The Nice Guy’s Guide to Meeting Women in Salvador de Bahia (Brazil)

Salvador de Bahia is another Brazilian city that’s both touristic, as well as violent and dangerous. However, similar to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, there are also more affluent upmarket neighborhoods like Barra and Rio Vermelho. This is alongside the poverty of the city center – which you’ll find boring, unless you want to visit museums or stroll through the photogenic streets of Pelourinho.

I visited Salvador in early 2021. This was during the current N.W.O. communist take-over.

Salvador (Bahian) Women

The female inhabitants of Salvador are called Soteropolitanas (ancient Latin word related to “Salvador”). This is the black city of Brazil. Thus, it’s a particularly good place to meet black girls. I’ll straight out tell you that Salvador is a bad place to meet white women. If you’re into white girls, stay in Rio Vermelho or Barra, and you may still meet one or two. In addition, there are a lot of mixed (mestizo) girls in Salvador (no Asians though).

Girls in Salvador have nice curves and firm sexy butts (similar to Rio). Of course, a girl’s ass is like her hands or legs in Brazil. It’s openly displayed with no shame, with G-string bikinis. In Portuguese, a “G-string” is a “fio dental” (humorous direct translation: dental floss).

There’s also some overweight girls in Salvador. You will be underwhelmed by the girls there. Unless you have a thing for black girls – in which case maybe you’ll see it as paradise.

Women in Salvador do not speak English as well as they do in Rio de Janeiro. Some do, some don’t. A basic level of Portuguese is recommended in Salvador.

A lot of these girls live in poverty. So as a foreigner it may appear to them like you have money. Plus, you’ve got your exotic value. Thus, these women can be easy for foreign guys. However, generally I only date upmarket girls myself. I was chatting to a girl on Tinder. I mentioned I wanted children in the future. Then she said she also wants, and texted me: “Let’s try to make one”. As in, let’s try to make a baby together. Thus, if you don’t mind dating these types of girls, you’ll get laid a lot. Of course, it’s not really my own preference.

I recently met another girl from Salvador at Belo Horizonte. She was visiting there to look for better job opportunities. Salvador doesn’t have a good job market, in general. So this girl told me that Salvadorian and Bahian women are the most direct girls in Brazil. They say directly what they feel. Of course, this also includes their sexuality. Throughout the conversation, she was throwing hints that she wanted me to kiss her ASAP. But I wasn’t attracted enough. She had a hot Brazil-babe body, but her face wasn’t my type. She qualified her views by including that Bahian girls are also sincere – thus, they are sincerely direct.

Salvador Neighborhoods

A big drawback of Salvador is that you’re limited mostly to the safe neighborhoods. Large parts of the city is dangerous slums. I didn’t feel unsafe during the daytime, in any of the recommended neighborhoods. At night, you definitely will feel unsafe in some neighborhoods, especially close to the center of the city. However Barra and Rio Vermelho felt safe at night, except for a few dodgy side-streets where you shouldn’t flash valuables.

Pelourinho

This is the histouric tourist neighborhood, very close to the poverty of central Salvador (“Centro”). Thus, you cannot stroll around at night, without the risk of being mugged. After I checked into Galeria13 hostel, a girl in my dorm got mugged in a side-street outside after midnight. Of course, it’s not smart for a girl to walk outside alone after midnight in any Brazilian city (in Argentina it’s still O.K.). There is not much going on at night anyway.

During the day there is a lot of tourist police in central Pelourinho, keeping it safer. However, apart from Historic attractions like the museums and architecture, the center is only really worth one afternoon of your life (not more).

After 2 nights in a hostel I went to an Airbnb which claimed to be in Pelourinho. However, they were outside the touristic heart of this neighborhood. It was like a favela outside. At night, it’s a shady place. So I only lasted 1 night in this airbnb, and abruptly moved to Barra – a place for better times. In the Centro area, it felt like there was a “curfew” outside. Although there wasn’t – it was simply too dodgy to go for a stroll at night. With many of these bars and accommodations, outside the upmarket areas like Barra, the photos are retouched to make it look great. But once you arrive, it looks like a shit-hole. On the other hand, in Barra what you see is what you get.

Barra

Beautiful neighborhood, with the best beaches in Salvador. There is also some nightlife action right next to the beach promenade. Similar to Pelourinho, it’s a good place for some Salvadorian souvenir photos. Also a great place to go for a stroll or run on the promenade. Especially to the left of the old fort, the beaches look very promising during the weekends, but quiet during the week.

Rio Vermelho

This is the awesome nightlife neighborhood of Salvador. Due to the communist restrictions, everyone was forced to be seated. No dancing, and no standing and drinking (which was still allowed in Rio). However, I can imagine that it’ll be an awesome place to party (normally). All the different skin colors can be found in this neighborhood at night – thus something for every preference.

Rio Vermelho also has a beach, but Barra’s beach is better. During the daytime, there was nothing happening at Rio Vermelho. This looks like ONLY the nightlife neighborhood, don’t waste time here in the day.

Other Areas

Many of the other areas are not necessarily dangerous in the daytime. Especially not for men. But instead, it’s simply not touristic. E.g. I took a taxi to Feira de São Joaquim on my own, in the heart of the city. This is Salvador’s main regional goods market. I only stayed 30 minutes, as it looks like a slum inside (and I don’t recommend it). Yet, I didn’t feel in danger. The people were mostly minding their own business, earning an honest living, plus doing some shopping.

Where to Stay

On Day 1, I arrived around 2am in Salvador, with a cheap direct flight from Rio de Janeiro. The Galeria13 hostel was a solid choice and safe, with a South African expat owner. Hostels are uncomfortable if you’re used to Airbnb’s. However, Galeria13 was a fun social environment to make a few friends, and get local travel advice from the expat owner. I asked the owner why he chose to stay in Salvador, he replied that he likes its similarity to Mozambique, where he lived many years ago. He also owns the restaurant around the corner: Zulu bar – with budget-friendly local food like the Bahian Moqueca Fish stew (tastes better than Vitoria‘s version).

My Barra airbnb, where I stayed 1 week, was the same price as a Rio airbnb, but with swimming pool on the rooftop, a great view, daily cleaning service, and more spacious. The airbnb was so comfortable, that it became too much of a comfort zone in a city that’s actually bad for game. Because (a) the nightlife is semi-shut, and (b) beaches shut on Sundays by communist decree, and (c) it’s a city mostly for meeting black and mestiza girls specifically.

Nightgame

Nightlife is currently only seated, by communist dictate. So I cannot really review Salvador’s Nightgame in these circumstances. However, nightlife did show a lot of potential in the Rio Vermelho area.

Once nightlife is fully open again, search for Salvador discotecas on your Maps app. It seems hard to make a wrong move in Rio Vermelho. Everything is walking distance in this neighborhood. Still, don’t flash your valuables late at night, unless there’s other upmarket people around you. Two areas to check out, is firstly the bars around Acaraje da Dinha, and secondly the large nice bar area around Acaraje da Cira.

Nightgame rating – hard to say, but potentially 6 or 7 out of 10 in normal circumstances.

Daygame

The “Shopping Barra Mall” had no daygame opportunities. Moreover, occasionally in Barra’s grocery stores you may notice an attractive girl. Plus, Barra’s beach promenade is highly recommended for social guys (mostly during the weekends), but still with only sporadic talent.

In Pelourinho, you may notice one or two attractive single female tourists, if tourism recovers. Currently there is no daygame. At the most, I noticed a hot tourist girl walking hand-in-hand with her boyfriend. Thus to avoid disappointment, don’t visit Salvador specifically for daygame. Unless you are very into darker skin color dating, which totally depends on your preference.

Daygame rating – 1 out of 10 during the week (2 out of 10 during weekends).  Daygame is way too sporadic.

Online Game

Tinder girls were definitely much less hot than in the South of Brazil and Rio. Hot girls online in Salvador are few and far apart. Plus, Salvador women, on these apps, often don’t know much English. During my first day, this provided some motivation to take out my Portuguese lesson book again. With no Portuguese, you wont have that much fun in Salvador. There are many girls from other Brazilian states swiping and living in Salvador. This is positive, since I’m not really in to Salvadorian girls. Girls who travel are also more likely to speak English.

In addition, register a free profile on Brazilian Cupid (here’s the link to their website). This app will allow you to get a feel for Salvadorian women before you even arrive in the city (while also checking out the Brazilian girls in other cities). Start chatting a week or two beforehand, and line up dates for when you arrive. Also ask these girls about the latest communist restrictions, as Salvador’s regional government is definitely more oppressive than the rest of Brazil.

Online Game rating – 3 out of 10 (you’ll get laid, but it’s really not my type of women)

Conclusion

I remember leftist newspapers telling girls to go hiking solo in Morocco’s mountains, even after the two Scandinavian girls were brutally murdered. In the same way, National Geographic at some point promoted Salvador as one of Brazil’s best destinations. Similarly, a gay Airbnb host once told me how much he loved Salvador.

On the other hand, famous dating coaches like Roosh and Bradicus mentioned cutting their Salvador trips short due to not feeling very safe. In the end, I also cut my own trip (slightly) shorter from 12 days to 10 days. Thus, always take the advice with a pinch of salt depending where it’s coming from. In the end, I’d only really recommend spending 3 days or so in Salvador. But of course, you know where this advice is coming from 😉 If it wasn’t for my 7 day non-refundable fixed Airbnb contract in Barra (which is upmarket), I would’ve left earlier as well. In my case, not due to safety concerns, but instead, due to boredom (since there was also much less going on with those communist decrees).

Thus, if you follow this guide, and stick to the safer areas, you could have a decent trip to Salvador. At night, stick to Rio Vermelho or Barra. In the day, there’s also Pelourinho.

Although Salvador is much less fun than Rio de Janeiro and Florianopolis, it’s not the worst place in the world. The somewhat unique culture makes up (a little) for the fact that it’s a bad city for game. If nightlife recovers, it might get exciting at night as well. Otherwise, stay away for now, and first wait for the the Sunday beach ban and the nightlife party bans to end.

Have you been to Salvador? What was your own experience with the city and its Bahian women? Post your questions, or tips for other travelers below.