Salvador
Discover the best spots and events in Salvador, spotted by happn. Whether you’re looking to explore the city, meet new people, try new experiences, or go on a date, happn has a special selection just for singles.
Afropunk Brasil
November 7–8, 2026
At AFROPUNK Brasil, every show, outfit, dance and style reveals a personal way of moving through the world. A festival full of variety, where you can show up fully, follow your curiosity and notice who does the same.

happners' hot spots
Café e Cana
Too charming to be a neighbourhood bar? Not at all. On a Santo Antônio Além do Carmo corner, this colourful spot brings together inventive Bahian food, cachaça and a crowd that spills onto the pavement.

happners' hot spots
Festival Sangue Novo - Ano VIII
17 and 18 October
Festival Sangue Novo is for people who trust discovery. Two days of music, new references and surprises that usually appear when you least expect them.

Music lovers
Boia
What you see here is special. In a large house with a garden in Horto Florestal, chef Kaywa Hilton works with fish and seafood from the Bahia coast in creative recipes that are not easy to find elsewhere.

Restaurant
Boteco do França
The kind of place where you spot someone at a pavement table eating octopus rice and think: 'they definitely have good taste.'

Beer bar
Foodie
Restaurant
Terrace
Purgatório
Is hidden better? Disguised behind a burger joint, this speakeasy put Salvador among the world's great cocktail destinations.

Speakeasy
Cocktail bar
Megiro
A typically baiano boteco, with music and family recipes from the chefs behind the award-winning restaurant Origem.

Beer bar
Music lovers
Foodie



