Salvador International Airport and the nearby attractions

Salvador International Airport, which is also known as the Deputado Luis Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport lies in the Salvador, Bahia in Brazil. Most commonly, the Salvador International Airport is known as Dois de Julho International Airport. The airport is located at a distance of 20 kilometres towards the north of downtown Salvador and is administered by the Infraero.

The airport is situated in an area of over 6 million square metres between the sand dunes and the native vegetation. The route to reach to the airport is among the main scenic attractions of the city. The airport handles more than 6,042,307 passengers and also 95,804 aircraft movements. This makes the Salvador International Airport as the 5th busiest airport in Brazil as per passenger traffic. The Salvador International Airport or the Deputado Luis Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport has the code as SSA and has only one terminal. The airport also has an official website named www.infraero.gov.br.

Everyday, the airport serves nearly 35,000 people through the passenger terminal. The airport also produces over 16,000 direct and indirect jobs, which serves a daily average of more than 10,000 passengers, with 250 takeoffs and 100 domestic and 16 flights landing. The airport has international service to Europe, North America, South America, and Africa. Founded in the year 1925, the airport was entirely rebuilt in the year 1941 by the Panair do Brasil. The airport’s car parking lies close to the terminal building where spaces for 600 cars are available. The airport has short and long term car parking facilities.

Various airlines that are operated from the Salvador International Airport are Abaete Linhas Aereas, Aerolineas Argentinas, Air Europa, Air Italy, American Airlines, Azul, Condor, Iberworld, Gol Airlines, Livingston Energy Flight, OceanAir, Passaredo, TAM, TAP Portugal, TRIP, and Webjet. After departing at the airport, you can hire a car to reach to your destination. You will get hire car counters in the terminal building. Some international companies represent at the airport. They are Budget, Avis, Europcar, and Hertz.

You can save your money by traveling through the Praca de se/Aeroporto bus. It is much more cheaper than the car. Outside the terminal building, taxis are available. For inquiry or details, head to the information desk in the terminal. You can even seek information about the tourist’s spots and attractions from the tourist information counter. Here you will get all the information related to transport, region, city, and the accommodation. Do not forget to take the maps from the information desk.

The Salvador International Airport offers basic facilities to the travellers like money and communications, eating and drinking, shopping, luggage, conference and business, facilities for disabled travellers, and others. The airport offers ATMs, 24 hour money change services, post office, internet access, mobile phone, good cafes, fast food restaurants, bar, many shops, left luggage facility, medical facilities, a VIP lounge and few others. For disabled travellers, the airport offers toilets, parking spaces, and also assistance. For assistance, all you need to do is to contact their airline. Well, for accommodation you have to head out of the airport towards the city, as the airport does not have any hotels. Hotel Cocoon and Lounge and Sofitel Salvador lies at a distance of 5 to 10 minutes driving distance from the airport.

If you get time to explore and experience some of the nearby attractions of Salvador, then go for it without wasting much time at the airport. At the center of Cidade Alta, you will get two large squares named Praca da Se and Terreiro de Jesus that are linked at the border by cathedral. Head to the Museu Afro-Brasileiro, Largo do Pelourinho, Mercado Modelo, Lgreja do Nosso Senhor do Bonfim, Abaete Park, and Solar do Unhao and get fascinated. The giant Carnival of Salvador is the biggest carnival in the world, as per the Guiness Book of records. So if you are getting any chance to enjoy this, do not miss it.

The city also has beautiful beaches like the most well known beaches – Flamengo and Stella Maris. The beaches have great tourist infrastructure and rough waters where you can try your hand in surfing. The Salvador International Airport or the Deputado Luis Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport will take you to its amazing attractions with good facilities, all for you.