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Everything you need to know to experience the city following health protocols

City Hall Announces Activation of Green Stage in Salvador

Igreja do Bonfim. Salvador Bahia. Foto: Tércio Campelo

Parks, theaters, museums and amusement parks are back in operation in Salvador. Also allowed to reopen: cultural centers and art galleries; spaces for social events (weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations and the like), spaces for children’s events and circuses.

Understand all the working protocols in this link.

Theaters, public courts, municipal fields and amusement parks have resumed their free-time operation every day

Commercial activities return to normal hours

As of September 10, 2021, economic activities in Salvador can work during normal hours, without restrictions. In addition, the minimum distance between people, chairs, tables and the like will be reduced to 1m, in establishments such as schools, bars, restaurants, shopping centers and others.

The measures were taken due to the growing reduction in the number of Covid-19 cases and the advance of vaccination against the coronavirus in the city, which allowed the population to resume activities safely.

Health and safety protocols for cultural and artistic events

Cultural and artistic events can already take place in Salvador, with a public limit of up to one thousand people, or 75% of the total capacity of the space. This flexibility is yet another measure adopted by the City, as a result of the continuous drop in epidemiological indices of coronaviruses and advances in the vaccination process.

Among the stipulated rules, cultural and artistic events may take place from Monday to Sunday, with no time restrictions, except for spaces located in shopping centers and shopping malls without independent access, which will follow the opening hours of these ventures.

In addition, the events may take place in houses or spaces made specifically for this purpose, as well as restaurants, bars and the like. The realization of more than one cultural and artistic activity in the same area, simultaneously, can only take place in places that allow the complete separation of events, with independent accesses, entrances, exits and circulation areas for each one of them.

Actions such as ticket sales, queues, on-site meals and access to artists will have strict rules. It is necessary to use a mask when walking around the event and hand sanitizer will always be available. Before heading to the event, find out the list of recommendations for the place.

Beaches

Salvador Bahia. Foto: Tércio Campelo

The beaches can also be open for one more day, that is, people can go from Monday to Saturday, also without time restrictions – except for Porto da Barra beach, which will be open from Tuesday to Saturday.

Cultural spaces

Cultural centers, museums and art galleries are also back in operation, from 10 am to 8 pm; spaces for social events (weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations and the like), spaces for children’s events and circuses, from 10 am to 11 pm.

Casa do Carnaval is open again from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 am to 6 pm (admission until 5 pm), with tickets for R$30 and R$15 (half). The maximum capacity is 30 people in the space and the maximum stay in the museum is one hour.

Casa do Rio Vermelho – Jorge Amado and Zélia Gattai Memorial will be open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 am to 6 pm, with tickets for R$20 and R$10 (half) and for free on Wednesdays. On site, it is necessary to maintain a distance of 1.5m in line and throughout the visit. Only four people from the same family or one person at a time can access the box office.

The Pierre Verger Space of Bahian Photography (Santa Maria Fort) and Carybé de Artes Space (São Diogo Fort) are open from Wednesday to Monday, from 10 am to 6 pm. Tickets cost R$20 and R$10 (half), with the right to visit both spaces, and are free on Wednesdays.

Find out all the details for visitation at this link.

Municipal Parks

All municipal parks are open. Those who want to visit need to remember that it is necessary to follow the safety protocols against Covid-19: use of masks, social distance and care with hygiene.

Check the opening hours of the parks:

Parque da Cidade (Itaigara) is open from Monday to Saturday, from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm.

Parque dos Ventos (Boca do Rio) is open from Monday to Saturday, from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm.

At Stiep, Parque da Lagoa dos Pássaros is open from Monday to Saturday, from 5:00 am to 7:00 pm.

Access to Parque da Lagoa dos Dinossauros must be previously scheduled on the internet, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, also from

Monday to Saturday. The scheduling limit is 200 people for each available time.

The Botanical Garden, in São Marcos, is open from Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 5 pm. Parque das Dunas, in Praia do Flamengo, will be open from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, from Monday to Friday, and on Saturday, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. The visit to Parque das Dunas needs to be scheduled, by calling (71) 98888-0108 or using the Instagram profile @parquedasdunassalvador.

Attention to the functioning of the following establishments

What starts to work at a new time: street commerce, from 9 am to 7 pm; shopping malls, shopping centers and the like, from 10 am to 10 pm; and restaurants, bars, pizzerias, temakerias and similar, from 11:00 am to 11:30 pm.

No change

What continues to open every day and during free time: public health and emergency services; doctor´s offices, private, dental and aesthetic clinics; supermarkets, bakeries, delicatessens, butchers and convenience stores; pharmacies and drugstores; bank and lottery agencies; clinical analysis laboratories; gas stations and cooking gas sales points; call centers; mechanical workshops and tire repair shops; cemeteries and funeral services; hotels, inns and other accommodation establishments; gyms and similar; free courses; religious temples and churches; industry; non-essential civil service; convention centers and spaces; and social, recreational and sports clubs.

They are also open every day: civil construction, from 7 am to 5 pm; administrative (accounting, consulting and similar) and law offices, from 10 am to 7 pm; driving schools, from 10 am to 8 pm; barbershops, beauty salons and similar, from 9 am to 8 pm; and cinemas, from 10 am to 11 pm.

Hotels

The hotels in the capital of Bahia are working. For everyone’s safety, the hosting sector needs to comply with the rules of physical distance from the rest areas, both for employees and customers.

Not everything will be the same. It may happen that the offer of services and amenities is suspended, such as the provision of coffee, armchairs, rest areas, etc.

Understand Salvador’s Resumption Plan

This initiative was allowed due to the occupancy rates of ICU beds and the number of people over 18 years old who have already taken the first dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 in the capital of Bahia, both at 58%. In addition, the new state curfew decree, which is effective from 12:00 am to 5:00 am, contributed to the action.

The gradual plan for the resumption of economic activities in Salvador is divided into three stages, based fundamentally on the occupancy rate of the intensive care units (ICUs):

Red – Stage 1 – Less than 75% – Shopping malls, shopping centers and similar; street commerce above 200 m²; religious temples and drive-in;

Yellow – Stage 2 – Less than 70% – Gyms and similar; barber shops, beauty salons and the like; cultural centers, museums and art galleries; snack bars, bars and restaurants; Stage 2 of Stage 1 Activities

Green – Stage 3 – Less than 60% – Amusement parks and theme parks; theaters, cinemas and other entertainment venues; social, recreational and sports clubs; events and convention center.