bahia, Brasil
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All apartments consist of bedroom (either king or twin beds), bathroom and, as an outstanding feature, a veranda looking out to the sea, the amplitude of the view depending on the vegetation.

They are all air-conditioned and equipped with dataport telephone (dialing access to Internet), fridge, safe, cable TV, hair dryer.

Distributed into Standard and Master, both on the ground and first floors, they have the following characteristics:


Standards: Located on blocks 1 to 9, they are 200 meters away from the swimming pools, bars, restaurants, etc.; total area 38 m². Can be connecting.


Masters: Nearer the social areas and the beach and slightly larger (44 m²). Can be intercommunicating.

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Facilities:
  • 4 swimming pools
  • 3 restaurants
  • 3 bars
  • 4 floodlit tennis courts
  • soccer field
  • beach volleyball ground
  • games room
  • 2 whirlpool baths and massage kiosk by the seashore
  • reading and TV rooms
  • amphitheater
  • nautical sports center
  • fully-equipped fitness center
  • Kids' Club
 Other Information:
  • Kiosk: Handicrafts, souvenirs, toiletries, newspapers, magazines, candy. Also a mini lending library.
  • Boutique: Lovely T-shirts, swimwear, bikinis, shorts, caps and beach accessories for adults and children.
  • Jewelers: Exclusive design in gold turtles, pearls, precious stones, etc. All articles exclusive and in very good taste.
  • Beauty Salon: Qualified professional services: manicure, unwanted body hair removal and hairdressing. Additional costs.
  • Medical Services Facility: 24-hour on-duty medical staff for consultations and emergency aid. A doctor's private consultation at the apartment can be arranged if necessary. Additional costs.
  • Massotherapy: From 9 am to 7 p.m. guests may enjoy a marvelous therapeutic, relaxing massage which also relieves pains caused by orthopedic or physiological complaints, joint blocking and stress. 60-minute sessions. Additional costs.
  • Business Center: The Business Center welcomes guests to access Internet, use computers.Additional costs
  • Convention Hall: Unique and innovating A/C convention services for up to 200 people in meetings.
Restaurants: Praia do Forte EcoResort gastronomy is well-known and in a class of its own. The cuisine is typical Bahian and many specialties are prepared in the presence of patrons. Fresh ingredients and the chef's creative cooking plus a pleasant atmosphere make meals at Praia do Forte EcoResort another good reason for coming back.
GOA Restaurant: Breakfast and dinner are included in the rates and served at the GOA Restaurant. Tabaréu Restaurant:   Open only at lunchtime, Tabaréu Restaurant looks out to the sea and specializes in seafood and grilled beef, chicken and fish. Três Pecados (Three Sins) Snack Bar: In the swimming pools area, it serves snacks, salads and appetizers.
 Shrimp Kiosk:   Seafood specialties. Opens only for lunch from 1 to 4 p.m. Bar da Praia (Seaside Bar): Snacks and appetizers on the seaside area.
Other information:
  • Guests can also count on an imaginative, first-rate team of monitors to organize activities such as:
    ecological hiking, water polo competitions, games, hydro-axé (Bahian popular music and dance) and hydro-gymnastics, stretching, capoeira (very popular outdoors fight to the sound of a string-and-beat instrument), beach volleyball, soccer and many others.
  • At sunset, enjoy a relaxing happy hour with live music by the swimming pool.
  • At 10 p.m. the amphitheater activities start. Pick and choose between watching a folk show, acting at a drama activity organized by the monitors or dancing by the moonlight to the sound of a local band. There is a different program every night.
  • Use of tennis courts is free of charge day or night. Tennis coaching is charged separately.
  • Nautical Sports: The incredibly beautiful sea at Praia do Forte can be enjoyed in a wide variety of nautical sports; all the adequate equipment is accessible at the hotel, some as courtesy and others at an additional cost, as well as a qualified team of instructors.
Fishing: At Praia do Forte EcoResort several places can afford a relaxing and pleasant fishing
The narrow stream Timeantube for most of its length follows the edge of the mangrove. Both natural and artificial bait is used to catch snook, snapper, young "melro" (Brazilian fish) and "carapeba" (Diapterus rhombeus). Four wooden piers of approximately 4m² were built along the river and are an ideal setting for a peaceful fishing at sunset.

At low tide, on the rocks where the Timeantube flows into the sea, snook, cat-fish, swordfish and Brazilian fish "xaréu" can be caught with natural or artificial bait. At the Pojuca, a larger river located some 2.700m far from the EcoResort, one can catch snook, cat-fish, swordfish, snapper, young "melro" and "carapeba" (Brazilian fish) with natural or artificial bait on an aluminum 15 hp motor boat.

At low tide, also from the rocks where the Pojuca flows into the sea, one can also catch snook, cat-fish, swordfish and Brazilian fish "xaréu", using natural or artificial bait.

Praia do Forte EcoResort owns a 22-feet long launch with a 175hp engine for high sea fishing with artificial bait to catch mackerel, tuna and Brazilian fish "dourado". The launch leaves from the Nautical Sports Center for a 4-hour fishing tour.

The sea-fishing season goes from November to March.
Snorkeling and Scuba Diving: Along its 12-kilometer coastline, Praia do Forte offers many privileged sites for both snorkeling and scuba diving.

Papa Gente, one of the many natural pools formed at low tide, is ideal for snorkeling and watching the local flora and fauna. The Nautical Sports Center supplies masks, fins and snorkels at no additional cost.

On the other hand, Scuba diving excursions, which must always include the presence of an instructor, courses and equipment available at the Hotel, bear an additional cost and must be booked in advance. The minimum age for enrolling the scuba diving coaching is 7.

Nearby the resort some 35-meter-deep diving sites can be tapped.

The scuba diving and snorkeling season goes from October to February at 26°C water temperature average.
Fitness Center:  One of our guests' favorite is the Fitness Center, where weights have been replaced by a system of compressed air, controls adjust intensity and frequency of workouts to prevent lesions to joints, and can therefore be used by adults of any age.

Besides Spinning and Hydro-gym, the Center offers computerized assessments to determine physical age as compared to chronological age. Also desirable weight, muscle mass and fat as compared to actual, current figures. These results not only enable the Fitness Instructors to indicate individually the most adequate exercises but to make sure they are correctly done.

The Fitness Center opens daily from 8 am-to 8 p.m with no breaks.
Use of equipment is free. Physical Assessment, however, bears additional cost.
Ecological Tourism: Praia do Forte is Brazil's first community strongly committed to ecological tourism, which to Praia do Forte EcoResort is instrumental in environmental conservation. Many cultural activities aimed at combining those purposes are offered to our guests as leisure alternatives.
Level I: Light
• TAMAR Project (Sea Turtles)
• Ruins of Garcia D'Ávila Castle
• Birdwatching in the lagoon across from the hotel
• Birdwatching from the hotel gardens
• Ecological audiovisuals
• Faunawatching the hotel gardens		 Level 2: Moderate Fitness
• Paddling in the Timeantube River mangrove
• Trekking along the beach to Rio Pojuca mouth
• Sapiranga Ecological Reserve and Pojuca River Rapids
• Night trekking along the beach - Tartarugada
 Level 3: Considerable effort
• Watching the Humpback Whales
• Papa Gente Natural Pools
• Long Trekking to Jauara Lagoon
• Canoeing in the Timeantube Lagoon
• Trekking to Garcia D'Ávila Castle ruins, XVI century Portuguese construction