Hotel Villa Bahia

Villa Bahia is a charming 17th century villa and stepping into this hotel is like stepping back in time, 100% in keeping with the UNESCO heritage site it sits in. |The hotel looks to have had a light upgrade from the photos on trip advisor and now much more in keeping with the style of the original villa. We loved our stay staying in Madagascar room ( all rooms are named not numbered). This room opens to the front of the hotel with views onto the cobbled street. ||Locally there are a few nice options for restaurants and bars most very touristy but just round the corner was a fantastic local bar. Very basic but live music and wonderful staff. ||The staff at the hotel were all friendly and this was bar far our favourite hotel of our trip to Brazil.

It just doesn’t get better than this if you’re looking for an authentic place to stay in the heart of the old town. The staff are magnificent, the hotel is beautifully laid out and the ambience is delightful. We had a very comfortable bed and plenty of space for relaxing during the day (aside from two external terraces and a plunge pool). |Breakfast is superb and we had drinks at the bar which were excellent.

Initial impression of room is rustic but OK. But it quickly gets bad. The bathroom is very basic, and you can't flush any toilet paper, which is deeply unhygienic. The floors wobble and cause furniture to wobble, and all the furniture creaks and doors don't shut properly. Then the worst thing of all is the noise. There is a bar next door playing music until the early hours, especially when the police station next door is closed. The hotel do nothing about it, and because there are (literally) holes in the wall, the noise is unbearable. And I'm not talking about the faint rumble of music, you can hear it as though you're in the front row. Stuffing towels in the walls to close the gap has a marginal impact, but it's inescapable. Location is good for the historical centre, but otherwise there's not a lot to recommend and every reason to avoid the hotel.

They pay for fake 5* reviews! If you want to sleep don’t stay here. Rooms are noisy and loud music is played until after midnight from the streets. Reception couldn’t move us as all the other available rooms had the same sound issues. Apparently the music is meant to stop at 21:00 but the guy at the front desk said he can’t do anything about the noise. So instead of being able to sleep. I am stuck awake listening to loud music and I have ear plugs in.

This is a lovely boutique hotel. The interiors are beautifully decorated and authentic. The room was lovely, large comfortable bed and a spacious terrace overlooking the city with chairs and a hamac. Very clean and well maintained. Breakfast was delicious, very good coffee. The staff were so lovely and welcoming in all areas. Our flight was in the evening and they kindly accommodated a late check out. The location is great, close to main attractions, however I wouldn’t recommend eating in the restaurants close to the hotel but take an Uber to other locations like Carmo. I will definitely comeback to Villa Bahia and recommend the hotel to friends visiting.

What a wonderful hotel! It’s quite simply beautiful! Although extremely comfortable, there’s an authenticity to the property that more “luxurious” and more expensive nearby hotels lack.|I was especially fortunate in that I was given what I understand was the best room in the property, but I was told that all rooms will be updated. The room was spacious, the bed incredibly comfortable and the shower huge. The front-facing view onto the square and church and convent was amazing. The pool is tiny, but fine if no one else is using it. Breakfast was excellent. |The staff were all superb. All my contacts – such as the lovely women who serve breakfast and prepare the guest rooms and the helpful accounts manager were tremendous. I would especially praise Javier at the reception. Apart from being extremely interesting, was cheerful, efficient and provided useful information about the hotel and Salvador.|The one problem is that of local dining possibilities. The area is very quiet at night and getting to good restaurants involves either a somewhat uneasy walk or a taxi/Uber ride.

Villa Bahia is such a charming, historic hotel, with a great sense of place and an amazing location on the main square. The front desk team are all so friendly and kind. The breakfast was good, in a nice setting. Our only recommendation is that the restaurant servers have a basic level of English

We only had drinlks here, morning and evening, but we found it the smarstest place in the old town. Great service from the bar tender in a sophisticated atmosphere. And the prices were very reasonable indeed. If we return to Salvador we would seriously look into staying here