Valença (Bahia)

Valença is a town in Bahia, northeastern Brazil. It is mostly visited by tourists who take the boat to go to Morro de São Paulo. If you happen to hit the town on a Saturday night, you might as well stay for some genuine Brazilian partying, as the days are mostly all the same out on the island.

Get in

 * By bus from Salvador, via Ilha de Itaparica. Also southbound buses along the coast all the way to Rio de Janeiro.
 * There are slow (cheap) and fast boats leaving several times daily for Morro de São Paulo
 * BA-542 connects about 20 kilometers west with BR-101 between Santo Antônio de Jesus to the north and Gandu to the south