Distances from the hotel: Beach 350 m; airport of Salvador 17 km (app. 20 min by car); historic town centre of Salvador 40 km (app. 45 min by car). There is a regular busservice between Jauá and Salvador and some neighbour villages (not at night). 

Equipment

The Hotel LAGOA e MAR (we speak English) is situated in a tropical garden on the banks of a natural lake and consists of twelve spacious circular bungalows (app. 40 m²). The complex has a swimming pool with a separate pool for small children, sun terrace (with bedchairs and sunshades), bar with reading-room, playground and a restaurant. There is a business service available with computer, internet access, printer and fax. 

Each bungalow contains a bedroom with double bed, fan and TV, a living room with two couchbeds, radio and refrigerator, a bathroom with WC and shower and a veranda complete with a hammock and seats, offering enough room for up to four adults. Four bungalows are specially adapted for people with wheel chairs. 

Board 

Accommodation price includes a rich breakfast. Our restaurant offers a wide range of Bahian and international cuisine. Bahian specialities at the coast are mainly seafood: fish, shrimps (small and large), cuttlefish, lobster and so on, fried or as moqueca“, that means boiled in a sauce of coconut milk, vegetables and spices. 

Beef, mutton, chicken, spaghetti and salads complete our menu. And there are snacks for the small appetite. 

Snorkelling, surfing, sea-fishing, beach-walking. 

Charged: excursions by boat, horse riding on the beach, fish and pay with grill (in neighbour village). 

Excursions 

For excursions we rent a car with English speaking chauffeur: 

• Salvador (city tour; Pelourinho at night with Olodum; folkloric show); 
• Northern coast (with turtle stations, fortress Garcia d’Avila); 
• Cachoeira - São Felix, Mangue Seco, Valença - Camamu; 
• Lençois (Chapada Diamantina).