Porto Seguro, Brazil Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

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The most popular destination in southern Bahia is the resort area around the town of PORTO SEGURO , where Cabral “discovered” Brazil in 1500. Founded in 1526, it has some claim to being the oldest town in Brazil, and buildings still survive from that period. The story goes that in 1500 Pedro Alvares Cabral and his men, alerted to the presence of land by the changing colour of the sea and the appearance of land birds, finally saw a mountain on the horizon, which must have been Monte Páscoal, to the south of today’s Porto Seguro. First landfall was made on Good Friday, on a beach to the north of Porto … more »

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